Special 85th Anniversary Edition March 24, 2017

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Inside: Interview with Gatepost advisor for 25 years, Desmond McCarthy p. 2

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First Gatepost Editorial p. 11

Alumni reflect on their Gatepost experiences p. 14

INSIDE: OP/ED 10 • ARTS & FEATURES 13 • SPORTS 20

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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 Interim Asst. News Editor 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 Shayna Yacyshyn Interim Design Editor Emily Robinson Copy Editor William Mills-Curran Staff Writers Cass Doherty Amelia Foley Jen Fortin Liam Gambon Nick Murphy Linday Nixon Sarah Sousa Shanleigh Reardon Richard Tranfaglia Staff Photographer Nick Cunningham Joe Rydzefski Athena Venetsanakos 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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Desmond McCarthy

Professor of English and Gatepost advisor

By Shanleigh Reardon Staff Writer What is your educational background and resume?

I’m an alumnus of Framingham State.

I was very fortunate to have access to low cost, high quality, public higher education, which made it possible for me to earn a scholarship to a Ph.D. program at Brandeis University in English. I’m a specialist in 20th and 21st century American fiction and I have also directed Framingham State’s journalism program for the last 25 years. Currently, I’m chair of the English department. It’s been an extraordinary honor and privilege to serve as the advisor of our independent student newspaper, The Gatepost, for a quarter century. Gatepost editors are among Framingham State’s most civic minded and passionate student leaders. There’s an extraordinary network of very accomplished alumni who spent their formative college years in a newspaper office on the fourth floor of the college center.

What classes do you teach?

I teach many of the journalism courses. I teach American survey courses, including American Ethnic Literature, and I teach upper-level courses in American fiction, including Contemporary American Fiction and Modern American Fiction.

What do you think The Gatepost’s role is at the University?

The Gatepost plays a central role in the life of Framingham State University. In part because the caliber of the reporting is so often excellent. The Gatepost really provides a sense of the range and vitality and vividness of our University.

Campus personalities, events on campus, major academic initiatives, the achievements of sports teams- all of these are covered by The Gatepost and foster the sense of community that we all enjoy on this campus. ... Our student newspaper has been extraordinarily successful over the last decade.

The gatepost has earned over a dozen prestigious awards from the Society of Professional Journalists. This is especially remarkable because no one at the Gatepost is being paid. Everyone volunteers on a campus where many students have to work part time to support themselves and pay for their education. So, The Gatepost is win-

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ning awards in categories where they are competing against students at Ivy League schools and at universities with undergraduate and graduate degrees in journalism.

How has the paper evolved over the last 25 years?

Some things have changed considerably. The technology of producing a student newspaper has evolved dramatically over the last 25 years. When I first started advising The Gatepost, there was a glue machine in the office and copy would be pasted onto boards, which would then be shipped to a printing company for publication. Today, layout happens online and the paper is transmitted electronically. Some things, however, remain the same. The comradery of some of our campus’ best students working late into the night every week to produce a quality newspaper for the extended Framingham State community remains the same.

The opportunities for co-curricular learning and leadership are the same.

The skills students learn at The Gatepost, which are transferrable to a wide range of fields- not just journalism, but public relations and marketing and a whole range of business endeavorsare still the same. The ability to write clearly, and accurately, on deadline, and to be responsible for one’s words and work are skills that are always going to be highly marketable and that is one of the reasons Gatepost alumni have been so astonishingly successful in the workplace after graduation. I can’t say enough about this year’s editorial board. The Gatepost has had an extraordinarily successful year thanks to Alexandra Gomes and her team. I’m also very grateful for the assistance of

Liz Banks, who has served as assistant advisor for the last two years, which has been enormously helpful to me given my responsibilities as a department chair. Liz and I have been the journalism program for nearly two decades now. We share a common vision for what journalism education should be. We’re both focused on the basics of reporting, accuracy, good writing and learning how to tell a story. No matter how journalism evolves, these elements will never go out of style, nor will a focus on the mission of journalism and the importance of ethics.

That’s what our program focuses on and its why our alumni are so successful in the workplace after graduation.

Do you have a memorable moment from The Gatepost?

One of the most bizarre events during my advisory history took place in the spring of 2007, because a group of women thought a feature photo of them made one of them look fat. Unfortunately, this became international news. This one photo was reprinted thousands of times all over the world.

There were articles about this incident in languages I didn’t even recognize.

It was on French Morning T.V., it was in Pravda and The Tonight Show. It’s a sign of what’s wrong with today’s media culture, that such a trivial event would make international news when you think about the serious challenges our country and the world faces. At the time this happened, we were at two wars in the Middle East and certainly we face extraordinary challenges as a world community, including climate change. The idea that a college newspaper being stolen for a silly reason deserved international attention is absurd.

What advice would you give to students?

Every student should get involved in a co-curricular activities during their time in college. It’s an unparalleled opportunity to meet people, develop social and leadership skills, build your resume and contribute to our community. Co-curricular experiences can bring you in touch with students you might never meet otherwise who are going to be friends for life and professional contacts and colleagues. They offer an opportunity to apply knowledge and skills you learn in the classroom to real life occasions.

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Fire destroys local diner

By Bailey Morrison News Editor A fire in the Old Path Village plaza destroyed J&M Diner, and nine other businesses on Saturday, March 11.

The family-owned business was a popular spot for locals and Framingham State students. Karen Fiore, owner of J&M diner, said the restaurant often saw the same customers weekly and even the day of the fire customers showed up to show the family support.

J&M Diner featured waiters serving in their pajamas and was on Phantom Gourmet for their famous eggs benedict. The diner opened every day, except for Christmas Day, at 5:30 a.m.

The Framingham community rallied around the Fiores when news of the fire first broke. A GoFundMe started by another local business, Pennant CrossFit, has exceeded its fundraising goal of $5,000 and has raised $20,590 to date.

Pennant CrossFit owner Dan Rogan started the GoFundMe for the Fiore family. The family are members at the gym. He said, “The entire Fiore family, and many of the J&M Diner employees, are members at Pennant CrossFit. They have always been highly supportive of us and heavily involved in our community.”

He added, “When we heard about the fire, the first thing that came to mind was, ‘What can we do?’ We knew that there would be plenty of people who would want to donate and show their love and support for the Fiores and the rest of the J&M staff, and we felt that having a GoFundMe page was a good place to start.”

A fundraiser was held on Saturday, March 18 at Pennant CrossFit and the proceeds were added to the GoFundMe. Rogan said, “We are very fortunate to have a passionate group of members and employees at Pennant - so many pitched in to help.”

Framingham residents have been involved in fundraising for the business as well. One GoFundMe was started by a fan of the local spot - Tim Mangano, a Framingham resident and senior FSU student.

The page has raised $583. He said, “I just genuinely felt really bad for them. They are such nice people in there and it was always packed, so I know there are a lot of people that are saddened to hear about the fire.”

Karen Fiore said the fire began in one of the hair salons in the plaza but the investigation into the fire is still underway. “We’re the ones that got the most. We’re the last to go. …

Courtesy of the Fiore family J&M Diner was opened by Karen and Dave Fiore in 1998 - the diner was named after their two eldest daughters Juliana and Mihlan.

Some sort of 20-minute wind gust blew [the fire] everywhere.”

Dave Fiore, owner of J&M Diner, said because the investigation is active, the family has “not seen a dime” in insurance money.

Karen Fiore said the family is “terrified” to spend money because all their income came from the diner and they are unsure when they will be working again.

The business was opened by Karen and David Fiore over 20 years ago and has maintained a quaint Mom and Pop atmosphere. J&M is run by the Fiores and their daughters.

According to the J&M Diner Facebook page, the business is “determined to find a new home,” due to the fact none of the businesses in Old Path Village Plaza will be returning to the space and there are currently no plans to rebuild the complex.

Karen Fiore said, “It’s a very scary time for us. … We have kids who work in the diner to put themselves through college. … But the support has been unbelievable.”

She added the family has been on the search for a new location for the diner but must consider all the options before picking a new site on which to rebuild. “We never thought we’d be starting over at this time.”

Karen Fiore said although her immediate family no longer lives in the area, she feels supported by the people around her because they are like her family. She said people have been sharing memories and pictures on the J&M Diner Facebook page of meals they shared at the diner.

Allie Gath/THE GATEPOST A fire destroyed J&M diner early Saturday morning on March 11.

Olivia Spadafore, FSU senior and former waitress at J&M Diner, said, “Everyone who works there does their job better than anyone I know and they do it with a smile on their face. Everyone I worked with there I never get tired of seeing.”

She said she was in complete shock when she heard about the fire. “It’s one of the more famous places in Framingham and for a good reason. And when you know the whole family and how wonder-

ful everyone is there, it’s the worst feeling to have to watch them lose all of it.”

Karen Fiore said, “There is a rally of the people around us - we don’t want to disappoint. We want to rebuild. Don’t forget about us.”

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21editors Gatepost celebrates 85th anniversary

By Jillian Poland Asst. News Editor This month, The Gatepost, Framingham State University’s independent student newspaper, is celebrating its 85th year in print.

The first edition of The Gatepost, originally known as The Gate Post, was published in March of 1932. The all-female staff published stories about tuberculosis testing on campus, an address from the daughter of President Woodrow Wilson and the changing of the school’s designation from state normal school to state teachers’ college.

President F. Javier Cevallos said, “I think that if the paper was not good, it would not have lasted this long. It speaks volumes about the quality of the paper and the commitment the students have had to journalism … throughout these 85 years - I mean, it is quite an amazing record.”

Before 1932, a temporary newspaper, The Hilltop News, was available for Framingham Normal School students. When the organization disbanded, it left a sum of $21 to be used by a new student

news organization, The Gatepost.

The Gatepost was named after the gate posts situated in front of Hemingway Hall. When graduating classes were smaller, the graduates would walk through the posts after the graduation ceremony.

The Gatepost staff puts out an issue each Friday and produces 24 papers every school year. Each issue has sections focusing on news, campus events and features, editorials and school sports teams.

Each individual section is led by a group of editors and assistant editors who can be elected at any point during the year. At the end of the year, a new editor-in-chief is elected to head the paper. The Gatepost has two faculty advisors who provide guidance for the student journalists when needed.

All Gatepost content, from articles to photographs, is produced, organized and edited by Framingham State University students.

Many campus leaders believe The Gatepost has served as the voice of the community over its 85year history.

Kim Dexter, director of equal opportunity, Title IX, and ADA compliance, said, “At times, students

may say they don’t feel their voices are being heard. Student journalism can provide a voice at those times.”

Dexter said she picks up a copy of The Gatepost every Friday to get an idea about what’s on the minds of students so those concerns can inform her work.

Sean Huddleston, chief diversity and inclusion officer, said The Gatepost serves a critical function for the University.

“That is, to get the voices and experiences of the people who live and learn here, but also to make sure that there is a fair and open inquiry about the educational experience on campus,” he said.

Alexandra Gomes, current editor-in-chief of The Gatepost, shares Huddleston’s view.

“Student journalists are the only ones paying attention to what’s happening on a college campus.

Sometimes, you have local newspapers covering big things on a college campus, like if a famous person visits campus or if the university itself wins an award, but you’ll never find local newspapers investigating policies or reporting on what administrators are spend-

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ing the University’s money on,” she said.

