September 23, 2016

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FSU wins preservation award for 1812 House

By Jessica Duff News Editor

Athena Venetsanakos/THE GATEPOST Juniors Kaley Donovan and Kristina Mullin pet a furry friend during Healing Paws, an event sponsored by the counseling center on Sept.2.

Dining services and Potter Hill Farm host farmers market in McCarthy

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Power outage from lightning strike disrupts campus, traps students in elevators

By Emily Robinson Asst. News Editor Dining services paired up with Potter Hill Farm, located in Grafton, to provide FSU students the opportunity to buy local produce on campus on Thursday, Sept. 15.

Potter Hill Farm representative April Vaillancourt said this was the first time she had set up shop in a campus setting.

The farm offered a variety of fresh and organic produce to students and faculty including carrots, watermelons, squash, radishes and leeks.

Teaming up with dining services, the booth in McCarthy accepted cash, card, Dining Dollars and Ram Cash for students with meal plans or deposited funds.

Potter Hill Farm also offered a student discount.

As the booth prepared to open, Vaillancourt finished up some pre-prepared salad bags with all the necessary ingredients for a

The University received the Preservation Award from the Framingham Historical Commission for the restoration of the historic 1812 House.

President F. Javier Cevallos accepted the award from on May 26 at Edgell Memorial Library.

“It was relatively brief. Each awardee made some comments about the projects that were recognized,” Cevallos said in an email.

FSU was among the five recipients of the award from ten nominations.

The 1812 House was part of a three-plot land purchase FSU began negotiating in 2012.

The decision to build West Hall meant reduced parking in the Maynard Lot. Warren Fairbanks, associate vice president of facilities and capital planning, said the Univer-

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By Emily Robinson Asst. News Editor

Erin Fitzmaurice/THE GATEPOST Students were able to purchase fresh produce from Potter Hill Farm during a farmers market held in the McCarthy Center on Sept. 15.

A transformer on Maple Street was damaged by a lightning strike on Monday at approximately 1:20 p.m., resulting in a three-hour power outage throughout campus and parts of Framingham.

All buildings on campus lost power, causing disruptions to classes, meetings and on-campus facilities, including Sodexo dining services.

Priscilla Ress, Western Massachusetts’ regional media representative for Eversource, said lightning

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Gatepost Interview Assistant Professor Michael Block

By Jilian Poland Staff Writer What is your educational background?

I grew up in the U.K. So, I went to Edinburgh University and got a degree in chemistry there and I moved to Cambridge in England to get a Ph.D. in chemistry. I came over to the states and went to Brown University for two years to do a post-doctorate.

Why did you move to the United States?

It’s one of the places that’s at the forefront of chemistry and it was an opportunity to travel to a different country and experience a different culture. So, that’s what drove me over here in the first place.

What made you decide to teach chemistry?

I haven’t been a teacher for most of my life. It was something that I thought about when I was at university, but I ended up going into industry. So when I went back from the states, I joined a pharmaceutical company that used to be called ICI Pharmaceuticals. Then it became Zeneca. Then it became AstraZeneca.

I worked for them for the best part of 25 years and then teaching came later than that.

What brought you to FSU? In 2012, I was working at AstraZeneca in Boston - and the previous 10 years in Boston - and my group got downsized and my job disappeared. I was laid off from AstraZeneca at that point and my wife and I decided we would buy a boat. We bought a boat and spent a year living aboard the boat, travelling the East Coast, sailing and trying to figure out what we would do for the rest of our working lives. When we came back, I started to look for opportunities to teach, and a job came up in Framingham State. I started off teaching labs initially, and then some lecture courses in the last year.

What has been your most memorable experience at FSU? I think I really enjoy teaching the lecture courses as well as the labs.

The labs are fun - and I really like the practical aspects of those - but you see a different insight to the course when you teach both the lecture and the labs. So for me, teaching organic chemistry, which is what I’m doing now, has been the highlight.

What was your most memorable experience from when you were an undergrad?

Well, this is sort of amusing, but when I started as a student in chemistry, the very first course that I took in chemistry was quantum mechanics. I guess it was a terrifying experience. I wasn’t very well prepared for it. I didn’t feel at that time, but I managed to get through it OK. Why did you choose chemistry?

