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Elizabeth Warren holds event at FSU Adresses recent political climate, encourages change

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O’Connell’s pub closes

By Alexandra Gomes Editor-in-Chief O’Connell’s pub, a favorite among FSU students, closed its doors forever on Saturday, March 25.

The restaurant announced suddenly it was closing on its Facebook page, stating, “It is with heavy hearts that we announce we are closing the doors March 25, 2017.”

FSU students have often congregated at the pub on Thursday

nights throughout the school year, and the restaurant even rented a limo to shuttle students back and forth from campus.

On Thursday, March 23, the pub hosted its last “college night,” and

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By Julia Sarcinelli Associate Editor Sen. Elizabeth Warren hosted a town hall event in DPAC on Friday, March 24 for the town of Framingham and the FSU community.

DPAC was filled down to the last seat and some people were standing in the back. The line before the event stretched from Dwight to the Whittemore Library and some people were turned away at the door because DPAC had been filled to capacity.

Warren addressed issues surrounding health care, Supreme Court nominees and the nation’s budget. She also took questions from the audience. She ended the event by taking photos with audience members - the line wrapped around the entire auditorium.

She encouraged Americans to

See SEN. WARREN page 4 Erin Fitzmaurice/THE GATEPOST FSU students play a game of cornhole during the M.I.S.S. Carnival on Friday, March 24.

Bringing a classroom to life FSU receives Mixed Reality Simulation

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The classroom is small with brightly-painted turquoise walls.

A blackboard plastered on the back wall reads, in neat script writing, “Welcome Class.”

Sophomore Patty Cooney stands

in front of her new classroom on Cooney pairs up with the quietest the first day of fifth grade. Each student - Maria. student chats quietly with their Maria said she spent her sumneighbor until she pleasantly says, mer reading books and enjoying “Good morning class!” the warm weather.

All eyes are on her.

After a five-minute discussion She asks her students to break with the class, Cooney gives a off in pairs to discuss See FSU TEACHING TECHNOLOGY page 12 their summer vacation.

INSIDE FSU implements Starfish, a new program aimed at improving retention p.6

The Gatepost Editorial: Feminism needs intersectionality p.9

Women Making History Now award ceremony recognizes seven women from Massachusetts p.11

Women’s softball team win third consecutive game p.19

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Opi ni on 9

Ar t s & Fea t ur es 11

Spor ts 17

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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 Molly Dubrowski Amelia Foley Jen Fortin Liam Gambon Nick Murphy Linday Nixon 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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By Jesse Sannicandro Interim Asst. News Editor What is your educational background and work history?

My educational background started the undergraduate from Lebanon, then a master’s degree from Alexandria University in Egypt. Then, I went and worked in Jordan in the department of urban planning for three years. Then I decided I wanted to continue my education. I went to Japan, I got a oneyear high diploma in economic development. Then I came to Cincinnati, Ohio in 1982. By 1987, I obtained two degrees - a master’s in city planning, urban planning and a Ph.D. in geography with a focus on regional development and planning.

Did you use your experience as a regional developer when you came to Framingham?

Actually, when I came to Framingham State back in 1987, right away I joined the advisory board for the master plan for the town of Framingham. So, I did chair that master plan in 1988. In addition to that, I have been involving my students in the town planning in the surrounding towns and in different areas - mainly in transportation planning, recreation planning and urban design.

Do you know anything about the Framingham Downtown Renaissance project?

Yes, it has actually been a debate since I came here - since 1988. Should the town become a city or should the town reserve its character as a town and there have always have been strong arguments from both sides. The majority, I should say, of the professionals and the people of the town, they recognize the fact that Framingham, although it is the largest town in the United States, it really has the urban characteristics and the urban social problems and the urban economic development. So, by revitalizing the downtown, that will bring, actually, safety, security and life to the downtown area. … Instead of focusing on the golden triangle region, the town has come to focus on the downtown.

And, as Framingham State is a major partner, as that major education institution in the area and in the town, we have an interest to develop the downtown and hopefully, in the near future, we might have a site in the downtown where we can offer courses there, es-

about three years ago and I shared this proposal with them. I wanted to reach undergraduate students. As you know, this college started with the main focus on undergraduate programs, but still, we are recognizing the importance of graduate school, which could enhance enrollment and the quality of our students who will be accepted.

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pecially for adult students.

How has the graduate studies program been expanding, or evolving, recently?

I have been dean since January of 2013, and I argue that the major accomplishments I had in the last four years is growing the graduate study by increasing the number of programs. So, now we’ve developed three major programs in the last four years and a good number of graduate certificates. Also, we’ve expanded our reach overseas.

We have a very unique program called IEP, which is International Education Program, where we offer a master’s degree for teachers who work and live overseas. So, when I started, we had 16 sites. Now, we have about 26 sites in different parts of the world. And, as a matter of fact, the president and myself will be visiting - in two weeks, actually - in the middle of April will be traveling to Japan as well as to Saipan.

In Saipan, we will meet the alumni because we have been offering that program in Saipan for the last 10 years.

And hopefully, we’re going to start a new site in Japan in cooperation with Showa College. … Another thing about the new changes in graduate studies, as a matter of fact, is the integration of graduate education with undergraduate. Now, we are in the process of developing the new programs called the four-plus-one programs, which means our undergraduate students who are qualified and who decide to join these programs, will stay an extra year here, fifth year, so he or she can walk out with two degrees - a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree. And already, we’ve approved a policy, which allows senior undergraduate students to take up to three graduate courses, and these three graduate courses could be counted towards their undergraduate degree and towards their master’s degree. I met actually the student government

What are you most proud of that you’ve accomplished at FSU? I joined Framingham State in 1987 as an assistant professor of geography in the geography department. Then, I got promoted to associate professor and I served as the chair of the department for 12 years. So, in that department, the major accomplishment was professionalizing a number of concentrations, especially urban planning, and also, I was one of the founders of the GIS Center, which stands for Geography Information System. But, my contribution as dean of graduate studies is introducing the new programs, integrating graduate and undergraduate. It’s working with academic departments to enhance the opportunity for our undergraduate students to seek graduate education, and also, increasing the number of sites overseas. Very recently, actually, this coming fall, we will be opening the M.B.A. in Ecuador, meaning the master’s of business administration at UMet, Universidád Metropolitana.

What advice would you like to give to FSU students?

I want everyone to be proud that they have been selected to be part of Framingham State’s community, and I would advise them to utilize their time by using the available resources and explore the available facilities we have, in terms of athletic facilities as well as educational facilities. We have a wonderful library. We have a wonderful student enhancement center.

We have CASA, which is a really wonderful center for them. And, to go beyond just taking courses because they are requirements. I wish they could take courses because they wanted to educate themselves. I always argued, it’s really easy to get a degree, but you need to get an education, not just a degree. Especially, in these years, when we live in a global environment. Although, we will admire the needs of our locality, we need to understand what are the global issues surrounding us and that are also affecting us.

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O’Connell’s Continued from page 1 the restaurant was packed with FSU students.

Brianna Williams, a junior, said it was “sad” the restaurant was closing.

Senior Jessica Feirs agreed. “It’s so sad. It’s nice because there’s transportation and there’s dancing, and it’s also relaxed. It’s sad they’re closing. The people here are so nice.”

Senior Andrew Preshong said O’Connell’s was the “only option” for FSU students.

“That’s why I come,” he said.

Dan Flahive, a senior, said, “It’s disappointing because it’s the only place most kids can have fun on the weekend.”

Senior Megan Muise said, “I loved O’Connell’s - probably the only person that did. I’ll miss it.”

Some students were not as saddened by the restaurant’s closing.

Junior Chloe Lima, who just turned 21, said, “I’ve only been here twice. It doesn’t really bother me that much.”

Senior Sharinna Mendez, who recently turned 21, said, “It was fun going there as a college student,

Darian O’Donnell/THE GATEPOST FSU students lined up outside O’Connell’s pub, waiting to be let inside.

since I could meet other students from campus that I never got the chance to talk to.”

Lawrence Lamiscre, a senior, said, “I don’t go out that often. I heard it’s the last night, so figured I’d check it out.”

On Facebook, the restaurant

posted, “We cannot thank you enough for your continued patronage over the years. We started the business with only our family, and as the years continued, you have become our family.”

The owners declined to comment.

[Editor’s note: Associate Editor Julia Sarcinelli contributed to this article.]

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Sen. Warren

Erin Fitzmaurice/THE GATEPOST Elizabeth Warren spoke to a completely packed DPAC about healthcare and the Trump presidency.

Continued from page 1 vote to make change happen and to use their voices by calling representatives and senators and showing up to town hall meetings.

“If you think it doesn’t matter, look at what happened in Washington,” Warren said, referring to the health care repeal bill being pulled from the house floor hours before. “On one hand, I want to say thank you. The other hand, do not let down your guard. They’re still coming.”

Warren said Republicans are “hell bent” on repealing the Affordable Care Act. “What will they accomplish with all that? A tax break for millionaires and billionaires. That’s not health care reform.

That’s about doing the one thing Republicans have been working for years now, and that is to make this country work better and better for those who are rich and powerful and kick dirt in everybody else’s face, and that’s why we’re fighting.”

When an audience member asked what can be done to keep Trump from winning reelection, someone shouted, “Warren 2020!” and the crowd applauded.

She added the only way to fight back is “to stay engaged and be in this fight.”

Warren said progressive values, such as affordable health care, raising the minimum wage, reducing student loans, investing in jobs, protecting and expanding social security, expanding regulations for Wall Street banks, having the rich “pay their fair share” in taxes and protecting the environment are American values.

She added, “We believe in science. We want a world in which you can breathe the air and drink the water. We have a moral responsibility to pass along a planet to our children and our grandchildren. …

These core values that shape what it means to me, to be a Democrat,

are core values that are widely shared across this country.”