“Student journalists are the only check and balance that college governments have,” she added.

Faculty and administrators across campus agree that the content The Gatepost produces each week is high quality.

Dale Hamel, executive vice president, said, “I’m biased on all things FSU, but I’m fortunate that I get to go around to the other campuses, and every time I am on a campus, I pick up their local newspaper and I think by far [The Gatepost] is the most professional and comprehensive student newspaper within the segment.”

Virginia Rutter, sociology professor, said, “If it were possible, the Gatepost seems to get better every single year … telling our stories and raising important questions.

For example, the trans student issue that’s now a couple of years old, the studies on sexual assault, the coverage - remarkable, extraordinarily beautiful coverage - of Black Lives Matter. These are all different kinds of stories that are all very much from an independent point of view.”

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Photo by Brad Leuchte The 2015-16 Gatepost staff pose for a photograph with several alumnus.

Cevallos was able to recall a number of articles that have impacted him. “I remember the story about the homeless student. That was quite a piece of journalism. I mean, it was really well done,” he said.

Huddleston thinks that student journalism, such as the kind practiced at The Gatepost, is an important way for future journalists to get the experience they will need in a career.

“It’s the best internship, practicum, career-immersion experience that I think a college has to offer,” he said.

Gomes said, “Practically speaking, the best part of The Gatepost is all of the experience I’m getting and the portfolio I’m building. But personally, I think the best part about joining The Gatepost, for me, was the family that I gained.”

Faculty on campus believe The Gatepost fosters a sense of community, seeing it as a place where they can have their concerns voiced on a larger scale.

Rutter said she has always understood The Gatepost to be an organization open to ideas from the community.

“It’s a place where I can submit letters to the editor about issues of concern, whether it’s about the faculty contract or about social justice for our students. These are all things that have made my interactions with The Gatepost really meaningful and appropriate,” she said.

Huddleston said he appreciates The Gatepost’s coverage of the diversity efforts on campus.

“The Gatepost has helped to get our story out … and, to be quite honest, has fairly challenged the work and the efforts that we have put in place to make sure they are inclusive, but also aligned with the goals and the mission of the University,” he said.

Ezequiel De Leon, senior and SGA president, said he’s had good experiences with The Gatepost staff.

“Time and time again, their pro-

fessionalism and sensitivity has blown me away. Never have I felt that The Gatepost was out to make a story or intrude on people’s personal lives, but never have I seen them shy away from reporting on difficult subjects,” he said.

Melinda Stoops, dean of students, said, “The Gatepost has a history of strong journalism, as demonstrated by the multiple awards won over the years.”

The Gatepost has won numerous awards since its first issue in 1932, including six Mark of Excellence awards from the Society of Professional Journalists this year.

Desmond McCarthy, chair of the English department and Gatepost advisor, said, “The Gatepost is a regionally and nationally recognized newspaper because of the hard work, talent and dedication of successive generations of students.

One tangible recognition The Gatepost receives, which validates the high caliber of the newspaper, is the many Society of Professional Journalists awards editors have

“Time and time again, their professionalism and sensitivity has blown me away. Never have I felt that The Gatepost was out to make a story or intrude on people’s personal lives, but never have I seen them shy away from reporting on difficult subjects.”

- Ezequiel De Leon, SGA president

received. It’s a privilege to advise students who are so civic minded and accomplished.”

Gomes credits the success of the paper to the support it receives from alumni, and the University community.

“Without them we can’t do our jobs,” she said.

With the support of The Gatepost community, particularly advisors Elizabeth Banks and McCarthy, student journalists from FSU have been able to find jobs in the field.

Banks, who worked for the MetroWest Daily News for 14 years, said, “Desmond and I placed dozens throughout the years in internships throughout numerous papers owned by Gatehouse Media. Many of these students were offered fulltime positions.”\She added, “The campus is really fortunate to have a paper where students are free and encouraged to express their thoughts and ideas.”

Cevallos said The Gatepost is fulfilling an important social role.

“I think that journalism continues to be crucial, and honest, hardworking journalism that reports the news regardless of political sides or personal interest is essential for the society to continue to function.

So, to students who are involved in journalism, the only thing I can say is, ‘Please keep doing it,’” he said.

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FSU community marches for women

Allie Gath/THE GATEPOST Marchers chanted, ““Women’s rights are human rights,” “This is what a feminist looks like,” and “International Women’s day, we will not go away.”

By Cesareo Contreras Associate Editor In honor of International National Women’s Day and the Day Without Women Strike, students, faculty and administrators participated in a campus-wide women’s rally and march on Wednesday, March 8.

The event was sponsored by the

the history of International Women’s Day and the value of defending women’s rights.

“We are here to celebrate all the progress that we have made, and to resist those who stop us from moving forward,” she said.

Many of those in attendance wore red as a form of solidarity, and a few student leaders spoke out during the rally.

where we have community, a place where we can breathe.”

Butler listed the names of seven trans-women of color who have been murdered since the start of 2017 and the names of women of color who had been murdered by police without due process.

“This is your day apart from the rest of year when we aren’t punished and condemned for being

“The sign that I made says, ‘Women’s rights equal human rights.’ I think when we fight for women, we fight for the 99 percent. We fight for everybody to have a better life.”

- Ilene Hofrenning, director of the Health Center Health and Wellness Center and the Center for Inclusive Excellence (CIE).

Angelique Bouthot, an assistant educator in the Health and Wellness Center, was of one the march’s main organizers. During her remarks at the rally, she explained

Senior and M.I.S.S. club officer Danielle Butler said the march “is a stand against the fact that women have to work twice as hard for our victories.”

She added, “This is why this exists. It is a place of sanctuary for women of color and our allies -

ourselves,” she said.

Bouthot said the first National Women’s Day occurred in 1909 and was meant to commemorate the 1908 garment worker strike.

By 1911, the day had gone international and was used as a way for women to come together to vo-

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calize against gender disparities in their respective countries, she said.

This included fighting for universal suffrage, the right for women to hold office and the end of gender discrimination in the workplace.

“Each year, it is celebrated and utilized in different ways to improve the lives of women worldwide,” she said.

Bouthot said the same organizers who put on the Jan 21. Worldwide Women’s March planned the “#ADayWithoutWomen to show the economic power that women can wield, personally and professionally, and how we need to continue fighting for equality.”

Ilene Hofrenning, director of the Health Center, said women who participate in the women’s strike fight for equal pay and reproductive rights, and bring awareness to violence motivated by gender, race or sexual orientation. They also shed light on environmental issues, she said.

“The sign that I made says, ‘Women’s rights equal human rights,’” she said. “I think when we fight for women, we fight for the 99 percent. We fight for everybody to have a better life.”

The crowd marched from the McCarthy Center to the CIE, located on the third floor of the Whittemore Library.

As they made their way, they

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Allie Gath/THE GATEPOST Senior Dainelle Butler lists the names of seven trans-women of color who have been murdered since the start of 2017.

The March was sponsored by the Health and Wellness Center and the Center for Inclusive Excellence.

chanted such phrases as, “Women’s rights are human rights,” “This is what a feminist looks like” and “International Women’s Day, we will not go away.”

In the CIE, Bouthot led a discussion that focused on women’s rights and the nation’s social climate since the election.

Virginia Rutter, a sociology professor, said this International Women’s day was different than those in recent years since it followed shortly after Trump’s inauguration.

cially since I feel like we are living in a world of anarchy.”

She added, “These rallies and these protests, the main focus is love, that we want love and equality for everybody.”

Senior Megan Peterson said she really enjoyed the rally and the discussion.

“It’s nice, especially after the election, to kind of get together and just talk about what is stressing us out, what we can do about it and kind of get different perspectives on the issues of women’s rights,

She said, “To use a euphemism, what the Framingham has happened to the concerns of widerange issues around social justice? … I thought that these gender questions were going to be something ... that would get better, but right now, we have so many different communities that are under threat, where their definition of being a woman - however defined - is making them more vulnerable.”

Sophomore Nicole Bray said believes more events such as this need to happen on campus, “espe-

the women’s movement, but also the intersectionality of the women’s movement that is trying to be made more clear,” she said.

Sophomore Stephanie Comigan said, “There aren’t a lot of opportunities for women to get their voices out, and I think that starting the discussion is a great thing to do.”

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Board of trustees discuss raising student fees, tuition fees

By Kayllan Olicio Asst. News Editor The Board of Trustees discussed raising student fees by $590 should the University not receive sufficient state funding at their meeting on March 22.

Additionally, there would be an “aggregated increase” of $1,000 for tuition, fees, room and board per student, according to Dale Hamel, executive vice president.

Hamel said he will have definite numbers once both the House and the Senate budget become available to the University in May, along with new student enrollment numbers.

“This is a difficult time for public higher education. Costs are higher than we have seen in state support. There have been a lot of discussions about enrollment and the enrollments aren’t there to make up that difference. So, a number of campuses are in financial constraints at the moment, and looking to respond to that,” said Hamel.

With the increase in fees, FSU will be the second least-expensive university compared to its sister colleges, with Fitchburg State University being the lowest.

According to Hamel, the University is predicting a steady number of incoming students, which will result in a small decline of aggregated enrollment.

“We want to keep our cost as a target approach at this point … at least below the average of the system,” Hamel said.

The University will continue to increase tenure-track faculty movement, according to Hamel.

If the state allocates the University more revenue than projected, Hamel added, “we would be in a position to reduce fees.”

Loretta Holloway, vice president of enrollment and student development, updated the trustees on admission comparisons.

She said the number of admitted students is up from last year, but freshman deposits are down.

She added the University is seeing an increase in number for the accepted students receptions.

According to Holloway, last year, 131 students RSVP’d for the first accepted students reception with 352 guests. This year 153 students RSVP’d with 431 guests for the first day. For the second day, last year 123 students RSVP’d with 388 guests and this year 164 students RSVP’d with 442 guests.

Holloway said, “All we know is that if we can get people off of Route 9, up the hill, on campus, we

Amanda Martin/THE GATEPOST Shirley Amunya thanked FSU for the opportunity the University has given her throughout her time here.

tend to keep them.”

She added, “People are often surprised at how beautiful the campus is and how friendly the people are.”

She said the University is doing more advertisements and events than they have done in the past, but are not receiving the bump in numbers they expected.

She added, “I don’t think anyone expected a huge bump, but it would be nice to see a bigger bump than what we are seeing.”

Holloway highlighted the work the Suicide Prevention Task Force has done in partnership with the Massachusetts Department of Transportation to install two signs on the bridge across Route 9.

The task force has also been working with a suicide prevention hotline and a call-to-text resource, according to Holloway.

Additionally, the task force is working to put a suicide barrier on the foot bridge. Holloway said, “Those have been known to keep people from actually going over. … You aren’t going to accidentally fall off the bridge, but it is easy to climb.”

The University is also close to hiring a financial aid counselor and a new financial aid director, according to Holloway.

Kevin Foley, vice chair, discussed the presidential review that will be submitted by June 30. Foley will be setting up a presidential review committee during the year, which will review the performances of the president.

Student Trustee Karl Bryan discussed SGA’s recent budget meet-

ing during his report.