I have to be honest and say part of it was my father was a chemist - he was a physical chemist - so it was perhaps an area that I had some familiarity with. But I enjoyed it in high school. In England, you specialize quite young, so at the age of 16, I had already focused down on three subjects. I did chemistry, physics and maths with my final two years of high school. I really enjoyed the chemistry, that’s why I ended up going into chemistry.

What’s something your students would be surprised to learn about you?

I have a photography business. I’ve always been interested in photography. That’s something I set up after I left the pharmaceutical industry. I also have a captain’s license from the U.S. Coast Guard, and my wife and I ran a sailing business up in Maine for two summers on our boat.

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What is one book you think every student, regardless of major, should read?

I mean I have novels that are really great but one of the best novels is “Cutting for Stone.” It’s an excellent novel. … Doris Kearns Goodwin’s book “Teams of Rivals” is a fantastic biography of Abraham Lincoln and a commentary on his leadership style.

What advice would you give FSU students?

I think that if you can figure out what you really want and work hard to get it, that’s the recipe for success.

It’s not easy to figure out what you want. The world’s an opportunity.

You shouldn’t ever think that you’re locked into one thing. There’s always different directions you can go in and that’s about my third piece of advice.

But you don’t know where your life is going to take you. You have some idea as a student where you think you’d like to go, but you really have no idea how things will transpire.

It’ll be full of all sorts of exciting and good things that you don’t anticipate as well as some bad things you might not anticipate. But don’t ever feel like you’re locked in. You can always figure different ways to go.

Police Logs Friday, September 16

Monday, September 19

Tuesday, September 20

Motor vehicle accident Salem End Road parking lot 16:03 Summary: Motor vehicle accident

Elevator entrapment Linsley Hall 10:42 Summary: Serviced Rendered

Fight McCarthy Center 13:55 Summary: Report taken

Sunday, September 18

Power outage (campus wide) Maple Commuter Lot 13:31 Summary: Turned over to FPD

Medical West Hall 20:51 Summary: Transport to the hospital

Undesirable Maynard Road Lot 10:45 Summary: Advised/ Removed

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Power outage Continued from page 1 directly struck the transformer, resulting in an immediate loss of power to 4,000 customers. Ten minutes later, power was restored to all but 2,800 customers. Power was fully restored after the transformer was replaced by lineworkers three hours later.

Ress said Eversource’s transformers are designed to safely withstand lightning strikes so that damage is limited to as small an area as possible. On Monday, the transformer was not damaged, but completely destroyed.

The Framingham Fire Department responded to the incident at 1:37 p.m. because of triggered alarms on campus. FSU Deputy Police Chief John Santoro and Associate Vice President of Facilities and Capital Planning Warren Fairbanks said three occupied elevators stalled on campus, some for up to 20 minutes.

As soon as power was restored, the elevators returned to normal service, and all occupants were able to escape from them without injury.

Freshman Julia Langone said she was trapped in an elevator in May Hall for, “about half an hour.” She added, “I didn’t know if we were ever going to get out of there. It felt like forever and it was pitch black

- it was pretty scary. ... I was OK on the outside, but inside I was freaking out.”

Elevator entrapments are often the outcome of a power loss, according to Fairbanks, “a couple of our buildings, the emergency gen-

by emergency diesel generators, which start automatically upon a loss of power.

Loss of power to residence halls also left card-activated doors disabled. Hope Singas, ARA of Horace Mann, said, “People were stuck

“I didn’t know if we were ever going to get out of there. It felt like forever and it was pitch black.”

-Julia Langone, Freshman

erator does power an elevator but the majority of them, they do not power the elevator.”

Fairbanks added various safety systems such as emergency lighting, fire suppression and fire pumps, as well as the entire campus police department are all powered

intermittent interruptions of power as lineworkers from Eversource replaced the transformer. Corrective maintenance often requires power be secured for the safety of the workers, which was why some buildings were without power longer than others, Fairbanks said.

Setbacks on campus also affected school clubs like WDJM, which lost broadcast time and had to delay training of new members due to the loss of power. As of Wednesday, WDJM was still working through some material damage that was a result of the electrical transient and was still not broadcasting.