Another audience member asked how the Democratic Party will appeal to the many citizens who voted for Trump.

Warren said, “A huge part of America lives today just one pink slip or one bad diagnosis away from complete financial collapse. Donald Trump found the anger and did a really ugly thing. He gave a story to it. He said, ‘You have a right to be angry, and it’s their fault,’ and fill in the ‘their.’ … It was this toxic stew of hatred and bigotry and genuine, legitimate anger about a country and a government that is no longer working for the people, and he put those two together and he rode them all the way to the White House.”

Warren said the way to make a difference is to talk about progressive values and to show leadership.

She said Trump is also still in his first 100 days, and encouraged people to “stay focused on right now and our fights right in front of us,” referring to the Affordable Care Act, the nation’s budget and the upcoming 2018 elections.

“If we can get back a majority in the House or Senate, everything changes at that point,” she said.

“We have to show we are willing to fight every single day. We’ve got to fight smart. We cannot shoot at everything that moves.”

She added one of Trump’s “best weapons” is his use of distractions, adding, “We’ve got to hold him accountable not for what he has said, but for what he has done.”

Warren said Trump’s inauguration is a day she doesn’t want to forget “because it keeps me getting up early in the morning and still working late at night.”

She said she focuses on “the day after - the day that women, and friends of women, got out there and said, ‘We’re going to fight for what we believe in. You’re going to hear our voices.’”

When asked by a Gatepost reporter about her thoughts regarding Senate Leader Mitch McConnell efforts to silence her, Warren said, “I think women have been told to sit down and be quiet for far too long and a lot of us have just had enough, and that’s why women are fighting back.”

On Feb. 7, Warren attempted to read on the Senate floor Coretta Scott King’s 1986 letter condemning Jeff Sessions, who was then a nominee to be a federal judge and now is Trump’s attorney general.

She was told to stop reading the letter and stand down after McConnell said she violated a Senate rule against impugning another senator. McConnell said, “She was warned. She was given an explanation. Nevertheless, she persisted.”

This has become a rallying cry for

women.

Warren addressed Trump’s proposed budget and said, “A lot of people think it’s just a bunch of numbers, but a budget is about our values. The point we’ve got to make, and make strongly, is that we want a budget that aligns with our values.”

A former FSU student told Warren that he attended college for one year but couldn’t come back because he couldn’t afford it, and asked her what can be done to make college more affordable.

Warren said, “We’ve got an uphill battle to stay where we are,” adding Trump wants to eliminate all Federal Pell Grants and cut the education department’s budget.

“I’m in the United States Senate today because a generation ago, Americans invested in education, and the idea that a pathway forward, that set of opportunities, have narrowed and narrowed and narrowed on our watch is fundamentally wrong. It is not who we are as Americans. … I wish I had a more immediate answer,” she said.

Another audience member asked Warren about strengthening public education and the recent approval of Betsy Devos as U.S. Secretary of Education, to which the crowd booed loudly. Warren said she “thought we were going to have somebody better. … But, Donald Trump named someone to be Sec-

“I’m in the United States Senate today because a generation ago, Americans invested in education, and the idea that a pathway forward, that set of opportunities, have narrowed and narrowed and narrowed on our watch is fundamentally wrong.”

- Sen. Elizabeth Warren

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Sen. Warren retary of Education who does not believe in public education.”

She added the Massachusetts Charter Public School Association sent her a letter following Devos’ nomination that said, “‘Block that woman.’”

She added, “The reason they did is because she has advanced the notion that you take public funds and put them in for-profit charter schools with almost no regulation and we will end up destroying education, not just for the kids in public school, but basically for all our kids, and that is a complete disaster.”

Warren said the use of oversight “is not perfect” but will help, adding, “You better believe I’m picking up every tool I got, hammer and tongs.”

SGA senator Adam Scanlon said he attended the event because he is passionate about education. “I appreciate Senator Warren’s work on giving as much federal aid for K-12 and higher education, and I just wanted to come out and see what she was working on and see if there’s any light at the end of the tunnel for our public schools.”

Warren also criticized the Supreme Court nomination of Neil Gorsuch and said he has “made it clear” that he will pick corporations’ rights over those of women, employees and consumers.

“This is the lifetime appointment - no appeals beyond this, no one who has any way to stop a Supreme Court Justice. That means it’s got to be someone who can attract 60 votes, and that means people from both sides of the aisle that say, ‘This is someone that we can support.’ … My view is, if you don’t have a nominee who can attract 60 votes, change the nominee, not the

instead, there should be a special prosecutor who is nonpartisan and whose job is to investigate in a transparent way.

FSU President F. Javier Cevallos and SGA President Ezequiel De Leon introduced Warren.

Cevallos said the University was “delighted” to have Warren, adding she “is a prominent national figure, and her visit brought hundreds of

I think women have been told to sit down and be quiet for far too long and a lot of us have just had enough, and that’s why women are fighting back.”

- Sen. Elizabeth Warren rules,” she said.

The ongoing investigation by the FBI of Trump’s election team’s connection to Russia and the confirmed Russian hacking with the intent to influence the presidential election was also brought up by an audience member.

Warren said the problem with the ongoing Trump investigation is that it is being conducted “behind closed doors.” She believes,

He added, “It was cool to see the community at Framingham State because I feel like we have so much to offer to the MetroWest community and they have so much to offer to us.”

Junior Brian Leonard said, “I thought that it was amazing that she chose to speak at our school.

It’s something that I definitely didn’t expect to see.”

Senior Maggie McNeill said she was excited to see Warren. “Seeing her speak was both inspiring and a restoration of my faith in politics.”

When De Leon said they had run out of time, the audience responded with boos and someone said, “Two more questions!” to which the crowd applauded.

Warren said moving forward, “We have got to keep bringing this back to that central theme” of Trump working not for everyday people but for billionaires.

She added we need to “make lives better for hardworking people in this country and to talk about student loans. To talk about social security. To talk about retirement.

To talk about wages. To stay focused on them. That’s what we’ve got to do.”

people to campus and also gave us national exposure.”

De Leon said he was honored to introduce Warren. “I was thinking to myself, ‘I wonder what it is about her that got her to where she is?’ … because that’s something that I want to work on, too, and honestly it’s her character. She has a very definite sense of what’s right and CONNECT WITH JULIA SARCINELLI what’s wrong, and when you have jsarcinelli@student.framingham.edu that it guides you.”

SGA discusses Marathon Monday and class registration

By Molly Dubrowski Staff Writer

from SGA on Marathon Monday.

Hurtubise said. “In the last few years, the police department has seen a spike in activity by some of our fellow students here at Framingham State. The police officers are not there to start a war. They know they are outnumbered already.”

Hurtubise and Strange discussed ways to keep the FSU community clean and safe.

Strange said a house party that occurred on Marathon Monday last year got out of hand. Many officers were angry about the mess left by students which included empty alcohol containers, urine and feces, and they wanted the students to be responsible for the cleanup.

Strange said he wants the FSU community to have fun on Marathon Monday and remain safe.

Club treasurer Maddie Alper passed off the U-Rock Award to senator of the class of 2018 Brianna Goulet.

SGA discussed registration concerns during the open forum on Tuesday, March 28.

One of the concerns expressed during the meeting was courses that were put onto myframingham on Friday, resulting in insufficient time to allow students to create their schedules in time for advising, which starts this week for juAllie Gath/THE GATEPOST niors and honors students.

Senator Mike O’Brien, said, Student trustee Karl Bryan argued against the funding for Nutrition “Some classes only have one sec- club’s T-shirts. tion with 20 seats, but there are over 100 people with the same con- ed $296.80 for event T-shirts for promote their club.

Community Standards Director centration in that major that need their Nutrition Career Symposium.

They requested 35 event-specific Jay Hurtubise and Keith Strange, that class. The University needs to shirts, but were funded the entire FSUPD assistance safety offitake into account the proportion of those students who need those amount given that they will hand cer, discussed Marathon Monday during open forum. courses in order to graduate and out non-specific club T-shirts.

Tyler Carden, nutrition club Strange said, “Every year one of make sections based on that.” treasurer, said having the T-shirts my jobs is to help with planning Senator Steve DeMeo expressed his concern regarding the old bas- is a good way to represent the club Marathon Monday. One of the largest parties you can ever throw, inketball hoop behind North Hall and and promote the organization.

Senator Adam Scanlon and Karl volving 150 cops, seven different the need for it to be replaced since many students will start playing Bryan, student trustee, brought up agencies. It’s kind of a nightmare basketball outside as the weather other ideas for merchandise clubs planning it all.” could request instead of T-shirts.

FSUPD and Community Stan- CONNECT WITH MOLLY DUBROWSKI continues to get warmer.

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FSU introduces Starfish software

By Cesareo Contreras Associate Editor In an effort to address students’ academic success, FSU has contracted Starfish Retention Solutions to bring its software, Starfish, to campus, according to Linda Vaden-Goad, provost and vice president of academic affairs.

The service went live this semester and Cynthia Glickman, director of institutional process and efficiencies, said the University is paying for the service in quarterly increments of $14,625.

Funding will come from college operations, she said.

In a Feb 10. email to students, President F. Javier Cevallos announced the service and said it will be used to “streamline communications and feedback between faculty, staff and students.”

Lauren Keville, coordinator of student retention and graduation success initiatives, said for now, students can use the service to email and make appointments with professors and advisors, look at past courses they’ve taken and find out information about support services on campus, such as the Center for Academic Success and Achievement (CASA) and the Advising Center.

Currently, professors and advisors can also use the service to interact with students through a number of progress-tracking messages, Keville said.