According to Bryan, the organization cut around $80,000 in total from the Student Activity Trust Fund’s budget.

He said, “Mainly, the reasoning was we only have so much money. … So, we don’t think it’s fair for 50 clubs to fight between 30 percent of the funds, so we tried to really cut it down.”

He added SGA went through each budget line and cut what they felt didn’t fit the needs of the campus.

Bryan said, “We had to keep reminding E-board members and senators that the numbers we see on the page aren’t just numbers on the paper but real dollars we pay.

So, say when a club wants water or something like that, hundreds of dollars for that is our money and do we really want money to go towards that?”

Junior Jake Nowlan, who attended Alternative Spring Break, spoke to the board about his experiences.

Nowlan discussed the type of work the students preformed in New Orleans during the service trip. “Through the week, we learned how to put up drywall and repair parts of a house. ... We also did a lot of roofing on houses that were destroyed during the tornado that happened there last month.”

He added, “I think it’s easy as a college student to get distracted in your own path. … So, it was really eye-opening to see that there is so much in the world. … It was without a doubt the biggest experience I got out of Framingham State.”

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Biology department chair Aline Davis introduced student speaker Shirley Amunya.

Amunya is biology major with a concentration in pre-health and a bio-chemistry minor. Her long term goal is to attend medical school. During her time at FSU, she has worked as a foundations mentor and a supplemental instructor.

Aminya will be working with Teach for America during her gap year, according to Davis.

“One of the main reasons I came to Framingham State was that it is a small school where everyone pretty much knows each other and the fact that the classes are very small,” Aminya said.

She added, “When I got into the school, I noticed that, due to the small class sizes, my teacher actually knew me, which I love and I actually got to form a relationship with them.”

Aminya said she decided to join Teach for America after speaking to her advisor and said the movement resonated with her.

“I thought that applying for Teach for America would be a great opportunity for me to say thank you to a school like Framingham State for giving me an equal opportunity at a good education,” she said.

She said in her home country of Kenya, girls don’t have the opportunity to attend school, which was a factor in her decision to teach during her gap year. She will be teaching math and science at a middle school level in Springfield.

Linda Vaden-Goad, provost and

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Board of trustees vice president of academic affairs, presented some of the outcomes of the strategic planning initiative.

She said, “We did a little bit of looking at a number of different things.”

She said the committee looked at the mixed reality education lab, which was a grant-funded project.

She added the project “allows students to learn how to manage a classroom with avatars. They also get to practice teaching content.”

She said the history department noticed a need for students to work in better detail in primary and secondary research. As a response, the department made small YouTube videos on the subject matter.

Vaden-Goad announced that the University will not be teaching mathematical remedial courses anymore.

The decision stemmed from a positive result of the University’s a co-requisite model.

She added, “We are saving money. The students are learning. We are having better outcomes.”

Dawn Ross, director of Career Services and Employer Relations, presented the work the office has done throughout the year to the trustees.

Ross said, “We had a record number of events and a record number of students utilizing our office.

We have over 300 local employers

coming to campus. Just in these next two weeks, we will have over 100 employers coming to campus recruiting our students.”

According to Ross, the office is doing employer site visits this year.

“We find when we bring students into the local, wonderful large corporations, they see the variety of jobs that are available for Framingham State students,” she said.

Ross added, “We are very busy.

We could not function without our student team. We have wonderful student employees.”

Dawn will be presenting at accepted students day about the Career Services office and its work.

Rita Colucci, chief of staff and general counsel, presented an update on the strategic planning committee’s work.

The committee’s final report on the strategies to achieve the goals the University set were due on March 22.

Colucci said the committee “will be working with those reports, sharpening them up, getting them ready to be in the document that we can then present to you for preliminary approval in May.” The final draft of the strategic plan is to be presented to the board at the end of September.

Sean Huddleston, chief officer of diversity, inclusion and community engagement, discussed the

Spring Job and Internship Fair Thursday, March 30 McCarthy Center Forum: 4:30-6:00 PM

Open to all students and alumni!

Dress professionally and bring resumes!

Advocates, Amcomm Wireless/Verizon Wireless, Amego, Inc., American International Chemical, Barton Associates, Beacon ABA Services, Beacon Health Options, BJ’s Wholesale Club, Inc., By Appointment Only (BAO), Inc., Charles River Center, CJ Affiliate

by Conversant (Alliance Data), Collaborative for Educational Services, Community Healthlink, Crane Worldwide Logistics LLC, Cumberland Farms, CVS Caremark, DCS Mental Health, Inc., Destination XL Group, Inc., Eli & Bessie Cohen Camps, Enterprise Holdings, Evergreen Center, Fidelity Investments, Henry Whittemore Library, HMS Host, J. Jill, Judge Rotenberg Center, Justice Resource Institute, Key Program, Inc., Lowell Community Charter Public School, Meditech, Middlesex Savings Bank, Monroe Staffing Services, Mystic Valley Regional Charter, Next Generation Children’s Center, Northwest Mutual, PharmaLogics, Plymouth Rock Assurance, Prudential Financial, RCS Learning Center, Resourcesoft, Inc., Riverside Community Care, Roseland Residential Trust, Sanofi-Genzyme, Southborough Youth and Family Services, Staples, TD Bank, The Bridge of Central Massachusetts, The Mathworks, The Paper Store, Inc., The Sherwin-Williams Company, The TJX Companies, Inc., Walgreens, Walker, Wicked Cool For Kids…& MORE! Log onto RamTrack to view a full list of participating organizations This project was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services

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University’s second annual Women Making History Now award. Board members Sonia Diaz and Colucci are recipients of this year’s awards.

Huddleston said, “It’s one of the events that we have to honor Women’s History Month, but, more importantly, to honor people in our midst.”

The event is co-sponsored by M.I.S.S. and will be held on March 30 from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the McCarthy Center Forum.

Chon’tel Washington, the director of the Center of inclusive

Excellence, presented some of the initiatives the center has undertaken during the academic year.

Washington said, “We had over 62 events that we either led or co-sponsored, and were heavily involved in.”

Board member Anthony Hubbard said the Governess committee nominated Richard Logan and Kevin Foley for chair and vice chair for next term’s service.

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Fifteenth Annual NES/MAA Dinner Meeting in Memory of Kenneth J. Preskenis (2017 Preskenis Dinner) The fifteenth annual Preskenis Dinner will be held on Thursday, April 6, 2017. Dr. Donna Beers, Simmons College, will give 2017 Preskenis Lecture, “Who is really in charge?

Connecting Graph Theory to Social Network Analysis”.  6 PM – 7:30 PM Buffet Dinner

(reservations required by Monday, April 3, 2017)

Faculty/Staff Dining Room, 3rd Floor, D. Justin McCarthy Center

 7:30 PM – 8:30 PM Dr. Beers’s Presentation Heineman Ecumenical and Cultural Center (everyone is welcome)  8:30 PM – 9 PM Reception, sponsored by the Office of the Vice President of Academic Affairs, Heineman Ecumenical and Cultural Center (everyone is welcome) The cost for the dinner is $23.25 per person for faculty/staff and $10 per person for FSU students.

For more information, visit

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RamTrack scam alert

By Jesse Sannicandro Interim Assistant News Editor An FSU student was contacted by a fraudulent employer on RamTrack and was asked to bring two passport-sized photos and other identification to an interview, according to an email sent by Career Services.

The student was contacted by someone claiming to be a potential employer who gave a false name - Andrew Miller. This person said they were seeking a receptionist/ office position for Zulily, an American e-commerce company, headquartered in Seattle, Washington.

Dawn Ross, the director of Career Services and Employer Relations, said it is “almost unheard of” for employers to ask for an ID just for an interview.

A similar incident occurred in the Fall 2016 semester when a student was asked to transfer funds to someone in another country after being contacted by a fraudulent employer on RamTrack.

After the fall incident, Career Services changed its policy of giv-

ing employers access to students’ information.

In the past, “an employer would register and they would have access to see students that put resumes on the system. And now, we

is somebody who we know, that we meet with.”

As an extra security precaution, Ross said, “We’re calling every employer that posts a job or signs up for RamTrack. … We have a script

“If an employer does not call us back, then we just do not post their jobs or approve them.”

- Dawn Ross, director of Career Services and Employer Relations

don’t give anybody access to see student data. We just let them post jobs,” said Ross.

Regarding new companies signing up for RamTrack, she said, “We’re not giving access unless it

that we will read to every employer.

Now, if an employer does not call us back, then we just do not post their jobs or approve them. If we call a number that an employer has put in and it’s out of service or out

of order, we’re just assuming that this was a scam.”

Ross said, “It’s a nationwide epidemic of fraudulent postings. …

This is not just Framingham State.”

Ross said students often come to Career Services to ask if job offerings and companies seem legitimate. This is difficult, she said, because frauds such as this one, which uses real company.

She said there has been a recent increase in instances of fraud on RamTrack.

Ross said she has been at FSU for 15 years and that five instances of fraud have been brought to her attention.

A list of tips on how to avoid common job scams was included as an attachment in the warning email sent out by Career Services.

As of press time Framingham State Police could not be reached for comment.

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SGA allocates Pride Alliance $2,747.36 for FSU’s Day of Silence T-shirts

By Jesse Sannicandro Interim Assistant News Editor Members of The Wildlife Club eBoard expressed concerns regarding a SILD policy preventing second-semester seniors from being funded for out-of-state conferences during SGA’s open forum on Tuesday, March 21.

Club President Drew Shaheen said, SILD chose not fund the club because seniors would not be returning to the campus for long, Senator Adam Scanlon said he would like to revisit the issue at the next SGA meeting.

SGA swore in Brianna Goulet as a senator for the class of 2018 and Ben Carrington as senator at large.

The Equestrian Club was approved for a funding request of $1,736.25 for a trail ride at Bobby’s Ranch.

The Education Club was approved for a funding request of $1,375 for 250 T-shirts for sandbox. There was a debate when Student Trustee Karl Bryan said that T-shirts are not a good use of SGA funds.

SATF Treasurer Sarah Horwitz said she supported the use of funds.

“I believe that we are all here to advocate on behalf of the student body and I think T-shirts is what

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the student body responds to, so I’m going to support their T-shirts” she said.

The Journal of Critical Thinking was approved for $1,075 for 100 copies of the journal.

The Pride Alliance was approved for $2,747.36 for 450 shirts to spread awareness of FSU’s Day of Silence. The club was also approved for $2,080 for four students to attend the Northeast LGBT Conference.

The Food Science Club requested $1,868 - $1000 was for the rights to screen the documentary film, “Food Evolution,” $868 was re-

quested for both 50 event-specific T-shirts and 50 T-shirts with the food science logo.

There was debate when Bryan said that T-shirts were not a good use of SGA funds because 50 of the shirts were for the one-night event.

Senator Molly Fennessey said that two T-shirt designs would not be beneficial to the campus and made a formal amendment that the club would get funding if all 100 T-shirts were not specific to the event.

Senator Steve DeMeo said that event-specific T-shirts would be beneficial because a documentary

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is something you can watch multiple times.

The club was funded for the full amount as long as it ordered one design for the general club T-shirt and event.

SUAB was approved for a change to their club constitution.