As classrooms went dark some professors opted to cancel their afternoon classes.

Senior Jessica Holland said, “My class was cancelled, so my professor told us to do an outside activity - then we went to McCarthy and realized that everything was closed.”

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outside, so we had to call campus wmillscurran@student.framingham.edu police and we decided to open the door for a while. We had the SDAs CONNECT WITH EMILY ROBINSON checking names with a roster and erobinson1@student.framingham.edu making sure people that were supposed to live there were coming in.”

During the three hours of repairs, several buildings were subject to

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Allie Gath/THE GATEPOST The restored 1812 House was paid for by the Massachusetts Board of Higher Education, the state and FSU.

Continued from page 1 sity decided to level the apartment complexes and the additions to the 1812 House that were included in the purchase.

The original house was built after the Revolutionary War and was Seiler’s 1812 House, a well-known restaurant, for several decades in the early-to mid-20th century.

Although the Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System lists the 1812 House, FSU had received permission for demolition from the Massachusetts Historical Commission.

The MHC determined the house did not “retain sufficient integrity of setting, context, materials and association.”

However, after some discussion with the Framingham Historical Commission, “Framingham State University opted to sensitively rehabilitate,” according to the Historical Commission’s website.

The house was condemned and needed to be completely redone, said Fairbanks.

According to Dale Hamel, executive vice president there is a previous connection to the university through the original owner, James Watson Brown, who donated two acres of land in 1853 to the public school that would become FSU. The restoration cost $1.2 million. FSU provided $465,000, said Hamel.

Hamel said with the legislative

support of Chris Walsh, state representative and architect, the state provided $400,000 and the Massachusetts Board of Higher Education provided $375,000 from 2014 and 2015.

The grants were contingent on the house becoming the MetroWest College Planning Center and its restoration, said Hamel.

The center is a collaboration between MassBay Community College and FSU to provide college planning to high school and adult students, according to Erica Reyes, senior advisor and coordinator for the MetroWest College Planning Center.

The MetroWest College Planning Center began operating in 2014 in a temporary location on campus and was moved the 1812 House after its repair.

Reyes said “Our location definitely contributes to the students’ experience…because we’re right next to FSU, they can walk next door and get a tour.”

The first floor is fully furnished and operational, but the second is still a work in progress since the center is grant funded, said Reyes.

Lucy Ramirez, an FSU senior and community outreach specialist, said, “I love this place. It feels like a home - a safe zone.”

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Allie Gath/THE GATEPOST The MetroWest College Planning Center now occupies the historic house.

Allie Gath/THE GATEPOST The house was previously condemned before being renovated.

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Farmers market Continued from page 1 salad, hoping to appeal to resident students without access to a kitchen or cooking materials.

Junior Kayla Otten has been to local markets featuring Potter Hill Farm before, but said of this experience, “It’s a good introduction to students, who are budding adults, to learn about their local food economy - how it’s grown, who produces it and the actual prices that it should be without gas and transportation. Eating locally is so much better for the environment and this is a great way to help incorporate that into student life.”

Otten urged students to “buy locally and try to eat locally.

Fruits and veggies are great from farmers markets because you put the money back into a positive Erin Fitzmaourice/THE GATEPOST economy, it’s not going to big Students could purchase farm produce with Dining Dollars, Ram Cash or cash. manufacturers or corporations.”

Graduate student Reane Gaubin said she would like to see farm- marketing coordinator for Sodexo produce for sale. wouldn’t necessarily be available ers markets on campus more of- at FSU, were both there to run Freshman Rose Determan said, otherwise. I would probably get ten. “Every single week, I would the table and meet with students. “I thought it was really cool that some food again if it was here.” totally buy something here.”

They offered healthy recipes to students can have the opportuCarolyn Holland, FSU’s dieti- students which highlighted the nity to get fresh produce that CONNECT WITH EMILY ROBINSON tian, and Rachael Bissonnette, erobinson1@student.framingham.edu

SGA votes on first funding requests of the school year

By Allison Wharton Staff Writer The Student Government Association voted on funding requests from the Equestrian, the Nutrition Networking, the Wildlife and the Comic Book clubs during its weekly meeting on Sept. 20.