She added, there are currently four tracking item message categories - Flags, Kudos, Referrals and To Dos. Flags are used when a professor is concerned with a student’s academic progress. Professors may use flags to inform students if they should meet with a professor privately, if they need further academic support from another office on campus, if they are missing or doing poorly in class.

Professors may use Kudos messages to provide “positive feedback” to students, she said. This includes informing students if they have exceeded course expectations, were active participants in class discussions or if their coursework has shown improvement.

Referrals are used to refer students to specific academic support offices on campus, including CASA, the Advising Center, Career Services and Employee Relations Office.

To Dos are used to create a list of items for students’ to-do lists within the service. For example, students who are interested in studying abroad may add a “Study Abroad Interest” into their to-do list. These items may also be add-

ed to a student’s “Success Plan,” a feature employed to help students track their future activities on campus, she said.

These items are logged in the FSU Starfish system and can be shared with other academic support offices, such as CASA, she said.

Keville said, however, these items aren’t put in “an open pool where anyone can see anything.”

Kevile said only advisors and upper-level administrators, such as academic deans, have access to a student’s full file.

“If you are taking a class with four professors and professor number one submits something about you, professors two, three and four don’t know and won’t ever know,” she said. “Those relationships are siloed.”

Keville said these messages are used to provide early academic support to students who may need assistance in their classes. It’s “all about normalizing support,” she said.

She added, “The idea is that there is nothing wrong with getting a flag, that there is nothing wrong with needing someone to say, ‘Hey, take a look at this. We need you to look closer at this,’” she said.

“People go to CASA because they have an ‘A’ and they want to keep it. They have a new class and they want to learn how to study for it, or maybe they did have a little bump in the road.”

Vaden-Goad said the University decided to integrate Starfish in 2014 after hearing about how successful it was in improving retention rates at FSU’s sister schools, such as Worcester State University.

Additionally, Vaden-Goad was inspired by the stories she heard about students who did better academically as a result of using the service.

She said she believes Starfish allows students and professors to have closer one-on-one experiences and shows students they have a strong academic support system.

“I remember when I used to teach, I always worried if I didn’t see a student. Or, on the opposite [end], if I’m grading an exam and a student has done something far beyond anything I expected, I would write on the paper, but with Starfish you can send an immediate thumbs up to the student,” she said.

She added, “It’s an opportunity for a student to invest in his or her success in a very nice way that seems to be very successful.”

Keville said the service can also be useful to advisors, as it can be used as a supplement to Degreeworks.

She said while Degreeworks displays students’ current and future

Cesareo Contreras/THE GATEPOST Students can schedule appointments with professors using the Starfish software.

courses, Starfish gives advisors access to general “at the glance information,” including a student’s major, their current academic standing and contact information for their past professors.

Keville said in the past, if a student’s advisor wanted to contact a professor, they’d have to go through the process of finding the professor’s email through the FSU website. With Starfish, they can make fewer “clicks,” as most of that information is shared on Starfish’s “streamlined” interface.

Kevillie said she has also been working with other campus programs and offices, such as the Honors Program and Residence Life, to see how they may utilize the service. However, students’ Starfish profiles will continue to stay private and only be visible to advisors and upper-level administrators.

“The Honors Program could create a list of things that they want you to achieve as a freshman, sophomore, junior and senior, and that becomes a checklist for you,” she said. “Or the RAs might decide they want to create a workflow to help communicate amongst themselves and when they are doing checks with their residents. ... So, depending on the workflow they have, they might want to have a flag that wouldn’t necessarily go to the student, [but one] that would be about communicating with each other.”

LaDonna Bridges, associate dean of academic success, said although CASA had already been doing academic early alerts for years, Starfish has enabled the office to “streamline” their support to students.

“It has broadened the outreach and it has provided a great tool for us to track early alerts on some-

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thing other than a shared drive the staff works on,” she said.

Bridges said CASA provides those students with information about services that may help in a given class.

“When a faculty expresses a concern, we follow up with that,” she said. “We follow up with the student directly, flipping back to the faculty member. To the student, we will tell them, ‘Your faculty member has raised a concern about your attendance, or about your under-preparedness or about your missing or late assignment.’”

If a student gets flagged by two faculty members, CASA asks the student to make an appointment with the office, she said.

Bridges said she and her team sit around a table “all day” working to address students’ flags.

“We call it a flag party,” she said.

“We do that because we want to make sure that we are learning the system ... what we need to respond to, the level of response. Is it just an email to a student? Is it a phone call to the student? We are working on all of that here, because our goal is to address every flag that is raised in some capacity.”

She added, “The idea is that they are hearing a consistent message. … They see their faculty are concerned about them and they see there are others on campus that are worried about them and their academic progress.”

English professor Patricia Lynne said she has been using Starfish to set appointments with students and to send early academic alerts for her first-year writing students.

“As a professor and advisor, I am able to set up conferences through Starfish more easily than through the Doodle polls I have been us-

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Starfish software ing,” she said. “The other feature I like is that I’m able to alert CASA and other groups on campus if any of my students are struggling or behind. This is particularly important for the first-years I teach, since sometimes they can become overwhelmed.”

Lynne said she also plans on using Starfish for students who need to take placement exams.

“I coordinate the writing placement exam, and every time we offer the test, we have some students who do not take it,” she said. “I can now flag those students who need the exam, and not only can those students see the flag, but so can their advisors. I am hoping that this will increase completion of this exam, since students cannot complete their first-year core writing

requirement without placement.”

Education professor James Cressey said the most useful feature for him is the appointment calendar system.

“I have also used the ‘Kudos’ feature to send an encouraging message to students who went above and beyond my expectations,” he said. “If needed, I would also consider using the referral feature to recommend that a student make use of services on campus, such as tutoring, or to raise a concern flag for a student. These features are similar to some of the support systems that I research within the K-12 school system, including services for students with disabilities.”

Junior Joy Rizzo said although she can see the benefits of Starfish, she finds the idea of professors

sharing out information to other parts of the campus “creepy.”

She added, “I understand how that could be useful, but it also makes me feel like I’m being watched.”

Junior Angus Guinean said while he can see Starfish being useful to incoming students, he doesn’t think partnering with Starfish Retentions Solutions was a smart decision.

He said, “I am sure Starfish was tens of thousands of dollars to license and then to maintain the installation. ... It feels like the return on investment is just all wrong, and that money could have been spent elsewhere and used more effectively on the school and the people in it.”

He added, “I wish the comput-

“The idea is that they are hearing a consistent message. … They see their faculty are concerned about them and they see there are others on campus that are worried about them and their academic progress.”

- LaDonna Bridges, associate dean of academic success

er science department was more involved here. I would bet that the same effect could have been achieved for a lot less money and effort with a shell script or something.”

Junior Matt Banks said, “I appreciate that the service was acquired to help connect students and professors even more, but I think most students are already connected enough through email with their professors that the service doesn’t seem needed.”

Junior Marquise Bartley-Browne said he thinks Starfish is a “good idea” and lets students understand that there is academic support on campus.

Freshman Robert Johnson said the idea of Starfish sounds “absolutely incredible.

“I’ve always wanted that kind of connectivity between student and professor, especially here on the campus, for people with IEPs and special needs like myself,” he said. “That kind of connection is definitely appreciated because not only will [your professor] be aware that you need assistance, it comes in a more a streamlined and connected way.”

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Alumni Association Campaign raises over $11.6 million for scholarship funds

By Bailey Morrison News Editor The Alumni Association discussed scholarship funding, the arts and humanities department and the Warren Conference Center and Inn at its meeting on March 23, 2017.

Steven Whittemore, alumni relations officer, said the Alumni Association has exceeded its Campaign Fundraising goal of $11.6 million.

Mark Cote, dean of the Arts and Humanities department, presented to the alumni association as part of their Meet the Dean series. According to Cote, the department is looking for two new professors to teach sculpture and art history.

Cote said FSU is one out of 300 schools to receive the National Association of Schools of Art and Design accreditation for apparel design.

Cote also said senior Brittany Cormier has been selected for the “29 Who Shine Award” for her involvement as a peer mentor and graphic designer at The Gatepost.

Additionally, a new four-year American Sign Language program has been created. The major will either be concentrated in interpretation or deaf studies, said Cote.

He added Framingham State will now coordinate with Fitchburg State to virtually stream lan-

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guage classes that are not offered at the University. Fitchburg will be streaming Arabic to FSU next semester and FSU will be streaming a Chinese class to Fitchburg.

The Arts and Humanities department is looking to put on a Campus Creative event in the fall to invite “the campus and community to view and participate in a variety of visual and performing arts happening at FSU,” Cote said.

During his “University Greetings,” President F. Javier Cevallos said the FSU T.V. commercial has been “successful” at bringing attention to the University. He also said the University is in a “good financial place,” with a steady cap of 5 percent debt.

Cevallos said FSU has been

ranked 15th in “College Choice” for Massachusetts colleges.

He updated the Alumni Association about the progress of the Warren Conference Center and Inn. He said the University is working with local restaurants and hotels to create a hospitality major. While the development of academic programs is “slow,” it will impact “a lot of students.”

Jeff Ritter, president of the Alumni Association, said the emergency grant funding program is “going well.” The goal is to raise $10,000 for the emergency grand fund and $5,000 for the scholarship fund, neither of which have been met yet.

According to Claire Ramsbottom, Alumni Association board

member, Richard Logan, class of 1970, Mary Logan, class of 1971, and Kevin Gosnell, class of 1990, have been nominated for the Distinguished Alumni Award.

Andy Chaves, class of 1987, and Gary Niland, class of 1983, have been nominated for the Leadership and Service Award. Mary Penny, class of 1961, has been nominated for the Alumni Educator Award, she said.