Senator Seth Signa passed off the U-Rock to Class and Club Treasurer Maddie Alper because she had not received it yet and she was the “quickest one” to raise her hand.

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MARCH 24, 2017 THE GATEPOST EDITORIAL

The Gatepost Shaping FSU since 1932 In the very first Gatepost Editorial, published in 1932, the founding editors questioned whether a permanent student newspaper could be established and carried out successfully at Framingham State.

They believed, as we do today, that the permanency of The Gatepost relies upon the community’s support and contributions.

But why is it so important that The Gatepost continues its legacy of excellent and accurate reporting?

Why does student journalism matter?

First, student reporters are often the only people holding administrators and the Board of Trustees responsible for their actions.

While local newspapers may cover universities when a famous speaker comes to campus or a protest erupts, they otherwise ignore the happenings and events on college campuses.

You might find similar stories in The MetroWest Daily News. However, The Gatepost offers more comprehensive coverage from the student perspective.

Second, The Gatepost serves as a voice for the thousands of students on campus - many of whom would never have the chance to express their opinions to the Board of Trustees or administrators without the paper.

Whether students submit an editorial, are featured in the paper or interviewed by a reporter, administrators are reading their opinions and, hopefully, taking them into account.

Third, The Gatepost serves as the primary record of Framingham State’s history.

For decades, Gatepost reporters have committed themselves to telling the stories of the Framingham State community that would otherwise not be heard.

In telling the tales of FSU, The Gatepost fosters an informed and inclusive community on campus.

This is what student journalism provides college campuses, and what The Gatepost provides Framingham State University - an uncensored platform to speak out, and a hub of information for the University.

As we reflect on our 85-year history, we at The Gatepost cannot help but be impressed and inspired by the commitment and professionalism all the students who came before us displayed.

For nearly a century, students have volunteered their time and skill to inform and educate the Framingham State community with fair and accurate reporting, and their work rivals those of their professional contemporaries.

Because of these students, The Gatepost has been influencing and shaping this University since its establishment in 1932.

We depend on you to help The Gatepost continue its legacy of excellence and professionalism in order to provide this University with the most accurate news possible.

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Campus Conversations

What do you like about working for the Gatepost?

By: Molly Dubrowski and Darian O’Donnell

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“We are really like a family here. And it’s really an experience that you won’t be able to get in a classroom.”

-Julia Sarcinelli, Associate Editor

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“Valuable work experience for my future career as an engineer”

-William Mills-Curran, Copy Editor

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“I get to write about stuff that I actually care about.”

-Andrew Willoughby, Arts and Features Editor

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“The people you get to work with and the opportunity for growth.”

-Emily Robinson, Interim Design Editor

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“My favorite thing is learning photojournalism while working with such a great group of people.”

-Amanda Martin, Photo Editor

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“I get to work with a skilled staff to create something we call our own.”

-Brittany Cormier, Associate Editor

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A few Gatepost editors Journalism culture must change The president is at war with journalists. If they disagree with his often false depiction of reality, he deems them enemies of the country and launches Twitter attacks against them.

So, it is said we need to fight for journalism now more than ever. We must not let the attacks of our leader stop us from reporting the truth.

However, President Trump is not the only one attempting to destroy the media. The media itself is deeply flawed and must change if it hopes to adapt.

Of course, there is pressure from consumers for media outlets to become more biased, more simple and more agreeable. Confirmation bias pushes readers to only click articles that will justify their firmly held beliefs, reinforcing their world views time and time again - until the only information they receive is the information that will make them feel comfortable and correct.

Giving into this is an effective strategy for a news industry wishing to gain the most clicks on its articles, the most shares and the most likes.

But it is not what journalism is meant to be.

When articles seek to confirm the readers’ beliefs or to agree with their viewership in order to receive favor on social media, journalism suffers.

When reporters believe they have a duty to promote their own political beliefs in order to change the way society perceives events, journalism suffers.

The issue is that we are living in a society that glorifies the self righteous extremists and condemns those who take moderate positions. Our country exists in two distinct societies - the liberal and the conservative - and more and more reporters seem to be choosing sides and writing in order to appeal to one of these societies.

This is not the nature of journalism. Journalists must form a society of their own - one that promotes nothing but objective truth. No matter how boring, mundane or contrary-to-popular-belief the truth may be, journalists must report it with passion and honesty.

An argument can be made that part of the blame falls on the consumer. If nobody supports honest journalism, then honest organizations of journalists will, of course, conform to the demands of their readership.

But why become a journalist? Surely, it is not for profit. There are plenty of other less demanding, less complicated professional fields to enter that would offer much higher salaries than newspapers ever will.

No, the journalist must enter the work force knowing full well they one day must have to become martyrs for the cause of truth, instead of wealthy or politically popular.

If we are to protect journalists from President Trump, we must first protect journalists from the demands of the marketplace. Journalists must form a culture that celebrates honesty and truth above profit and popularity. Journalism cannot be just a profession, it must also be a virtuous cause.

Journalism is not about protecting finances or advancing politics - it is about protecting the truth. If journalists in this country don’t realize this and commit to truth without restraint or hesitation, we will fail.

Phil McMullin Opinions Editor

Op/Ed submissions reflect the opinions of their authors only and do not necessarily reflect those of The Gatepost or its staff.

Have an opinion about something happening on campus? Send it in 500 words or less to gatepostopinions@gmail.com.

Anyone can submit!

Interested in illustrating a comic about campus life, politics, or other issues?

Contact Design Editor Shayna Yacyshyn at syacyshyn@student.framingham.edu!

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Phenomenal Woman

By Tess Jillson Asst. Arts & Features Editor

Each year, during Women’s History Month, FSU holds the Phenomenal Woman ceremony to congratulate the women of FSU who have affected others in some way.The ceremony is dedicated to poet Maya Angelou, who spoke out about civil rights and inspired others with her can-do attitude. The event is named after Angelou’s poem, Phenomenal Woman.

This year, on March 7, at the 11th annual ceremony, 39 women were nominated for their remarkable achievements. English professor Lisa Eck, nominated by senior Allie Carroll and junior Emily Robinson, won the award and received a standing ovation.

Eck said she originally planned on slipping out early to grade papers, but once the ceremony started she got so caught up in all the ‘amazing tributes.’

She said, “I was thinking about how the ritual nature of the ceremony is so beautiful because it is inclusive - everyone got recognized and everyone got to read about their accomplishments.”

Eck added, “As I sat there, I was really rooting for the amazing student nominees, and for the Sodexo women who were nominated. So, when my name was read, I was literally speechless - and I’m never speechless.”

Eck said she felt “sheepish” receiving the award since she was “in the company of so many worthy nominees.”

She said, “The award felt like a wider form of recognition and that in itself is both rewarding and encouraging. My hope for the award going forward is that there might be a Phenomenal Woman Award for students, staff and faculty - three total.”

The award made Eck feel “deeply grateful” for the women who nominated her. The letters in particular were the most important to Eck since they “represent people taking the time to tell me what it all meant to them and what they saw,” she said.

“If I were to give credit to anyone, it would be to my students and my colleagues, who make my day-in, day-out experience of being an FSU professor so inspiring and ultimately, so empowering. Being at FSU makes my life meaningful. I am never bored - that’s for sure,” said Eck. Robinson said she nominated Eck because she makes her students feel important. She said Eck is one of the

English Professor Lisa Eck accepted the Phenomenal Woman award.

most kind-hearted women she has come to know and can automatically brighten someone’s day with her optimistic attitude.

“There is no ‘running into’ Lisa Eck. She isn’t the type of woman you wave to in passing before going about your day. She stops you, asks you how you are doing - how you are really doing - tells you about something that happened the other day that made her think of you, and seals it with a hug. Suddenly, seeing your professor in the hall turns into a 20-minute-long conversation and you feel a little better about your day,” Robinson wrote in her nomination.

Eck recently went on a trip to India with a group of FSU students, including Robinson and Carroll.

Robinson said while on the trip, Eck and some of her peers contracted an illness, but Eck still kept spirits high.

“She spreads joy everywhere she goes. Knowing her has made me a better person and I strive to be as kind and loving as she is,” Robinson wrote in her nomination.

Josee Vachon-Cevallos, Franco-American singer and wife of President Cevallos, also talked about the role of a phenomenal woman and how she learned that the smallest things can influence people in the biggest way.

Vachon-Cevallos said, “After 35 years of performing, I know my audiences have grown up with me. I often get letters or emails from fans sharing their joy or nostalgia with the music.”

She told a story about a letter she received from a nursing home regarding an Alzheimer’s patient. The patient had been unresponsive for years, until one day, another patient began to play French music. The

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nurses were astonished to see her singing along. Later it was discovered that French was the patient’s first language.

Vachon-Cevallos said she believes “all women possess a sense of purpose and commitment,” and in order Allie Carrol Peer Mentor to progress they must continue to be Brittany Cormier themselves, know their strengths, be Academic Success Peer Tutor confident and smile.

David Baldwin, associate dean of Wendy Davis Career Services and Empoyer Relations office manager students, who led the ceremony, said a phenomenal woman is someone Kim Dexter who gets past the “pain of her expe- Director of Equal Opportunity, Title IX Coordinator and ADA Compliance riences” and “catapults herself to the Victoria Gibbs forefront.”

He said even though time is pro- Academic Success Peer Tutor gressing, the nation seems to be Alexandra Gomes moving backward, making pro- Editor-in-Chief of The Gatepost gression even harder, especially for Rebecca Green Administrative Resident Assitant women after the recent election.

“We thought progress had been Amanda Martin made. It appears that we are regress- Photos Editor for The Gatepost ing, as if a BAND-AID® was being Simone Matthews peeled away from our society slowly, Vice President of the Psychology club almost daily, to expose nasty wounds and co-treasurer of Psi Chi that mark our country - more pain- Karen Nicholas Police Sergeant ful with each day that goes by,” said Nina Ricci Executive Assistant Baldwin.

He said he wondered what An- Robin Robinson gelou would have to say about the Director of Education Technology and Interactive Media turmoil in America. Baldwin continued to read a snippet from Angelou’s Julia Sarcinelli 1978 poem, I Still Rise, which states, Associate Editor of The Gatepost “You may shoot me with your words, Kayla Sizer Resident Assistant / You may cut me with your eyes, / Sodexo Women You may kill me with your hatefulStudent Workers ness, / But still, like air, I’ll rise.” of the Dean’s Office Baldwin said, “I think we have to remember to rise and keep rising Mary Ellen Director of Admissions Operations above the mess we are facing right Erika Viens Resident Assistant now.”

Editor’s note: Brittany Cormier, The Women of Alexandra Gomes, Amanda Martin, the Counseling Center Emily Robinson and Julia Sarcinelli are all members of The Gatepost editorial CONNECT WITH TESS JILLSON staff.

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Looking Back Gatepost Alumni reflect on time at the Paper

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By Cesareo Contreas Assocaite Editor Eighty-five years is a substantial amount of time for any organization to endure, let alone a student club.

In the first Gatepost Editorial, published in the newspaper’s original 1932 issue, the editors stated that the success of the paper was beholden to the student body, and its growth “demanded” students’ contributions. Eight-and-a half decades later, when some of FSU’s most dedicated Gatepost alumni reflect on their time at the paper, they remember fondly the lasting friendships they formed and the high caliber of their journalistic work.

Here are their stories.

Richard Cunningham Class of 1968 For Richard Cunningham, editor-in-chief during the 1966-1967 and 1967-1968 academic years, the friendships he made while at the paper have lasted him a lifetime.

“I think really for me, it was the people I worked with,” he said. “I’m still friends with some of them, and this was 50 years ago. It is a bond we have - that we all worked together to accomplish a certain goal.”

During Cunningham’s tenure, The Gatepost underwent a number of substantial format changes.

What was once an “occasionally glossy” print product turned into a weekly print paper that not only had coverage of FSU events, but also the current state of international affairs.

“There was a lot going on that time,” Cunningham said. “It was the height of the Vietnam War. There was a lot of interest in that.

We had articles and editorials that were for and against the war, so I think that brought a lot of interest to the campus,” he said.

Cunningham recruited a dedicated staff of reporters and editors to write weekly, and although he looks back at his time at The Gatepost with gratitude, he hasn’t forgotten the daunting task of publishing a college newspaper every week.

“I was obviously a full-time student,” he said. “I was working part time. ... I was actually doing this on top of that. So I think really getting the paper out on time each week, that was a push to do that.”

After graduation, Cunningham had a short stint as an editor for a local newspaper, but worked primarily as a English teacher. Cunningham worked as a teacher in Ashland High School until he retired in 2004. He has also been an adjunct professor at Framingham State University since 1984.

Although he didn’t actively pursue a career in journalism, Cunningham said his time at The Gatepost has provided him with a number of skills that have helped him become a better writer and manager outside of the newspaper industry.

“That experience helped me learn how to manage people, and to develop a vision,” he said. “I think it really helped me to understand the role of audience in writing.”

Suzanne McDonald Class of 1995 Twenty-seven years after Cunningham passed the editor-in-chief mantle, Suzanne McDonald, who served as the editor-in-chief during 1994-1995 academic year, was spending Thursday nights in The Gatepost office working to inform

the student body and upholding the professional journalistic standard set by her predecessors.

“Through debate and collaboration, and all the good things that happened at that little hotbed at The Gatepost, the better product would prevail,” she said. “Not just because I was editor-in-chief, but because we had a lot of smart and talented people coming together on a weekly basis to create a fantastic and top-notch news product.”

Among McDonald’s most notable pieces was one article she said really solidified her appreciation for the service that The Gatepost could provide not only to students, but to the broader community.

McDonald wrote an article for her capstone journalism class concerning student credit card debt and how credit card companies were taking advantage of students by placing credit card applications in classrooms.

“Our local state rep saw our article in The Gatepost, and proposed legislation that credit card applications can’t be hung in classrooms,” she said. “That was pretty powerful.

That you could do a really good job on an article and that it would have that kind of an impact overall.”

After graduation, McDonald earned her master’s in journalism and communications from the University of South Carolina-Columbia. From there, she worked for a number of newspapers, primarily as a copy editor. After leaving her job as a copy editor at The Boston Globe in 2008, she started her own content and SEO company, “Designated Editor,” which she later rebranded to “Angles and Insights” where she works as a marketing consultant.

McDonald also has worked an adjunct professor at the Universi-

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ty of Rhode Island and at FSU. Last spring, she taught Writing for Online and Social Media for the FSU English department.

When taking into account all the positions she has held since graduation, McDonald said her job as editor-in-chief was her “closest comparable role” to her job of being C.E.O. of her own company.

“You’re managing a staff of 40 students, and that’s a lot to manage when you are also going to school full-time,” she said. “You learn how to pick up [your staff] when they are down - when they are overwhelmed with school and working and life. ...

You learn a lot about how to help people do their best work,” she said.

Steve Katsos Class of 1996 Like McDonald, Steve Katsos, who served as editor-in-chief during the 1995-1996 academic year, was also motivated by his staff’s dedication to creating a high-quality product.

It was his work at The Gatepost that inspired to him to start a talk

“Through debate and collaboration, and all the good things that happened at that little hotbed at The Gatepost, the better product would prevail.”

-Suzanne McDonald, editor-in-chief 1994-1995

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Looking Back show, he said. Nine years ago, Katsos began producing his television program, “The Steve Katsos Show,” a talk show based in Arlington that spotlights artists and comedians.

“I enjoyed seeing a product that people were putting together and how it would grow,” he said. “Every week, it would get better and better, and that’s kind of why I started producing the show. I wanted to make a product that would keep getting better and better, he said.

Katsos said under his leadership, The Gatepost was able to print in color for the first time.

“The skills I learned while working at The Gatepost gave me the ability to run another organization,” Katsos said.“When you’re in college, being able to have a group work together like that for a whole semester or year, you end up learning each other’s weaknesses and strengths, that by the time you reach the end, you really have the best product you can make with that group. It’s a learning experience for everyone involved.”

Outside of his role as a talk show host, Katsos, works in audio and television production and aids in setting up television production equipment for sporting events in venues such as Gillette Stadium, he said.

John Hilliard Class of 2003 Boston Globe reporter and producer John Hilliard, an associate editor during the 2002-03 academic year, said, “What’s great about The Gatepost was that it gives students who are attending a much smaller school that doesn’t have the name brand that the bigger schools toward Boston have ... the opportunity to do work that is high caliber.

You can really get involved in the kind of work that if you pursue it, can really take you somewhere.”

Hilliard said an internship he obtained with English professor Elizabeth Banks, who was a GateHouse Media editor at the time, helped him get his start in journalism.

After graduation, Hilliard worked as a reporter for local newspapers and as a technology writer for TechTarget, before obtaining a master’s in business journalism degree from Boston University.

From covering immigration policy to writing about the rivalry between late-night host Jimmy Kimmel and actor Matt Damon, Hilliard said his job “varies so much day-to day.”

Additionally, Hilliard works on The Boston Globe’s website and

takes care of “all the geeky HTML stuff” so readers get “a good reading experience.”

Hilliard said he wishes scholarships were available for Gatepost editors so they could focus on producing the best journalism they could.

Referring to the English department’s journalism concentration, Hilliard said, “It’s such a great little program that has just endured.”

Brad Petrishen Class of 2008 When Brad Petrishen, editor-in-chief during the 2007-08 academic year, first entered The Gatepost office, he was hooked.

“It just started off being a cool place to be,” Petrishen said.

During his freshman year, one of Petrishen’s friends suggested he come by the office one night since the atmosphere was “pretty fun.”

“So I did, and I pretty much never left,” he said.

Petrishen said the most important lesson he learned at The Gatepost was the value of journalism.

“I had fun not only writing news stories about what was going on in the college, but really, having a voice in the editorial process and writing editorials about the direction of our school and what we thought of our administration.”

When looking back, Petrishen said Gatepost Advisor and English Professor Desmond McCarthy is integral to the paper’s success.

“He is one of the most important people on that campus,” he said.

“He’s always made sure to help stu-

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of Excellence Award from the Society of Professional Journalists for editorial writing. The following year, Petrishen, along with other members of the Gatepost staff, also earned a Region 1 Mark of Excellence Award for breaking news coverage.

Petrishen said it was nice to work at a local college newspaper, because “you can measure the impact you have,” whereas at a professional newspaper, the audience is broader.

“When you’re in college, being able to have a group work together like that for a whole semester or year, you end up learning each other’s weaknesses and strengths, that by the time you reach the end, you really have the best product you can make with that group. It’s a learning experience for everyone involved.”

-Steve Katsos, editor-in-chief 1995-1996

dents understand how important it is to have a voice in their college and how important it is to be the voice for the students. And then at same point, not only helping students with journalism, but with life. Desmond has been such an important person in so many people’s lives.”

During Petrishen’s tenure, The Gatepost earned a Region 1 Mark

“At a college campus, it’s immediate. If people like what you do, they’ll tell you, If they don’t like it, they’ll steal the newspaper, which happened. Or you’ll have an administrator who walks the other way when they see you, or doesn’t what to answer your questions. That is a sure-fire way to know if you either did a really good job or a really bad job.”

Today, Petrishen works as a gen-

eral assignment reporter for The Worcester Telegram and Gazette and covers the city. He recently won two second-place awards for Investigative Reporting and Rightto-Know in the New England Better Newspaper Competition.

Alexandra Smith Class of 2008 Having graduated college at the height of the economic recession, Alexandra Smith, an associate editor during the 2007-08 academic year, struggled to find a job until she connected with former Gatepost editor-in-chief Suzanne McDonald.

“She was actually starting her own business. So she was the first connection I made where there was a freelance opportunity identified.”

While that job helped Smith find more freelance writing opportunities, after a year, Smith decided to go back to school and got her master’s in communication management from Emerson College. She graduated in 2012.

Today, as the Director of Communications & Media Relations at Wheelock College, Smith still calls her Gatepost contacts on a regular basis.

“Working in public relations, it’s beneficial to me personally to have connections who are reporters and who are journalists in different capacities,” she said “I have on different occasions reached out to

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Looking Back personal contacts, friends of mine, who I have worked with at The Gatepost to pitch stories to them.

So those professional connections have been very valuable for me.”

Smith remembers her time at The Gatepost being one of the “most engaging and exhilarating teamwork experiences I’ve ever had in my career.”

She added, “Being on The Gatepost provided me with a network of professional contacts [and with] friends who had a similar interest as me. It provided me with a purpose. … I did not mind being there till 3 a.m. I sometimes minded being there till 6 or 7 a.m., but I didn’t mind working all night on this publication, because it was something I cared about. It was something I enjoyed.”

Madison Dennis Class of 2010 Madison Dennis, editor-in-chief during the 2009-10 academic year, said her most memorable college experiences didn’t happen in the classroom.

“What made college really great and helpful for me were the extracurricular experiences that I had - The Gatepost, the internship,” Dennis said. “I’m a big believer that college is really what you make of it. No matter whether you go to a big-name college or a small college, there are opportunities everywhere to get outside the classroom and get involved.”

Dennis, who now works as a social media community manager at MAPFRE, said her work at The Gatepost helped her recognize her love for public relations and mar-

keting as well as her love for journalism.

“The Gatepost was a good jumping-off point for me, for sure,” she said. “I think in any type of marketing role, in any type of advertising role, or communications role, one of the most important skills you can have is being able to talk to people, to get information, to tell those stories to a broader audience, and that’s what journalism is.”

Dennis said that of all the articles she wrote, one sticks out in particular.

“I remember once, I wasn’t editor-in-chief at this time, we covered a bomb scare,” Dennis said. “It was just very fast. Everything just happened fast and we needed to make sure we were getting pictures and covering the story and being fairly accurate in how we were covering it.”

Dennis also fondly remembers being on The Gatepost during President Barack Obama’s first presidential campaign.

“That was a really cool thing being able to cover that and take a stance as a student,” she said. “We covered it not like The New York Times covered it, but we did cover it, and I think it’s what gave me a broader view of the world and made me focus on the world around me and politics more than I would have if I was just an average student and not doing The Gatepost.”

Sara Mulkeen Class of 2010 Sara Mulkeen, FSU’s manager of digital communications and interactive media, and a news editor during the 2009-10 academic year,

Photo courtesy of Alexandra Smith Alexandra Smith ’08 is the Director of Communcations & Media Relations at Wheelock College.

credits some of her technical expertise to the work she performed while at The Gatepost.