Katherine Moran, class of 2012, has been nominated for the Young Alumnus Award. Raymond Boulanger has been nominated for the Honorary Alumni Award because he is “very active on campus and … adopted Framingham State,” Ramsbottom added.

Pam Edrehi, Alumni Association representative, updated the Board about the commencement speaker. She said the board reached out to two possible candidates who declined. The committee is now reaching out to a third possible candidate.

In other news: • Steven Whittemore, ’10 resigned as Alumni Relations Officer.

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In memory of Margaret Snyder

By Jillian Poland Assistant News Editor Margaret “Peg” Snyder, access service librarian for the Henry Whittemore Library, died early last week at the age of 55.

Snyder began working for the library in July 2001. During the course of her time at FSU, she oversaw the department through its renovation and participated in a pilot project as the first embedded librarian in Blackboard courses, said Bonnie Mitchell, library director.

Snyder was the first librarian to serve as the liaison to Copyright Clearance Center on copyright issues related to print and electronic reserves, according to Mitchell.

She received her bachelor’s degree in history from Fitchburg State University. In 2001, she earned a master’s degree in library and information science from Simmons.

In 2005, she received tenure and completed coursework toward her second master’s degree in history, according to Mitchell.

Lori Wolfe, access services supervisor, worked with Snyder in the library. “Peg was a great librarian.

She was intelligent and relentless in her pursuit to find answers for all of our patrons. She had a quick wit and while she took the job seriously, she never took herself too seriously,” Wolfe said.

Wolfe particularly recalled Snyder’s close relationship with the library’s student workers. “She loved watching them grow and succeed. … She always celebrated their successes along the way and was more than willing to write a recommendation to help them land their first job.

“She loved when former students checked in and was always happy to hear about how their lives were going,” Wolfe added.

Senior Cindy Nelson, who has worked in the library since her freshman year, said, “Peg encouraged us new hires to ask questions and to seek help, because that was how we would learn. She made us all feel so welcome with her kind, funny and compassionate person-

part of the fabric of our communiality.”

Senior Sophie Gillespie worked ty. You cannot replace that once it’s as a circulation desk assistant for gone, but I hope those who knew four years. She recalled Snyder’s her can take comfort in the many happy memories they have of Peg’s warm and open personality.

“Her office door was habitually time here.” open, welcoming in students and faculty for absolutely anything CONNECT WITH JILLIAN POLAND they needed, whether it was a quick jpoland@student.framingham.edu question or a long chat. Just as important, Peg never failed to bring in Snyder’s Pretzels for meetings while lightly giggling at the fact that Snyder is her last name,” Gillespie said.

Snyder’s humor was well appreciated by the library staff.

Mitchell remembered Snyder’s composure during the demolition and reconstruction of the circulation desk area in 2009. “We have some pictures of Peg in a hard hat and her sense of humor helped us all during the transition,” she said.

President F. Javier Cellavos said he was deeply saddened by Snyder’s passing.

He said, “Peg worked at FramingCourtesy of Debbie Mitchell ham State for more than 15 years Margaret Snyder was a welcoming and during that time,_ she became FSU librarian for 16 years.

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Feminism needs intersectionality This week, FSU hosted many great women - from Senator Elizabeth Warren to Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey.

These women are living proof of how far society has come since 1920, when the suffragettes won women the right to vote. In 1960 The Food and Drug Administration approved birth control pills, a life-changing form of contraception for many women. In 1963 The Equal Pay Act was passed, making it illegal for employers to pay a woman less than a man for the same job. In the 1973 Roe V. Wade case, the Supreme Court established women’s’ right to safe abortions, and most recently, Hillary Clinton became the first major-party presidential candidate.

The United States has accomplished much in the fight against women’s inequality. And yet, there is still a lot of work to be done.

The feminist movement, previously known as the women’s rights movement, draws a lot of scrutiny from the public - some valid, and some absurd.

Many believe feminists hate men, and want to establish a matriarchal society where men would be regarded as inferior to women. Feminists have been called baby-killers, sluts and man-haters.

There is, however, something fundamentally wrong with the mainstream feminist movement, and it isn’t the fact that it’s pro-choice and body positive.

Mainstream feminism lacks intersectionality.

In order for feminism to be successful, the movement must be inclusive. Feminists need to recognize the struggles of women with intersecting identities, including gender, sexuality, race and class.

While all women are oppressed, white, cis middle-class women still have the privilege that their race, class and sexuality affords them, while queer women, women of color and/or low-income women do not.

The fight for equal pay and reproductive rights is important and necessary. However, there are many other issues women of color face that are often sidelined.

Feminists should also be fighting for a higher minimum wage.

According to the National Women’s Law Center, women are nearly two-thirds of the minimum wage workforce, while women of color make up 23 percent of minimum-wage workers.

Increasing the minimum wage would mean a raise for 36 percent of Black women and 43 percent of Hispanic women.

Feminists should also be fighting for queer rights, specifically for trans-women. At least seven trans-women of color have been murdered since the start of 2017.

And yet, there has been little outrage about these deaths from the many feminist organizations.

No matter how much progress feminists make, the genders will never be equal until trans-women are as safe and accepted as their cis counterparts.

Additionally, feminists have to fight for freedom of religion. As the United States becomes increasingly Islamophobic, it is more important than ever for women to stand by their Muslim sisters.

According to the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding, Muslim women bear the brunt of the discrimination against their religion. They are more fearful for their personal safety then Muslim men, and suffer more emotional trauma.

There are many issues surrounding race, class and sexuality that mainstream feminism has either ignored or neglected in favor of white, middle-class issues.

While the definition of feminism has always been the advocacy of equality between the sexes, this view of equality has remained pretty narrow.

If feminists truly wish for equality, they will fight for the equality of all - not just the privileged.

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Campus Conversations Are you a feminist? Why or why not?

By: Erin Fitzmaurice and Kate Shane

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I wouldn’t call myself a strict feminist.

I was raised in a home where I can do whatever my brother can do.

-Julia Hanson, freshman

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Yes, women deserve to be just as equal as men in every aspect of life.

- Dejia Willis, sophomore

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“Yes, even in the work force women do most of the work. We bear the children.”

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-Tanaja Jordan, sophomore

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“Technically I am, but I wouldn’t say men suck.”

-Katherine Esieliouis, sophomore

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“I believe feminism is the equality of all genders.”

-John Dona, junior

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“I think we all should be equal, if that is the definition.”

-Adam Volpe, junior

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How Katrina Still Haunts New Orleans New Orleans had always been somewhere I wanted to visit. When Alternative Spring Break announced the group would be traveling there to help volunteer, I knew I had to apply. The jubilant atmosphere seemed intoxicating.

Whether it was the colorful beads strewn across every visible surface from Mardi Gras, the powdered beignets from the famous Café du Monde, or the live jazz that echoed through the streets, the city possessed a unique spirit.

Those were what my expectations were of what I thought I would see on our trip.

Within only minutes of being in the city, they were quickly shattered. As we drove past the Superdome, which was awe-inspiring, it paled in comparison to what we saw once we got off the highway. Homes without windows, walls and caved in roofs lined the streets of Central City. Our group stayed there for the week. I was floored. Hurricane Katrina was the first major event which I was able to understand. However, it was always something that was abstract to me. It happened, but I could never truly understand how bad it was.

I would never have thought that almost 12 years later, I would be able to see how truly bad it was. Those homes are sickening scars reminders that while nature can be ruthless, nothing compares to the destructive force humanity can yield.

It has been well documented how atrocious the response was from all levels of government, before and after Katrina hit. Evacuation orders were given out only a day before the hurricane hit.

People were made to seek refuge inside the Superdome without adequate food, water or proper sanitary conditions. A stadium that was a symbol of pride for the city, was turned into a purgatory.

President George W. Bush did not leave his vacation in Texas to return to Washington D.C. until the day after Katrina hit. FEMA’s response was disgraceful, and calling it a response is giving FEMA credit for something it didn’t do. Like I said before, Katrina was never a tangible thing to me.

However, spending just a week in New Orle-

ans, meeting people that are still being affected by something that happened almost 12 years ago, it became clear. I understood for the first time in my life why people would distrust their own government. If I was told only one day beforehand to evacuate and gather all my belongings, I would distrust them, too.

If I wasn’t allowed to return to my own home for three months while mold grew throughout it and ruined everything, I would distrust them, too.

Nothing the government did directly before or since Katrina hit has helped rebuild that trust a citizen should have in its government. While my experience in New Orleans gave me a new perspective on many aspects of my own life, perhaps the most profound impact on me was how little our government has done to help rebuild such a great city.

Logan Hennessey Class of 2018

Policies that breed fear We’ve been a dry campus for years, and the concept isn’t a bad one. Being a dry campus limits the amount of drinking - whether residents would like to agree with that or not - and decreases the amount of alcohol-related incidents on campus.

After three years at Framingham State, however, I think it’s time to reflect on what these policies have taught me.

First off, let’s be realistic here. We are people - young adults. We are in college and, based on everything my high GPA has taught me, I can confidently say that college students drink, and they will drink - policy or not.

It’s not the school’s ideal, but life isn’t ideal, so let’s be realistic instead. The freshman who left home for the first time and the junior who just turned 21 are going to drink.

Look, I’m not asking the school to let these students get trashed on campus or even to allow drinking at all, but according to the Ram Handbook, the school strives to teach students “responsible decision-making” when it comes to drinking, which would be something I could really get behind if the school did more than simply say it.

We need policies that promote responsibility, and right now that simply isn’t the case.

According to the student handbook and the 2016-2017 Guide to Residence Living, a resident discovered with any amount of alcohol, on

or inside of their person, or found with “containers that once contained alcohol … even for decorative purposes” is subject to a one-week suspension from the residence halls, as well as from “varsity or club sport athletic contests, performances or exhibits on campus or University-sponsored events, participation in official leadership roles in student or residence hall organizations and campus governance committees.”