While at the paper, Mulkeen said she was initially reluctant to place her stories on the layout software herself since she was “afraid of messing it up.” By the end of her time there, however, Mulkeen’s proficiency in Quark and Adobe InDesign impressed prospective employers.

“Learning Quark and learning InDesign, because they switched to InDesign my senior year, that was actually something I put on my resume and that was something almost every employer asked me about,” she said.

After graduating from FSU, Mulkeen worked as a content creator at two digital marketing agencies - first at an organization in Boston and then at one in Rhode Island.

After she was laid off from her job in Rhode Island, Mulkeen dusted off her steno-pad and worked as an editor and reporter at The MetroWest Daily News.

And although she would have “stayed there forever,” when she saw FSU’s job listing for a web content coordinator, Mulkeen jumped on the opportunity.

“They wanted someone to be able to write for [the website] and develop content for it that would make it more engaging, and that just seemed really interesting to me. It seemed actually to pull together the weird set of skills I gained both through college and all my jobs I got after college,” she said.

Lauren Finnegan 2010-11 When Lauren Finnegan, editor-in-chief for the 2010-11 academic year, is face-to- face with senior colleagues at her job at Dell EMC, she isn’t intimidated.

That’s because Finnegan has had experience dealing with people in positions of power, thanks in large part to her jobs as a reporter and editor, she said.

“When I was at The Gatepost, I would go meet with Dale Hamel or the president or whoever it was.

You just have this confidence that in the kind of industry that I’m in now, where a lot of people are more senior than me, and have a lot more experience, and titles mean everything, I definitely can hold my own in a conversation.”

Today, Finnegan works as a Product Marketing Manager at Dell EMC and is currently enrolled in Brandeis University’s master of science program with a focus in digital marketing and design.

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“Your only other source of information is word of mouth, hearsay, rumors and gossip. There’s plenty of ‘that’ kind of talk on a college campus, but our talk is not just people yapping. It’s backed-up by facts. It’s backed up by figures and it’s backed up by unparalleled access.”

-Joe Kourieh, former associate editor 2012-15 Although Finnegan isn’t actively working in journalism, she still applies the lessons she learned as a journalist in her current role.

“You can’t really look at something and say it’s all positive. You have to see if there is anything we can improve upon or to ask the hard questions.”

When looking back at her time at The Gatepost, Finnegan said she couldn’t help but notice how many friends she made she wouldn’t have otherwise.

“I think that’s one of the things any editor or staff member would tell you - ‘You would never be friends with those people unless you met them through the newspaper,’” she said. “And I still talk to people from the newspaper. People were in my wedding from the newspaper.”

Additionally, she is still in contact with Gatepost Advisor Desmond McCarthy, whom she said she still talks to on a regular basis, either to catch up or to ask for job advice.

Linsday Chase 2010-11 Going into a regular Gatepost interview with FSU’s Chief Information Officer Patrick Laughran, Lindsay Chase, an associate editor during the 2010-11 academic year, had no idea she would be leaving with a reference that would help her obtain her first and only job after graduation.

“We were just sort of chatting before the interview and he asked me what I wanted to do after graduation, and this was [in] April of 2011, and I just sorted shrugged and said, ‘I have no idea.’”

Laughran offered to be a reference for her for a technology company he helped cofound and run: TechTarget.

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Chase said she wouldn’t have been able to find a job if weren’t for The Gatepost and its advisor.

“My whole resume was just Gatepost,” she said.

She added McCarthy “will do anything for anybody, which is probably one of his biggest strengths, but also probably one of his biggest flaws. He doesn’t get enough sleep,” she said.

Spencer Buell Class of 2013 Looking back a few years after graduation, Spencer Buell, editor-in-chief for both the 2011-12 and the 2012-13 academic years, said he sees The Gatepost as essential in teaching him “the basics of writing and journalism.

“One of the things that has been really helpful to me in my career is being mostly typo-free,” he said.

“Oddly enough, the thing that was really useful to me was sitting around the table and doing edits the way that we used to do them because it’s just a good way to learn how to write sentences that don’t have any problems.”

As a digital news reporter for Boston Magazine, Buell has never forgotten the lessons he learned during those late Thursday nights in the McCarthy Center. In fact, he puts them into practice almost every day.

And for Buell, The Gatepost is as legitimate as any local or national newspaper.

“You get to cover real issues, and you have a real responsibility to get it right, and that doesn’t change in the professional world,” he said.

“It’s exactly the same, but instead of covering a college campus, you are covering a city, or a small town or whatever you are doing,” Buell said, “The Gatepost has always been the little paper that could. It’s always managed to attract the most interesting, smartest people into one room and managed to put out a damn good newspaper.”

During his tenure, The Gatepost earned five Region 1 Mark of Excellence awards from the Society of Professional Journalists. Buell’s 2012 feature,“My Name is Owen: One transgender student’s journey into manhood,” won first place for feature writing.

Buell is “incredibly grateful” for Gatepost Advisor Desmond McCar-

thy and journalism professor Elizabeth Banks, who played big roles in his journalism career at FSU. When thinking of his most cherished Gatepost memories, Buell said they “all blend together.

“It was just week after week of so much work. There was really so much passion in that room. People would put in dozens of hours to make sure that thing came out, and we did it because we really loved it.

We cared about the paper. We cared about each other. And I’ve never really forgotten that feeling.”

He added, “A paper that’s been this good for this long isn’t going anywhere.”

Joe Kourieh Class of 2015 Like Buell, whenever Joe Kourieh, an associate editor from 2012 to 2015, writes or edits most of his work, he can’t help but remember those late-night, caffeine-fueled copy-edit sessions at The Gatepost.

“The important techniques and the important know-how gets drilled into your mind by the peoBrittany Corimer/THE GATEPOST ple you are learning from,” Kourieh Gatepost Advisor Desmond McCarthy poses with 2015 Gatepost said. “You kind of develop a voice in graduates Jimmy Sheridan, Kaila Braley, Tanya Ström and Joe Kourieh. the back of your head that is DesFor Comeau, The Gatepost’s role mond or is Liz Banks. Their voic- but rather a call for action and a call for continuity.

It’s important that “is to tell the story you aren’t goes stick in the back of your head the staff, the administration and ing to hear at the football house after you’ve done it enough. So it the student body give due respect on Thursday night or in your dorm becomes impossible to gloss over to the publication and do their part, room while you are studying for fianything that would compromise whatever that part may be, to keep nals. There’s a lot of stuff that hapthe quality of the work that you are it going, to keep it accountable, and pens at a college campus that peoin charge of.” to keep the standard high.” ple don’t know about, and that’s Upon reflection, Kourieh said Today, Kourieh works as a sothe nature of journalism.” his favorite Gatepost memories are cial media and PR specialist at The mostly “the brain-dead moments of Cassie Russo triumph when you finally finish the Warren Group, where he manages both their online and social media Ckass of 2014 paper. presence.

“We would work so hard and so Cassie Russo, a news editor late on it that the feeling of relief, Zachary Comeau during the 2013-14 academic year, and the feeling of success that you Class of 2012 said, “I learned more at The Gateget when you do finally say, ‘It’s post than I did in most of my classdone’ and you have produced yet Milford Daily News Reporter es.” another top-notch publication, Zachary Comeau, an arts and feaRusso applies many of the skills that’s unparalleled and that’s what tures editor during the 2011-12 acshe gained at The Gatepost at her you seek. It becomes addictive.” ademic year, remembers his time social media and public relations It’s from those “brain dead moat The Gatepost as being “a lot of job at Stratton Mountain, a ski rements that” you develop “friends work. sort in Vermont. for life,” Kourieh said.

“It really slaps you in the face “I have my AP Stylebook on my For Kourieh, The Gatepost is with how much work these kind of desk right now and I look at it not “the best source of information” on jobs are,” he said.

“You put in hours on a daily basis, but pretty [often],” campus. and hours on Thursdays to put the she said.

He added, “Your only other paper out.”

Russo credits her internship at source of information is word of Even with the stresses that came The MetroWest Daily News as the mouth, hearsay, rumors and goswith working at the paper, Comeau reason she was able to get her cursip. There’s plenty of ‘that’ kind of is thankful for his time at The Gaterent job. And she credits being able talk on a college campus, but our post, as it instilled in him a love to get that internship to her work at talk is not just people yapping. It’s for journalism and allowed him to The Gatepost. backed-up by facts. It’s backed up break out of his shell.

“I have my dream job right now, by figures and it’s backed up by un“I was a shy high school kid, and pretty much everything I wanted paralleled access.” here I am running all over campus right out of college,” she said.

When taking note of The Gateasking people questions and bugFor Russo, The Gatepost’s lonpost’s 85-year legacy, Kourieh said, ging them for Campus Conversagevity is due its “inviting” and “ac“It’s important not to look at an antions,” he said. cepting” atmosphere for new, inexniversary as some kind of ending,

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ALBUM REVIEW

Sheeran worthy of listeners’ undivided attention

By Kayllan Olicio Editorial Staff

Ed Sheeran has come a long way from singing in his local church choir and writing songs while attending high school in his hometown of Framlingham, England (yes, that’s right - Framingham, with an L).

Sheeran released his highly anticipated third full studio album “÷” (Divide), on March 3, after a yearlong hiatus and social media break.

The album has topped the charts in the U.K. and U.S. Sheeran’s music has changed throughout the years from his previous full studio albums “+” (Plus) and “x” (Multiply). Divide is a key example of that change.

He has managed to evolve his sound while keeping the core of his musical fingerprints intact. His indescribable charismatic touch can be felt and heard through this latest album.

His quick, clever raps and soulful heartbreaking lyrical ballads, which were heavily present in his previous works, still hold a place on Divide.

But new and different styles shine through among his classic, well-established repertoire.

It’s hard to pin Divide down and fit it into a box. The album falls under the pop genre, but it’s much more

than that. Sheeran does a masterful, crazy, and brilliant job in varying styles of song throughout the album, while making it a solid and cohesive piece of work. The album features pop melodies, hip-hop tunes, club music vibes, Irish folk beats, rapping, orchestras and Ghanaian Twi dialect.

Sheeran’s inventiveness radiates through his varying style tracks, while still staying true to his just-anawkward-guy-with-a-guitar image and sound.

In an interview with Spotify, Sheeran said he had the concept for Divide since 2010. He wanted the album to feel “a bit schizophrenic and each song targeting a different thing by subject-matter-wise and style.”

Sheeran opens his album with the explosive and energetic “Eraser.” It’s a re-introduction of himself to the world. With a strong statement of, “Welcome to the new show / I guess you know I’ve been away,” citing his hiatus, he gives a clear statement that this album isn’t going to be like the others.

The track sends a message about the concept of fame and shows Sheeran’s self-awareness of his own fame.

Sheeran calls out his friends and family who are “Filled with envy when they should be filled with pride.” He does this in the best way

he can, through well-crafted verses of ingenious rap and a great chorus.

Sheeran captures the bittersweet feeling of reminiscing over childhood and teenage memories though the masterful pop anthem of “Castle on the Hill.” The song is an ode to his hometown, and one of the strongest on the album.