Imagine three upperclassmen watching a movie with a few glasses of wine on Saturday night. One of them drinks too much and gets sick, but the resident of the room they are in is too terrified to get her friend help because she’s afraid she will be suspended for breaking a policy. Her friend becomes unresponsive.

At what point do we value health over policies? The amnesty policy works to prevent situations like this, but the resident wasn’t aware of this. She was so overwhelmed by the threat of suspension that lurks everywhere on this campus that she didn’t refer to her student handbook when her friend needed help.

Consider the senior who is 22 and lives on campus. During a health-and-safety check, he is found with a single empty beer can in his trash.

He’s kicked off campus for a week, misses playing in two varsity soccer games and falls behind in his classes. What good does that really do?

Now, picture two first-year women spending

the night getting ready for a party. They leave their building sober but have one too many beers off-campus. When they return, they are terrified that if they go to their dorm intoxicated, they will be suspended. Feeling they can’t return home, and with nowhere to go, they stay at a stranger’s house or sleep in their cars.

What message is this really sending? Is this the lesson you would teach your children? ‘If you drink too much, don’t bother coming home.’

Personally, I would rather have my children and friends home safe than drunk and then abandoned.

How does this policy promote the “responsible decision-making” the Handbook claims it teaches students?

The mentality of “don’t drink” isn’t realistic and isn’t working.

Don’t get me wrong - I’m not advocating doing away with the dry-campus rule. We all chose this school knowing it was going to be dry, and that is what it is, but it’s 2017. It’s about time we ask for realistic policies that promote responsible drinking rather than encourage a fear of it.

Penalize students for being a danger to themselves or others, or for blatantly breaking a policy they were aware of, but don’t reprimand them for trying to do the right thing.

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State representitives presented Rita Colucci (left) and Sonya Diaz (right) with their awards.

By Cass Doherty Staff Writer Sonya Diaz, the chief academic officer for the Framingham Public Schools, moved to New York, New York from Puerto Rico at the age of five.

Her mother worked as a seamstress, and neither Diaz nor her mother spoke any English. “I remember in kindergarten, I couldn’t understand a word of what was happening,” she said.

“Until the second grade, when I woke up one morning and actually knew the difference between the words ‘can’ and ‘can’t.’ … I had no idea what was going on until that wonderful day, when all of the language fell into place,” said Diaz, adding that beforehand, all of the words sounded the same to her.

She added, “By the time I was in fourth grade, I knew more words in English than my mother would know in her lifetime.”

It was her fourth grade teacher who saw “something special” in her and encouraged her to explore “new and fascinating worlds in literature as I became a fluent reader,” she said.

Diaz, along with five other women, was honored at FSU’s second annual Women Making History Now award ceremony on Wednesday in honor of Women’s History Month.

The ceremony celebrated six women who have made “significant impacts and contributions to the communities that they serve,” said Chon’tel Washington, director of the Center of Inclusive Excellence and the event’s emcee.

The six nominees were Attorney General Maura Healey, Chief of Staff and General Counsel Rita Colucci, Chief Academic Officer for the Framingham Public Schools Sonya Diaz, Vice President of the Hispanic American Chamber of Commerce (HACC) and Senior Care Products Account Executive for Fallon Health Sylvia Ruiz, Executive Director of MetroWest Visitors Bureau Susan Nicholl and the women of the South Middlesex County Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated.

The event was co-sponsored by M.I.S.S. Amari Veale, a junior and president of M.I.S.S., introduced the South Middlesex chapter of the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority and presented their award. Veale provided the sorority’s background and described the South Middlesex chapter’s determination to implement the sorority’s Five Point Programmatic Thrust into the community.

Veale said the chapter has 46 members and is known as “the Small Chapter with the Big Heart,” adding they compensate with their civic engagement and social advocacy programming.

Roxann C. Cooke, chapter president and Veale’s mentor, accepted the award on behalf of the sorority.

Cooke said of Veale, “When I met this dynamo … when we sat down and she talked about her passion, and her conviction, and all the things she did on campus, I said, ‘Wait a minute. This is our future.’”

She said whenever the sorority goes out into the community, people say, “Those are the ladies in red.

Those are the ladies who give a new meaning to the word ‘sorority.’ It’s not just a social organization.”

Cooke said the sorority is “advocacy in action.”

She added the sorority’s first public act after its founding was the women’s suffrage march.

“Fast forward 104 years, and we still need to make history now. It is more so important than it was a 104 years ago and there is so much we need to do,” said Cooke.

Junior Jace Williams introduced Healey and described her work with residents across Massachusetts, including the heroin and prescription drug abuse epidemic, health care costs, workers’ rights and student loan costs.

“I’m extremely honored to be presenting this award to Ms. Healey, who made history when she was elected, as she is the first openly gay State Attorney General.

She is an inspiration to myself and other LGBTQ students,” said Williams.

Healey was unable to attend the ceremony, and Assistant Attorney General Mary Strother accepted on her behalf, saying she was honored.

Strother said, “Empowering women in the commonwealth is a really important issue, and is essential to the work of our office.”

Estefania Mangue, a senior, introduced Colucci and described her 25 years of experience as an attorney and her current role at FSU. Colucci said, “As women, we tend to shy away from the limelight. We put others before ourselves, and we tend to minimize our contributions and our achievements.”

She added, “Most of us would not be where we are today without

the love and support of our moms,” and shared how her mother had set the example of hard work, dedication and “living your life with values.”

Junior Monet Johnson introduced Diaz and shared her work with both Framingham and Dracut public schools.

“Dr. Diaz has always focused on identifying the best teaching and learning opportunities for all students, focusing her energies on equity and excellence,” said Johnson.

Diaz said she was “deeply honored and humbled to be receiving recognition from Framingham State University.”

She said she had always wanted to “make a difference. Whether as a first-grade teacher at the Rafael Hernandez School in Boston, as the lecturer at Boston College, as superintendent of schools in Bridgeport, Connecticut, or in my current position … my main goal has been to make a difference.”

Diaz shared how education changed her life, and said her mantra was to “help students understand that education will transform their lives, as it did mine.”

Kenetra Hinkins, a senior, introduced Ruiz and described her work helping senior citizens with limited access to financial resources and pay for the medical care they need, as well as her work with non-profit organizations.

Ruiz said she recalled the morning Sean Huddleston, chief officer of diversity, inclusion and community engagement, told her she would be receiving the award. “I

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FSU teaching technology Illustration by Shayna Yacyshyn

continued from page 1 FSU’s education department chair, and Zoino-Jeanetti clearly says, “Pause session.”

The classroom disappears and block letters appear on the screen that read, “Resume session.”

Cooney wasn’t standing in a real classroom and Maria isn’t a real student. Cooney, along with the other students in the Field 1 education class, have been given the opportunity to work with FSU’s Mixed Reality Simulation a virtual classroom.

FSU received a grant that funded the implementation of new technology that allows students to work with a computer-generated classroom. The simulator is connected to a large computer monitor and the technology can “see” the person interacting with the software through a camera.

This simulation mimics a typical fifth-grade classroom. Education coordinates interact with the class of five simulated students who have distinct personalities - Maria, Sean, Kevin, CJ and Ed. These simulated students are designed to assist FSU education students in preparing for their careers as educators.

Mary Grassetti, the education professor who spearheaded the project, said after the University received the Elevate Preparation Impact Children (EPIC) grant, the Mixed Reality Simulation was instituted as part of the grant’s pilot project to assist with teacher development.

The grant came from the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education and the University will receive $10,000 over two years to buy simulation hours, said Grassetti.

“If we decide to not use the simulator in the future, we will give the equipment back,” she added.

The simulated students can hear, see and interact with the people speaking to them. At one point, as sophomore Patricia Bianco chatted with students about books they read over the summer, she gestured excitedly about a book and one student said, “Wow, you really like to read, don’t you?”

They also respond to background distractions, too. An FSU professor dressed in a pea coat quietly slipped into the back of the classroom, which prompted Maria to ask, “Why did a filmnoir detective just come into the class?”

Each simulated student also responded to different stimuli, too.

The eager-to-help student, Sean, became dejected when he raised his hand and sophomore Patrick Keane didn’t call on him. A laugh from the education students drew attention and the virtual students react to body language.

Later, when CJ, an uninterested female student who talked primarily about her boyfriend, was texting on her cellphone and Keane asked her to put her phone away, she sighed and said, “Whatever.”

The simulation has its limitations, which were addressed by the students in the class. Bianco asked one student, Maria, to come to the front of the class and explain the plot of a book she read over the summer. Sean waved his hand wildly and said to Bianco, “The principal said we’re not allowed to leave our seats during class.”

The students tested the limitations of the software by introducing Zoino-Jeanetti as Bianco’s teaching aide in the classroom.

The students reacted as if both women belonged in the simulation.

The distinct personalities remained consistent through the three simulations in which the Field 1 class took part. Each time a new student stepped up to the monitor, Zoino-Jeanetti would reset the software and the simulation would begin again.

Keane spent several minutes discussing what the students like to do during their free time. Kevin expressed an interest in music and said he had spent the summer working on his YouTube channel.

When Keane asked Kevin what the name of his channel is, Kevin replied, “Man, I can’t tell you that. … I gotta keep my integrity.”

When asked what she did over the summer, CJ told Keane she was working on increasing her Instagram follower count and snipped at Keane, “And no, you can’t know my Instagram handle.”

The simulator has three levels of “intensity,” said Grassetti. The students become harder to manage and challenge the students interacting with the software.

Each level of intensity works to help students maneuvering through the simulation learn different ways of approaching problem-solving in a classroom while maintaining a community spirit as well, said Grassetti.

Stacy Cohen, instructional technologist at FSU, said, “My

colleague and I have been part of multiple training sessions with the Mixed Reality Simulation tool and have seen it in action firsthand learning is often an iterative process and being able to practice soft skills in a safe space before entering a real classroom is an invaluable and potentially transformative tool in teacher preparation.”

Cohen said although participants are seeing the simulation through a TV screen and it may seem “visually unrealistic,” it feels “pretty real” once the simulation has begun.

She said, “A little bit of imagination helps. … Technology evolves all the time. We will have to see how this concept takes off.”

She added, “You can’t reset a real kid. Nor can you take your teachers and your classmates to your field study site to watch you in real life to give you feedback.

So, this type of technology creates interesting opportunities for learning to teach well.”

Grassetti has shared the technology with her Elementary Curriculum Mathematics class.

The simulator is currently open to all classes in the education department and has been used by the first three field study classes.

The technology will also be used to prepare students for job interviews.

Junior Brian Leonard said, “I normally would not get feedback from a professor when teaching in a real classroom.”

Leonard added the simulation is helpful because if you mess up, there are no consequences, but teaching in a real classroom is where he learns the most.

Leonard said, “It is a learning experience and helped to prepare me for the various things that the students may throw at me, because you never know what they will say or do, both in the simu-

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lation and a real classroom.”

This technology has been introduced into other fields as well medicine and law, said Grassetti. She said she hopes this simulation can help students learn how to interact with different personality types within the classroom.

Senior Amelia Foley said, “It helps with classroom management, and also helps you practice being quick on your feet with a response to the students, because you never know what a child is going to say and you have to be able to respond appropriately to them.”

Cooney said, “With the program being able to adjust the tolerance of the kids, it helps us as education students learn how to address all problems in the classroom, before we have to face them in practice.”

She said the software has its limitations, though it has been primarily helpful. “The kids were not able to get out of their seats.

This means lessons cannot depend on group work. It is all individual. As an elementary teacher, you do a lot of pairing and grouping with the kids, and that is not something we can practice with the software.”

Keane said the Mixed Reality Simulation has endless possibilities “because it’s a good tool for beginners to test out lessons without having an impact on anyone’s lives. And it’s a good tool to help teachers learn how to deal with certain situations in the classroom.”

FSU has been working with the Mixed Reality Simulation since January.

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Sociology professors Daisy Ball and Ke Li discuss new work

By Bailey Morrison Editorial Staff On April 16, 2007, Virginia Tech student Seung-Hui Cho killed 32 students and wounded 17 others in one of the worst mass shootings in recent U.S. history. Two years later, on the same campus, graduate student Haiyang Zhu beheaded graduate student Xin Yang in an Au Bon Pain on Jan. 21, 2009.

These two violent incidents are what motivated Daisy Ball, sociology professor, to “dig deep” into the social, political and societal influences of Asian Americans and crime. She said because Asian Americans are one of “the most underrepresented minorities,” she wanted to address legal issues facing the community.

Ball and Ke Li, professor of sociology, presented their collaborative work on Ball’s new book, “Model Minority or Criminal Threat? Asian Americans at Virginia Tech following Horrific Crimes,” on Wednesday, March 29 in the Ecumenical Center as part of the Authors and Artists showcase.

Ball began her research for her book with her co-editor Nicholas Hartlep, and reached out to Li, who wrote a chapter that discussed the impact media coverage has on Asian-American crime.

Ball interviewed 18 Asian-American Virginia Tech undergraduate students to analyze the racial and social implications of widely publicized crimes committed by Asian Americans.

She said she wanted to see what the setting was like for Asian Americans at Virginia Tech and “what it was like to be in their space, in their campus climate after the crimes occurred.” Both perpetrators were of Asian-American descent.”

She said many of her interviewees had no experience with violent or negative racial stereotypes, but they were often “saddled” with the “myth of the model minority,” an idea that stems from the stereotypes that Asian Americans will do well in school, hold jobs that are financially rewarding and become “conformists” in an American society.

Ball added the problem with this stereotype is it does not accu-

rately reflect the Asian-American community and brings unrealistic expectations to young people within the community. She cited one interview where the subject told her she had pulled her first all-nighter when she was in the third grade.

Ball’s book also encompasses the impact graffiti has on the underrepresented group. She said when she documented desktop graffiti at Virginia Tech, much of it carried “anti-Asian-American sentiment. … How would you feel after looking at those images on a desk for 50 minutes?”

Li said her involvement in the book is “out of her comfort zone.” She addressed the issues Asian Americans face when being reported on by the media in her chapter, “Anonymous Victims and Invisible Communities: U.S. Media Portrayals of Chinese International Students involved in Homicide.”

She said this topic is important to her because she came to the United States as an international student.

Chinese international students are currently the largest group of

international students due to a rise of an emerging middle class in China, Li added.

Li said in her research she collected data, including 84 news articles that chronicled five different homicide cases between 2009 and 2015. This data led her to see that in these cases, “the news media, although rarely engaging in blatant racism or xenophobia, has remained taciturn in the face of subtle stereotypes of Chinese nationals.”

She said part of the problem facing international students is the lack of support from higher education institutions when they are adjusting to life away from their home country.

“They are eager to get the students through recruitment … but are not doing enough to support them while they’re getting used to this new environment,” said Li. Ball said she hopes for her book to be published in the fall of 2017.

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Women Making History Now Continued from page 11 was filled with such emotion,” said Ruiz, “and felt so honored I’d been given the opportunity to stand here in front of you.

“Have you heard the phrase, ‘Being at the right place at the right time?’ For some of us, it’s an opportunity that presents itself. We must be the ones who are ready to act when they do,” said Ruiz.

She said for her, it was finding the HACC. She added it has changed her life in “more ways than one.”

Ruiz said through the HACC, she had the opportunity to meet “many women leaders” who impacted both her career and personal life, and who have “become great friends.”

Freshman Hannah Jones introduced and presented Nicholl with her award. Jones described Nicholl’s work bringing together people and organizations to strengthen communities.

Nicholl said it was “really something” to be one of the honorees and presented with the award.

She also shared a story about her father and his friendship with a prisoner in a maximum security prison in Illinois. Recently, the family celebrated her father’s 90th birthday, and the former inmate

had driven down to be part of the celebration. Decades later, they were “still together, and they can’t believe they’ve reached this milestone together.”

She said when signing up for a commitment, “You never really know how much impact that’s going to have … You are all making

to honor the “women who are making history now.”

He said the idea behind the event was to pay homage to people who are “making a difference today, whether in their careers, professions, certainly in our community and in all of our lives. This was our opportunity to do so.”

“It is so nice to have an event that recognizes the achievements … of women making history, making history a reality and changing all lives for the better.”

-President F. Javier Cevallos

history now.”

At the end of the ceremony, Huddleston presented Phenomenal Woman Award winner Professor Lisa Eck with the FSU Beacon award.

The Beacon Award is given to FSU members who make “noteworthy contributions” that advance inclusive excellence at the University.

Huddleston said he was excited

performance by Josée Vachon-Cevallos.

President F. Javier Cevallos said, “It is so nice to have an event that recognizes the achievements … of women making history, making history a reality and changing all lives for the better. We have women making history today and women making history tomorrow, and changing things for the better for everyone.”

Cevallos said a few days prior to the event, he had been listening to classical music created by women.

“They devoted an entire day to music composed by women from the 17th century,” he said, “and I was so ashamed that I didn’t know the composers. I thought, ‘How come I haven’t heard this music before? What is wrong with our society that I haven’t been able to be educated better about all those women composers?’”

He said he made himself a promise to listen to more classical music composed by women because he felt it was important.

Cevallos added everyone should learn more about the contributions “women have made for the world.”

Huddleston added that four of the six honorees from last year’s event were in attendance - Chief Philanthropy Officer for Tri-County United Way Jen Maseda, Massachusetts State Sen. Karen E. Spilka, Executive Director of Leadership MetroWest Helen Lemoine and Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs for FSU Linda VadenCONNECT WITH CASS DOHERTY Goad.

The event also featured a musical cdoherty1@student.framingham.edu

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MOVIE REVIEW

A degree is still a degree

By Allison Wharton Asst. Arts & Features Editor

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By Bailey Morrison Editorial Staff A remake of “Beauty and the Beast,” starring Emma Watson and Dan Stevens, was released on March 17, grossing over $700 million worldwide, according to Forbes.com.

The film features a cast of characters played by well-known actors and actresses, including Josh Gad, Stanley Tucci and Ewan McGregor.

As the film began the reliance on CGI was apparent. Many of the musical segments featured whimsical and detailed special effects to enhance the viewer’s experience. Songs such as “Be Our Guest” used the enchanted household objects to create a surreal setting for the musical numbers.

Overall, the score and lyrics were wonderful. All the original songs were worked into the film, with a few additions adapted from the musical “Beauty and the Beast.” Many of the actors - Gad and Audra McDonald come to mind immediately - carried the film with their strong vocal performances.

During the promotion of this film, Watson stressed the importance of strong female characters, and her performance echoed this sentiment. Her rendition of Belle made the main character out to be more independent and outspoken than the original Disney princess.

For the most part, there was clear chemistry among the characters. The relationship between Gaston and LeFou was flushed out by the creators of the remake, taking the awkward and adoring LeFou to extraneous levels.

Simultaneously, there was a clear disconnect between Belle and the Beast.

Many of the scenes between them were stilted and awkward, making it hard to follow and believe the budding romance between the two. Chalk it up to the awkwardness of a romance between a human and a CGI animal.