A true Sheeran album wouldn’t be complete without heartbreaking and gut-wrenching ballads. He delivers with “Supermarket Flowers,” “Dive,” “Perfect,” among others.

“Supermarket Flowers” tells the story of Sheeran’s grandmother’s passing. It’s a sad but real expression of his feelings during that time in his life. It’s touching and sentimental.

The track features beautifully performed backing vocals and instrumentals.

With “Dive,” the listener can hear the pain in Sheeran’s voice as he pleads, “Don’t call me baby unless you mean it.” It’s one of the most soulful and raw tracks of the album.

Sheeran admitted in an interview with MTV that he thinks “Perfect” is the best song he has written. The track is heart-melting. It is surely to turn even the most pessimistic person with the bleakest view about love into a hopeless romantic for four minutes and twenty-three seconds.

Grade: A Sheeran accomplishes what he set out to do, creating an album with a variety of styles. Every listener is sure to find something they like and that resonates with them.

The deluxe version of Divide runs at about an hour and features 16 tracks. Sheeran is able to divide and conquer different styles in an exquisite way that is sure to touch all listeners.

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MOVIE REVIEW

“Get Out” will stay in your head

By Andrew Willoughby Arts & Features Editor When I first heard Jordan Peele of Comedy Central’s “Key & Peele” was writing, producing and directing a horror film, which would mainly focus on racism in America, I was hesitant. To tackle such an issue would take subtlety. Could a sketch comedy writer really pull that off?

The short answer is, “Yes.” The film follows Chris Washington, a black man who - after a few months of dating - goes on a weekend trip to meet his white girlfriend’s parents at their elaborate estate. The plot unfolds to reveal things aren’t as perfect there as they seem.

Nearly everyone in “Get Out” gives a fantastic performance. The way the cast interacts with each other, from the little looks they give one another to the awkwardly long pauses throughout the dinner scene, all add to the immersive nature of the film - you want to know what the hell is going on just as badly as the characters do.

The only actor who isn’t quite as relies on jump scares to frighten good as the rest of the cast is Caleb its audience. These add nothing Landry Jones, who plays the broth- to the film and it would benefit if er of Chris’ girlfriend, Rose. He’s they were omitted altogether. And meant to be a creepy character, but without spoiling anything, the film Jones’ performance is far too over- does get a tad over-indulgent in the the-top and doesn’t quite fit the third act.

Nitpicking aside, the comments atmosphere that has already been established well before his appear- on society this film makes are some of the most thought-provoking in ance.

The comic relief character is the past few years of cinema. This usually one of the weakest aspects is done through seemingly harmof a film like this. They often clash less yet ignorant remarks older with the tone the movie attempts white characters make, such as to create and in the long run make one noting “black is in style” upon it weaker as a whole. The film’s fun- meeting Chris. Unfortunately, it’s niest character, Rod, a TSA agent something we all likely see in soand close friend of Chris, played ciety today.

It’s strange to think the last film

by LilRel Howery, is just as entertaining to watch as the rest of the Jordan Peele wrote - 2016’s “Keafilm. His character is pulled off so nu” - was an action/comedy about well because he’s used so sparingly rescuing a stolen pet cat.

- if he showed up more often, “Get No matter what you’re going to Out” would have a vastly different the movies for, this film likely has tone. Peele restrained himself just you covered. Comedy, check. Mysenough when it came to humor - a tery, check. Social commentary, very respectable move for someone check. Horror, check. “Get Out” is who, in the past, exclusively wrote the type of movie you’ll be thinking about for weeks. comedies.

Although it’s nearly there, “Get Out” isn’t perfect. There are two CONNECT WITH ANDREW WILLOUGHBY or three instances when the film awilloughby@student.framingham.edu

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Mulism Justice League rep discusses systematic prejudice

By Julia Sarcinelli Associate Editor Shannon Al-Wakeel, Muslim Justice League (MJL) executive director and co-founder, gave a presentation on Thursday, March 9 in the Alumni Room on policies that violate the civil rights of Muslims.

MJL is a nonpartisan group that advocates for human and civil rights threatened under national security pretexts.

Al-Wakeel, an attorney, was one of four Muslim women who founded MJL in Boston in 2014, following the implementation of the Department of Justice pilot program, Counter Violent Extremism (CVE), one year after the Boston Marathon Bombings.

She said they found CVE concerning because despite its name, it is based on the theory that if you meet certain conditions, you might be on the pathway to extremism.

This allowed law enforcement to encourage social service providers “to basically do things that are unconstitutional,” such as referring people to interventions to change those extremist beliefs and sharing with law enforcement information protected by confidentiality requirements.

“Unfortunately, under the new administration, there aren’t any indications that this is going to get any better. In fact, we have heard through the press [President Donald Trump] is going to rename this Countering Islamic Extremism, or something similar to make the focus even less mistakable,” she said.

Al-Wakeel said Trump’s recent executive order denying entry for people from seven countries was reduced to six. This second travel ban will suspend refugee entries for 120 days, along with suspending entry of non-visa holders from Libya, Sudan, Yemen, Somalia, Iran and Syria.

She said there has also been the recent implementation of the new office Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement, which will serve victims of crimes specifically committed by undocumented people, “as if those crimes are somehow qualitatively different from when they are committed by anyone else. But this is an opportunity for the administration to lay the groundwork for further propaganda, frankly, that portrays certain communities as inherently threatening.”

Trump’s campaign promise of a Muslim registry was thought by many to be built around the Na-

tional Security Entry-Exit Registration System, which was initiated in 2004 and required immigrants from 26 countries to register, according to Al-Wakeel.

She added this resulted in 13,00014,000 people being deported, as many were coerced into signing deportation waivers, and many were detained and interrogated for days.

Al-Wakeel said there are already a couple of Muslim databases in place, such as the No Fly List.

For the No Fly List, people are not notified when they are added and it is extremely difficult to get off of the list. If they try to get their name off, they can often be visited at their house by FBI agents who say they can get them off the list if they work for the FBI as an informant.

After the Boston Marathon Bombing, Al-Wakeel said the FBI went to visit Russian-Muslims at their homes. However, it wasn’t unusual since FBI agents have been visiting Muslim houses on a regular basis. These visits are often not based on a criminal investigation, but an effort to recruit informants.

“Most people, knowing that they’ve done nothing wrong and feeling loyal to this country and wanting to help law enforcement, let them into their homes. … A cou-

ple minutes later, or perhaps a couple conversations later if they come back repeatedly, they realize they’re in serious trouble and they didn’t expect it,” she said.

Al-Wakeel said it is easy to make a false statement, or be accused of making a false statement, which can lead to up to seven years in prison.

She added this is why the MJL offers free legal advice. Not every visit by the FBI is about recruiting informants, but it does make Muslims feel unsafe in many places, including decreasing attendance in mosques.

As for action, Al-Wakeel said it can be challenging to know how to help. She suggested for people who want to be active bystanders to find organizations like MJL that they feel align with their politics and educate themselves about their agendas.

“If you get on their LISTSERVs and if you attend their events, that is a great way to learn about what actions they’re actually asking people to take,” she said, adding people can also visit unitedagainstmuslimban.com.

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Looking Back continued perienced writers.

“You can come in not knowing anything about journalism, and we’ll teach you and guide you along the way,” she said.

Kaila Braley Class of 2015 When Kaila Braley, the editor-in-chief for 2014-15 academic year, first thought about going into journalism, she was reluctant.

Because she was reserved and shy as a freshman, she didn’t know if she had the personality to be a journalist.

When she really got invested in The Gatepost, however, Brailey’s timidness receded and her journalistic instincts kicked in, she said.

“By the time I was a senior, I was meeting frequently with the president of the college, with the police chief - things I would not have imagined myself doing as a freshman,” Braley said.

In addition to help “shaping” her character, Braley credits The Gatepost for giving her an extensive list of contacts.

Braley said Gatepost alum and former editor-in-chief Spencer Buell helped her get her current reporting job.

“He had an opening in his office and he suggested I apply and it turned out it was too far away, but

they really liked me, so they recommended me for the job I have now,” she said.

She added, “The Gatepost is honestly the best part of my college experience.”

Sara Silvestro Class of 2016 When Sara Silvestro, an associate editor for the fall semester of 2015, first stepped through the door of The Gatepost office, she was “a totally different person” than she is now, she said.

“I wasn’t as confident. I liked talking to people, and I liked saying hello, but I didn’t really establish the kind of person I was or how much I cared about the people around me. Coming back to The Gatepost reminds me of how far I’ve come, and how far I’ve grown,” she said.

Silvestro said being a journalist gave her “thicker skin” and a set of skills she actively uses in her job as a marketing assistant at Yale Appliance and Lighting.

“I feel like an editor most of time, because I have to edit those blogs, but first, I have to assign them. I have to come up with topics, talk to my sales people, and figure out what their customers are asking them. Then, I have to help them structure these topics and how we can lay it out to a successful blog

that is read. So part of that that job is just like layout. It’s just like coming up with a good story.”

While Silvestro no longer sees her former Gatepost colleagues as often as she used to, she still considers them to be some of her closest friends.

“I’m now 23 years old and trust me, I’m still hanging out with most of those Gateposters. You know, I’ve always looked for someone that was my clique, that [were] my group of friends, and I found it right here,” she said.

Brad Leuchte Class of 2016 Photo couresty of Brad Petrishen

Brad Leuchte, a photos editor for the 2015-2016 academic year, said Brad Petrishen ‘08 is a reporter The Gatepost is as integral to the for The Worcester Telegram & campus as “the bricks you walk on” Gazette. and the buildings students enter every day.

The Gatepost - it’s going to sound Leuchte, now a video marketing cheesy - is really special because associate at Yale Appliance and you feel like everyone is a famiLighting, said his experiences at ly and is working toward the same The Gatepost have helped him un- goal. Everyone wants everyone else derstand the dynamics of working to accomplish something great.” in a collaborative group setting.

Looking back at his time at The Gatepost, Leuchte said, “The people around you are really what make you what you are and make the experience what it is. I could have gone anywhere and been a part CONNECT WITH CESAREO CONTRERAS of any newspaper and taken pho- ccontrearas@student.framingham.edu tos and written some features, but

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SPORTS WLAX

Rams open season with five straight wins before running into Wellesley

Photo Courtesy of fsurams.com Framingham State’s goalie Indigo Fox Tree-McGrath stands in the net during an early season game for the Rams. Tree-McGrath has made 27 saves through the first six games of the season.

By Richard Tranfaglia Staff Writer Framingham State defeated Huntingdon 12-3 on Thursday, Mar. 16.

The win helped the Rams improve to 5-0 on the young season.

The Rams scored four goals in the first half. Rylee Holmes scored the first two, giving Framingham an early 2-0 advantage.

Jade Paul kept the Hawks in the game early. Paul answered Holmes’ pair of goals with a goal of her own to make it 2-1. After Jessica Graham extended the Rams’ lead to 3-1, Paul answered again, making it 3-2.

Nicole Pacheco scored just before the half, to send the Rams into the break up 4-2.

In the second half, the Rams’ offense exploded for eight goals.

Lindsay Nixon led the way with a hat trick and ended with five points.

Kristen Keenan and Shae Riley each contributed two goals in the half.