Like one of the more recent Disney remakes “Cinderella,” the costume design in this film was intricate and beautiful. The costumes accurately reflected

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those in the original “Beauty and the Beast,” but added an additional flare and more modern style.

Though I support the casting choice of Watson as Belle, her vocals simply could not compare to the rest of the cast’s. Her song “Belle” was nostalgic and sweet, but the vocals performed by Gad in “Gaston” and Emma Thompson in “Beauty and the Beast” outshone her.

Overall, this movie was a fun film to revisit. Hearing audience members sing along to fan favorite songs in the theater was an, albeit annoying, but reminiscent experience of when the original “Beauty and the Beast” was still popular among the young age groups.

This film serves its purpose as a cute movie with quirky characters played by well-known stars. I don’t expect this film to receive any awards or accolades, but Disney has stayed true to its original film and recreated a timeless classic that can be enjoyed by any Disney fan.

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Grade: B “Beauty and the Beast,” brings the nostalgic Disney magic back to the screen with a few new twists.

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ADMIT ONE

Now that I have reached the halfway point in the semester, I feel secure in mybeliefs about the difference in approaches to education here in Ireland versus the United States.

First off, Irish students enter university with their career path and major in mind and upon arrival, they immediately work toward their degree.

General education courses do not exist.

This difference not only fascinates me but my Irish friends as well. They never get the opportunity to explore different courses that diverge from their interests.

To them, an English major has no reason to be in a music class. Yet, the idea of going outside the box is enticing to them.

Another major difference in education is the level of continuous assessment. In most Irish classes, attendance is not taken and participation does not exist.

Personally, the lack of class participation is the hardest change for me. I enjoy asking questions and listening to different perspectives from my peers.

Sitting in a lecture with over 200 people in it, compared to the 30-students classes at FSU, is a bit daunting.

Grades in most classes are defined by one essay and a final exam.

No pressure.

The grading system is also different. Fourty percent is a passing grade and 80 percent is nearly impossible to achieve.

These differences have changed my perspective on education and how different countries picture the “perfect” educational system.

However, there is no such thing as a perfect educational system, because people learn differently. Children adapt to the system early on, so by the time they enter university, it is second nature to them.

Before I came to Ireland, I was naïve in thinking it would be simple transitioning from continuous assessment to two grades defining my average.

But I was so used to continuous assessment that the transition to the complete opposite was less than perfect.

But like most of my time in Ireland, I have learned how to adapt.

I have learned how to take responsibility for my education. I go to class not because I have to, but because I want to.

While I miss the small classes that require participation, being in complete control of my education is empowering.

I believe education is what you make of it. You choose to either skate by or put your whole heart into it.

I know I will get a degree in the end, but it is what I make of the journey that matters.

“Beauty and the Beast” Returns

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ALBUM REVIEW

Nnamdi Ogbonnaya drips with delight on “Drool”

The Pawgress Report The Melody you won’t forget

By Cameron Grieves Staff Writer

By Nick Murphy Staff Writer

Arguably Chicago’s most eccentric rapper, Nnamdi Ogbonnaya has cemented himself as a focal point of creativity in the Windy City’s music scene through bizarre solo releases and genre-defying collaborations.

Ogbonnaya’s latest album, “Drool,” which was released in early March by Father / Daughter Records, is the culmination of years of musical experimentation. The end result is a magnum opus that laughs in the face of established rap norms.

Ogbonnaya has dipped his hand in a fair share of artistic projects in his relatively short musical career, mostly as a drummer for bands such as The Para-Medics and Ittō, but also on bass for Nervous Passenger and as a rapper in The Sooper Swag Project.

It is in his solo work that Ogbonnaya really flexes his creative muscles as an experimental rapper and multi-instrumentalist, and “Drool” is by far the most thoroughly put-together solo release Ogbonnaya has ever attempted.

The first song, “Cindy OsO (Ft. mOrimOtO),” opens with slow keyboard grooves and impromptu bursts of jazzy brass layered over a bubbly bassline that really sets the foundation for the extraterrestrial soundscape that pervades the album.

Ogbonnaya’s lightning-fast and ever-oscillating vocals effortlessly glide over the pillows of otherworldly sound like a jetliner skimming over waves of cumulus clouds.

“If she’s selfish, I can’t help it / Nah, I’d never leave without you / If you’re drowning then I’m drowning / If you fall I’m gonna catch you / When you’re sick I feel like shit / Taking germs right out your mouth / Put the mucus in my chest / Can’t even breathe without you,” Ogbonnaya raps in the opening lines, starting the album off with an air of insecurity and emotional dependence that he gradually sheds.

The next couple songs, “nO drool” and “HWT//nO nEeD,” add more spacey distortion to the already trippy instrumentals, providing the perfect sonic background for Ogbonnaya’s flexible voice to espouse his rejection of negative influences and the pursuit of positive relationships. “dOn’t turn me Off (Ft. JD AKA ThrashKitten and Mal Devisa),” infuses the album with frenetic energy that really intermixes well with Ogbonnaya’s consistently quirky vocals. The song also marks a lyrical pinnacle in Ogbonnaya’s theme of finding positivity in his life.

“I’m ready to glow… I’m ready to glow,” Mal Devisa sings on the boisterous opening hook as a wave of futuristic keyboards, drums and bass crash

Introducing Melody, sophomore Maria Hornbaker’s pampered, panda-masked Border Collie-Terrier mix.

The Hornbakers’ search for a new forever friend ended when they met Annie at Holliston Meadows Pet Resort back in 2008.

It wasn’t long before Annie’s calm and collected demeanor had charmed the entire family. “She was so interested in us and she came right up to us when we went to play with her. She was an automatic click with the family and we got to take her home that very same day,” said Hornbaker.

According to Hornbaker, Annie made her journey to the kennel after she was rescued and shipped up from Ohio.

While Annie was a perfect fit for the family, her name was about to get a musical makeover.

“She never really responded to Annie, so on the car ride home we started thinking of names.

Annie started whimpering on the ride and it sounded like she was singing a song or humming a melody, so we decided to name her Melody and it stuck,” she said.

Despite having a new, loving home, Melody faced a difficult first few months. Hornbaker said, “Not long after we brought her home, we found out she was sick with worms and she had a few skin patches. She was also skittish around new people at first, especially men.”

Hornbaker said that after weeks of training, treatment and some TLC, Melody was cured of her ailments and she really opened up to be the happy and playful pup she is today.

“She’s become a total diva. You can’t yell at her anymore because she knows nothing will happen and she knows we won’t stay mad. You can’t stay mad at a face like that.”

If bright, soulful eyes and a panda-masked face don’t tug on your heart strings, Melody’s quirky personality will seal the deal.

“She loves this KONG® toy we bought her and if she wants you to play with her, she won’t bring it to you. Instead, she will pick it up, throw it, look at it, then look at you until you go get it and throw it for her,” she said.

For Melody, no KONG® toy is complete without carrots. Hornbaker said, “She is obsessed with carrots and her KONG® toy has treat holders on both sides, so we often put a few in there for her.”

While It didn’t take long for Melody to love her KONG®, she was far more alarmed by her first squeaker toy. “When my sister and I first bought her a squeaker toy, she was super unsure about it because it made noise. Whenever we would squeeze it, she barked, so for the rest of the night she would gently pick the toy up so it wouldn’t squeak. That night she even slept with it under her paws,” she said.

Melody loves her entire family, but she sure has no problem picking favorites. “She has really become my mom’s dog over the years. She loves when my mom sings and my mom and her play this game called ‘peeka-puppy,’ where my mom will hide somewhere in the house and when she hears Melody coming, she’ll jump out at her and Melody gets so excited and wags like crazy,” she said.

Nnamdi Ogbonnaya

Grade: B+ Great overall, but energy tapers at the tail end.

around her warm vocals.

“I don’t wanna hang with y’all / I don’t even fuck with you / Not today, not at all, never will, nah,” Ogbonnaya sings in the opening to “drool//drink that (Prod. By Liz).” This track really showcases Ogbonnaya’s propensity to embed his own voice in the instrumental process - all while poking wholesome fun at his contemporaries.

Ogbonnaya provides his most infectious chorus in “hOney On the lOw (Ft. mOlly MallOy),” a song that drips with distorted background vocals and a Nintendocore-esque bassline supported by sparse, minimalist drums.

“Let’s not pretend, when she say she being careful by it / She ain’t trynna get that honey on the low,” Ogbonnaya sings in a back and forth duet with guest artist Molly Malloy that perfectly builds an addicting wave of vocal reverberations. “let gO Of my egO,” brings together all of Ogbonnaya’s wacky talent in a truly masterful representation of his unique sound. The hairpin-timing of his vocals leave the listener barely any time to dissect the many instrumental and vocal layers that compose this delicious sandwich of sound.

But perhaps “Drool” isn’t meant to be dissected at all. Ogbonnaya has constructed something truly unique at the peak of a career marked by unabashed experimentation and unrelenting collaboration. The sum of all these disparate parts is an album so wonderfully weird that it defies conventional interpretation – radically new in an era of consumer replications.

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Who is really in charge?

Connecting Graph Theory to Social Network Analysis Donna Beers, Simmons College Thursday, April 6, 2017, 7:30 PM – 8:30 PM Heineman Ecumenical and Cultural Center Have you ever wondered who is really in charge? Who is at the center of whatever is trending?

Who influences policy decisions?

Who motivates groups that bring about change?

Leaders, whether in business, government, or education, are interested in who is at the heart of all that is happening, whether those individuals be trendsetters, revolutionaries or superspreaders of a contagious disease.

In this talk, we provide a brief introduction to network analysis and to the graph theory tools and techniques for detecting the key actors within a social network. With these tools, we will show how to find out who was really in charge among the revolutionaries prior to the American Revolution as well as among the individuals behind 9/11.