Riley was also a playmaker as she contributed three assists on the day.

Caitlin Baril and Alexa Murray each added a score to reach the final margin.

Framingham State outshot Huntingdon 27-12. Pacheco led the Rams with four shots on goal and Paul led the Hawks with four.

Rams goalie Indigo Fox Tree-McGrath had seven saves in the win. Alyssa Alvarado made four stops for the Hawks.

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Framingham suffered its first loss of the season Wednesday, Mar. 22 to Wellesley College by a score of 12-6.

Wellesley started off fast with two goals in the first two minutes. Courtney Peterson and Nikki Sharkin were responsible for the scores.

For Sharkin, the goal marked the first of a hat trick, while for Peterson, the score was the first of a game-high four goals on the afternoon. Peterson also added an assist.

Holmes, Graham and Kimberly Foley kept the game close for FSU, as each of them tallied a goal. Wellesley took a 6-3 lead at the half behind the firepower of Peterson and Sharkin.

In the second half, Wellesley got some help from Carley Philips, Lena Engbreston, Dacia Persky and Mary Lemay who each contributed a score to reach the final margin.

Foley had a hat trick for FSU in the loss. She led the team with six shots on net and added one assist.

Wellesley outshot Framingham 31-15. Tree-McGrath made six saves for the Rams. Wellesley only needed Wendy Nettelton to make two saves throughout.

The Rams move to 5-1 on the season.

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Framingham goes 2-4 last week, dropping its record to 7-7 for season

By Jen Fortin Staff Writer While down in Florida for spring break, Framingham State faced Cairn University from Pennsylvania and Eastern Connecticut State in a Thursday doubleheader. Coming in with a record of 4-2, both games were lost in extra innings for Framingham.

Cairn scored in the first inning with a single to left field by Nathan Wilson and again in the fifth and seventh innings to make it 3-0.

The Rams finally got on the board in the bottom of the eighth with a two-out error by second baseman Jacob Allen, allowing for Kyle Lippert to reach first and Kyle Dembrowski to score.

The Rams scored two more runs in the following inning, beginning with a steal by Roy Goodman who then advanced to third on an error. Kyle Pileski singled, allowing for Goodman to score. Pileski then stole second and scored off of Cole Josselyn’s single to left field.

Going into extra innings, the tenth was left scoreless and in the eleventh, Cairn totaled three extra runs on FSU errors, a wild pitch and a failed pickoff attempt.

The Rams answered in the bottom of the inning but could not overcome the three-run deficit, totaling only two runs.

The inning began with a double by Manny Powers and a walk from Anthony Herman.

With runners on second and third, Pileski’s single to right field brought in one run. Herman scored the second run on a wild pitch and the inning ended with an out at third base.

Alex Erwin pitched six innings for the Rams, allowing four hits, two runs and four walks but struck out eight.

to matriculate any runs and lost in the bottom of the inning with a single by Pat Sirois, which enabled William Coleman to score from second base.

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The Rams recorded another loss the following day against Trine University of Indiana, blowing a 3-0 lead in the ninth inning.

FSU’s Jordan Pallazola scored one run in the bottom of the fourth on a defensive error on a ball that Kyle Dembrowski put into play.

Holding the Trine Thunder to no runs, the Rams scored another two in the eighth inning.

Aaron Williams reached first base on a fielding error and Kyle Lippert walked, which then was followed by a double steal with two outs.

A double by Pallazola allowed both players to reach home, giving the Rams a 3-0 lead.

The top of the ninth proved to be fateful as Trine scored four runs to win the game. With one out, the bases were loaded after three consecutive singles. Designated hitter Zach Seder singled to left field which scored one and left the bases loaded.

Another single scored two more Trine players and a sacrifice fly allowed for the fourth run of the inning.

Three strikeouts in the bottom of the inning ended the game and marked a 4-3 loss for Framingham.

Kevin Connelly pitched the majority of the game, allowing only five hits and one run while striking out eight.

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The second game on Thursday ended in the tenth inning with another loss for the Rams, this time against Eastern Connecticut State.

Kyle Hodgson was the starting pitcher and completed six innings, allowing seven hits, three runs, one walk and nine strikeouts. Michael Raymond closed the last 3.2 innings allowing only one run, but walked and struck out four each.

Trailing 1-0 entering the third, the Rams rallied for two runs on a double hit to left center by Joe Ambrosino, scoring Matt Brockett and Josselyn.

The Warriors answered by matching the Rams’ gain in the bottom of the inning off of a triple from leadoff hitter, Cory Baldwin, who then scored on a single by Ryan Hood.

The Rams tied the game in the top of the eighth on a two-out, bases loaded passed ball, enabling Cameron Borrelli to score.

Entering extra innings, Framingham failed

On Saturday, the Rams played a doubleheader against Mt. St. Joseph of Ohio, winning the first game 1-0 and losing the second 12-3.

Al Wallach had a well-pitched game with three strikeouts, five hits and one walk, facing 27 total batters.

The Rams scored the only run of the game in the top of the sixth, beginning with Williams reaching first on a throwing error.

A Josselyn single and a bunt from Brockett loaded the bases for Framingham. Powers, who went 2-for-3 in the game, singled, allowing for Williams to score.

The second game against Mt. St. Joseph proved to be more of a challenge for Framingham.

Josh Jezouit pitched 4.2 innings, allowing 10 hits, seven runs and two walks while striking out three. Brian Quinn closed out the game, allowing one hit and striking out one.

Mt. St. Joseph’s Roman Rothwell and Nate Hunter each had an RBI in the first inning, which helped their team take the lead.

Again in the third inning, Austin Richey’s double scored one and then he scored on the next play from an FSU fielding error. Framingham answered in the bottom of the inning with a homerun from Anthony Herman, putting the Rams on the board, 4-1.

The Lions scored another three runs in the fifth inning, beginning with a homerun from Nick Browning and a single to right field by Drew Werner.

Again, the Rams responded with a single from Borrelli which allowed Powers to score and then Pileski scored on a throwing error from second base. The Lions took a 7-3 lead after the fifth.

Mt. St. Joseph scored five more runs in the following inning, highlighted by a three-run home run from Richey.

FSU went 5-6 while down in Florida.

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Upon their return back to Framingham, the Rams snagged a win against Roger Williams University on Monday to give them a record of 7-7 on the season.

Kyle Hodgson pitched 7.2 innings, with nine strikeouts, one walk and allowed only one run to score, while facing 33 total batters.

The Rams showed some action in the bottom of the first inning, with a walk and steals to second and third by Williams. Pallazola’s hit to the pitcher allowed for Williams to score the first run of the game.

After a series of 1-2-3 innings for both teams, the Hawks scored in the top of the sixth inning off of a bunt from Eli Camner to tie the game.

The score remained 1-1 until the bottom of the ninth inning. A two-out walk put Lippert on base and he eventually advanced to third and scored off of a single to left field by Pallazola to give the Rams the win.

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Gunarathne’s 0.98 ERA has earned the Rams five of their 6 wins to open the 2017 campaign

Photo Courtesy of fsurams.com The Rams have opened up by winning 6 of their first 11 games as their offense continues to click. Framingham has belted three homruns and scored 38 runs in that strecth.

By Liam Gambon Staff Writer Framingham State took to Florida for its annual spring break trip and on Norwich in the first game of a doubleheader.

Norwich came into the game without a win and left the game without one, as the Rams were able to secure a 7-1 win.

The Rams scored the first run in the first inning off a bases loaded walk that would score Dayna Marchant from third base. Framingham would then pile up six runs in the third inning.

Lauren Salisbury started the rally when she singled, scoring Bridget McGrail. Salisbury was followed by Jessica Pietersen, who walked with the bases loaded, scoring Anna Dziok. With the Rams up 3-0, the inning continued when a wild pitch brought in Marissa Flynn. Mycala Moody would knock in two more in the inning with a two-RBI single knocking in both Pietersen and Salisbury.

The scoring was wrapped up by a Megan Downing RBI groundout which scored Marchant.

Pietersen pitched five innings, allowing four hits, no runs, no walks and three strikeouts. Kayla Finacchiaro relieved her, pitching the final two innings, allowing two hits, one run, one walk and one strikeout.

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In the second half of the doubleheader, the Rams were pitted against Plattsburg State.

The Rams shut out Plattsburg 4-0. Kelsi Gunarathne led the way and continued to look dominant this year. She pitched seven full innings, allowing three hits, four walks and no runs while striking out seven. She earned her fourth victory of the season and her second shutout.

The Rams scored in three straight innings. In

the third, Moody’s bat stayed hot as she singled in Rachel Desrochers. In the fourth inning it was Desrochers’ turn to snag some RBIs and she did, as her double scored both Dziok and Kylie Boyle.

The scoring ended in the fifth inning with Boyle hitting an RBI single that scored Moody. Desrochers led the offensive assault going 3-for-3 with a double, two RBIs and a run scored. Moody recorded a pair of hits and drove in a run. Boyle also picked up a pair of hits and scored a run.

The Rams wrapped up the day with two wins, outscoring their opponents 11-1.

ing to score on a groundball. Victoria Baez stole second after reaching on the fielder’s choice groundball. As Baez waited at second, her teammate responded with a base hit to center and Baez rounded third and dug for the plate. Moody, who had been big with the bat the previous day, came up big with her arm this time, as she came up throwing to gun Baez down at the plate.

Gunarathne recorded her fifth victory of the season with the shutout.

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On Friday Mar. 7, the Rams faced Trinity in the first game of a doubleheader.

Framingham, coming off a game in which it shut out its opponent, again got an excellent outing from Gunarathne. She went eight full innings, allowing just two hits, two walks and no runs while striking out seven. The only run of the game came off of a single to centerfield

by Marchant that scored Kristen Dick. Marchant was 2-for-3 at the dish with one RBI and a walk as she headed the Rams offensive game.

The Rams only recorded one hit during the first seven innings while Gunarathne carried a no-hitter into the seventh. Marchant preserved the no-hitter and shutout for Gunarathne with a leaping catch, as she reached over the fence and robbed Trinity of a home run. Nicole Towner followed with a single for Trinity, but Gunarathne was able to force a groundout to end the inning and send the game to extra innings.

In the bottom of the eighth inning, Trinity moved a runner to third with a sacrifice bunt, but the runner was thrown out at the plate try-

The Rams faced Bowdoin in their second game of the day and were promptly shutout 6-0.

Pietersen pitched five innings, allowing six hits, four runs and two walks while striking out one and taking the loss. Kayla Finacchiaro came on in relief and pitched two innings, allowing two hits, two runs and one walk. The opposing starter Emily Griffin pitched a very solid seven innings. She allowed just four hits, no runs and two walks while striking out seven Rams.

The loss moves the Rams record to 6-5 on the season and is their first loss in their last four games.

Pietersen is now 1-4 on the season with an ERA of 3.27. The only hits of the game for the Rams came from Marchant, Dziok, Finacchiaro and Kyla Johnson. The game wrapped up Framingham’s trip to Florida, as they leave the Sunshine State with a record of 5-5.

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The FSU community rallied outside of the McCarthy Center to celebrate National Women’s Day before marching to the CIE for a discussion on the wage gap, social rights and what to do moving forward regarding gender equality.

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