We will offer examples of projects where students may discover who is in charge by applying graph theory and computational tools to analyze social networks.

For additional information, visit

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SPORTS BASEBALL

Rams go 1-1 on the week as Wallach remains undefeated

By Jen Fortin Staff Writer Framingham State won against Nichols College on Sunday, by a score of 5-4.

After a slow three innings for both teams, the Rams struck first in the fourth inning with a double by Ryan Wardwell to score Manny Powers.

The FSU defense prevented a run from scoring in the bottom of the fourth after Matt Hardy singled and advanced to third base. The Rams got of the jam, leaving Hardy stranded at third.

The team had a series of hits in the top of the fifth, beginning with a single from Aaron Williams. Jordan Pallazolla documented one of his two RBIs, after his single to the left side scored Kyle Lippert, who had reached on a fielding error.

Williams then scored from a single by Powers to right center and another run came across after Wardwell’s fielder’s choice, extending the Rams’ lead to 4-0.

The Bisons answered in the bottom of the inning with a double by Xavier Quinones which brought in one run.

In the seventh inning, Williams scored again off of a double by Pallazola which was then followed by a quick three outs.

A walk for Nichols began the bottom of the inning which soon turned into a bases loaded, no out jam. A groundball from Chris Cerniglia allowed for the defense to turn a 4-6-3 double play which resulted in one run and two outs for the Bisons. The next batter drove in one more run to cut the score 5-3.

The next two innings proved to be a quick three outs for the Rams’ offense, but the team soon found themselves in trouble in the bottom of the ninth inning.

Only leading by two, a walk and a single put the tying run on base. A fielding error allowed for a run to score and runners again were on first and second. A sac bunt and two ground balls allowed for the Rams’ defense to end the game, giving them the win.

Junior Al Wallach started the game and pitched five innings, striking out two, while allowing four hits and no walks. Sophomore Kevin Connelly stepped in for three innings, having one strikeout, three hits and three walks. Fellow sophomore Michael Raymond closed the game, allowing one hit and one run to score.

On Wednesday, Framingham lost against Salve Regina 7-4.

Pallazola and Joe Ambrosino each went three-for-four, combining for three RBIs. Kyle Hodgson pitched 5.2 innings and had seven strikeouts while allowing for seven hits and four runs to score. Chris Riga closed the game, striking out three.

The Rams scored one run early on in the first after Williams walked and then scored off of a sac fly to left field by Wardwell.

FSU scored again in the top of the third which began with a double from Kyle Lippert, who then advanced to third on a wild pitch. Lippert then scored the solo run of the inning off of a single from Pallazola.

In the fifth inning, Salve Regina finally got the bats going with doubles from Christian Vargas and John Militano, which each brought in one run.

Again in the following inning, Salve scored another two runs to take the lead. With two outs and players on second and third, Brody Santilli’s hit brought in two runs. The inning ended with a pick off by pitcher Mike Andrews.

The top of the seventh inning started with a single from Kyle Dembrowski. Roy Goodman was put in to pinch run. Goodman then advanced to third on another single, this time by Pileski. Ambrosino’s single allowed for both Goodman and Pileski to score, tying the game 4-4.

The bottom of the seventh proved to be costly for the Rams. With Salve players on second and third and an intentional walk loaded the bases.

Dylan Ketch’s double brought in two runs. With another two walks, the bases were loaded again and a third consecutive walk allowed for another run to score, boosting the Salve lead to 7-4.

A fly ball and two strikeouts for the Rams offense completed the game and left them at 8-8 on the young season.

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Rams drop three straight, fall to 5-3 after 5-0 start

By Richard Tranfaglia Staff Writer Framingham State dropped its game against Eastern Connecticut State by a score of 10-8.

Eastern Connecticut came out strong, scoring the first four goals of the game. Katie Burke accounted for two of the goals.

Shae Riley got the Rams on the board about 10 minutes into the game to make it 4-1.

Alyssa Powers extended the lead for the Warriors after getting the assist from Burke.

The Rams then began to mount a comeback with four unanswered goals to tie the game. Kristen Keenan, Kimberly Foley, Nicole Pacheco and Riley each contributed a score.

The Warriors took the lead heading into half, when Paige Schneider scored a late goal to make it 6-5.

Just 20 seconds into the second half, Framingham tied it again with Grace Gamache getting the goal.

The Warriors countered with three consecutive goals by Jenna Glynn, Michelina Pinto and Schneider.

After back-to-back goals by Foley and Gamache, Framingham was able to pull within one, making it a 9-8 game.

However, it was not enough as Powers put the nail in the coffin with a last-minute goal to extend the lead back to two scores.

The Warriors outshot the Rams 26-25. Burke led the Warriors with four shots on goal, while Gamache led the Rams with six.

Rams’ goalie Indigo Fox Tree-McGrath had eight saves on the day and Taylor Emmerson made 10 saves for Eastern Connecticut.

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The Rams lost on the road to Emmanuel College on Wednesday, Mar. 29 by a score of 9-8.

The Saints scored two goals in the first two and a half minutes of the game. Emily Baker and Stephanie Warn were responsible for the scores.

The Rams answered with back-to-back goals of their own a few minutes later. Foley and Gamache each got a tally.

The back-and-forth action continued for the entire first half. Each time the Saints tried to pull away, the Rams countered and kept tying the game.

Savannah Lundwall scored consecutive goals to take a 4-2 lead for the Saints. Gamache and Riley countered for the Rams to tie the game at four.

Baker and Warn each struck again late in the half to regain the twogoal lead.

Pacheco cut the deficit to one a minute before the half.

Emmanuel scored three straight goals coming out of the half to take a 9-5 lead. Allison Hutchings, Lundwall and Abaigeal Merrigan each scored unassisted.

The Rams mounted a late comeback, scoring three goals in the final six minutes of play, but they fell just short of tying the game.

Foley and Pacheco each had their second score of the day and Gamache completed the hat trick with under a minute left.

Framingham outshot Emmanuel 27-17. Gamache and Foley each had a game-high eight shots on net. Lundwall led with three shots on goal for the Saints.

Tree-McGrath had just three saves on the day and Bethany Bonilla made 10 stops for the Saints.

The Rams drop to 5-3 on the season.

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Marissa Flynn (softball) was responsible for six of Framingham’s eight runs in an 8-1 win. She went 3-for-3 with three RBIs and three runs scored.

Kelsi Gunarathne (softball) pitched seven innings, allowing no runs, four hits and striking out eight in the Rams 1-0 win over New England College.

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Joe Ambrosino (baseball) went 3-for-4 with two RBIs in Framingham’s 7-4 loss at Salve Regina.

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Rams improve to 9-5 with three straight wins

The Framingham State Rams took on UMass Dartmouth and pulled out with a lopsided victory.

Catcher Marissa Flynn led the way offensively for the Rams as she went three-forthree at the dish with two doubles and had three runs, three RBIs and a walk. Dayna Marchant recorded a pair of hits, including a triple, while also accounting for an RBI. The Corsairs only came away with two hits in the game. One hit came from freshman Brittany Polk and the other was a sixth inning solo homerun from Maxine Vincent.

Sophomore Kelsi Gunarathne recorded her sixth win of the season on the mound. Gunarathne went seven innings and allowed one earned run, on five hits, with four strikeouts and two walks.

Junior Hannah Smith took the loss for the Corsairs, going three innings, allowing three runs, all unearned, on five hits, with three strikeouts and two walks.

The Rams scored at least one run in every inning, but the first which led them to this blowout game backed by the fantastic pitching efforts from Gunarathne.

The FSU softball team walked off with a 1-0 win in the opening game of a non-conference doubleheader against New England College.

In the opener, both teams received lead off doubles and saw runners in scoring position, but neither team could push across a run, sending the game to the seventh, still scoreless.

In the top of the seventh, Alexa Scribner led off the inning with a bunt single and stole second and third with no outs. A walk put runners on the corners and a second walk loaded the bases for the Pilgrims. Framingham State’s Gunarthne induced a bouncer back to the mound for a 1-2-3 double play and recorded a strikeout to end the threat.

In the top of the inning, Marchant led off the inning with a walk and Flynn followed her at bat with a game-winning triple to deep right to secure the victory.

Gunarathne improved to 7-1 on the year with the win. She went seven scoreless innings and allowed just four hits, with eight strikeouts and seven walks. Senior Debra Mazzeo took the loss for the Pilgrims, going 6.1 innings and allowing one earned run on seven hits, with three strikeouts and two walks.

In game two, the Rams plated five runs in the bottom of the second to take control of the game. Junior Anna Dziok led off the inning with a solo homerun to left. Freshman Kyla Johnson plated a run with a double to center and Marchant scored a pair on a triple to left. Senior Kylie Boyle drove in the final run of the inning with a single to center.

The Rams added two more in the bottom of the fifth on a pinch hit, two-RBI single from junior Bridget McGrail.

New England College plated a run in the top of the sixth on an RBI groundout from sophomore Christine McNeil. The Pilgrims then scored two in the top of the seventh on an RBI groundout and error by Chanel Welch.

Junior Jessica Pietersen earned the victory in the second half of the doubleheader, going seven innings and allowing three runs, one earned, on six hits, with two strikeouts.

Mazzeo took the loss going five innings and allowing seven runs on 12 hits.

The Rams travel on the road on Thursday with a non-conference doubleheader at Johnson & Wales.

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Last Week’s Answers: 1. Villanova 2. Duke 3. UConn 4. Louisville 5. Kentucky

6. UConn 7. Duke 8. North Carolina 9. Kansas 10. Florida

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Latinos Unidos N’ Acción (LUNA) hosted a party in the McCarthy Center Forum on Saturday March, 25th.

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