The meeting began with an open forum, which addressed parking on Salem End road during the weekend, the increase in laundry prices and the power outage on Sept. 19 which disrupted the Wi-Fi. Sophomore Beck Govoni said about the increase in laundry prices, “The thing that upsets students the most about the whole situation is that they haven’t been given a reason for the increase in price.”

Comic book Club was approved for $1,600 to lead a trip to SuperMegaFest Comic-con in October.

The Equestrian Club was allocated $1,811.25 to fund a trail ride at Bobby’s Ranch in November as well as a funding request for $1,200 for an apple picking trip co-sponsored

by Wildlife Club in October.

Athena Venetsanakos/THE GATEPOST Sophmore Kevin Pena was sworn in as an SGA senator during SGA’s weekly meeting.

Nutrition Networking Club received $912.50 for a field trip to see the documentary “Embrace” at the Solomon Pond Mall in October.

While the request was approved, the motion will remain pending while the club registers with Student Involvement and Leadership Development (SILD).

SGA Secretary Dayna Marchant enjoys funding requests because she “gets to put faces to the names of clubs, “making the approval process more personable.”

SGA President Ezequiel De Leon agreed with Marchant, adding this is the first time senate voted on funding requests this year.

After the approval of the funding requests, De Leon told senators he met with Ralph Eddy, Sodexo Dining Services Director, to address student concerns about nuts in both vegan and nonvegan desserts.

He also spoke with Dale Hamel, Executive Vice President, about handicapped accessibility for the McCarthy Center.

SGA Vice President Patrick O’Connor reported the first club presidential meeting was successful. It focused on club space and supplies. He also told senators to be attentive of club officer’s needs when being spoken to by them.

Horwitz approved a FinCom request for the Wildlife Club for $500 to fund a whale-watching trip.

The meeting ended with an impromptu swearing in of sophomore and senator Kevin Pena.

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Cameras needed in FSUPD station FSUPD officers have been hired to protect us.

While many students may believe their primary focus is issuing parking tickets, according to the University police website, their “primary responsibility” is the safety and security of campus, as well as upholding the laws of the commonwealth on campus.

This is exactly why the incident that occurred on the morning of Sept. 3 is so disturbing. An FSUPD officer, Wilter Dormevil, who had worked for the University since May, allegedly exposed himself to a student desk worker and masturbated in front of her while on the job. Dormevil has since been arrested, banned from campus and fired.

Unfortunately, this troubling incident went undocumented on camera. While seemingly every inch of the campus is covered by security cameras - from the residence halls, to the academic buildings, to the parking lots - the University Police station remains free of cameras, with the exception of one facing the narrow lobby.

Considering this former FSUPD officer’s alleged atrocious actions, we at The Gatepost believe security cameras should be installed inside the University police station.

While it is understandable that cameras inside the station may seem redundant, as the police would essentially be watching themselves on camera, we feel it is crucial to have a record and documentation of how University police officers are behaving on the job.

After all, many other departments on campus are monitored on the job, either deliberately or coincidentally - the library staff, dining services and SDAs - why not University police?

As of late, there has been a national debate about recording police officers while on the job.

Earlier this month, Judge Douglas Wilkins ordered Boston police to comply with Police Commissioner William Evans’ decision to launch a six-month body camera pilot program. One hundred Boston police officers were forced to participate in the program after no one volunteered.

Boston is not the first city to consider body cameras - New York City, Seattle and Los Angeles are just a few of the departments that have already initiated body camera programs. It is likely that moving forward, police officers in every major police department will be fitted with body cameras.

In a press briefing, Evans said the Boston police have “nothing to hide.”

This assertion hopefully rings true for all police departments, especially our very own FSUPD. While it is easy to say the officers who serve FSU would never put the safety of students in jeopardy, it does not change the fact that a student desk worker was allegedly sexually harassed by an FSUPD officer inside the FSUPD station. The fact that there is no recording available makes it all the more troubling.

We at The Gatepost are not advocating for FSUPD officers to wear body cameras, but for them to provide the same surveillance record of their own office that they collect from the rest of the campus.

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Voting is part of your education Dear Students, Horace Mann wants you to vote.

It’s a point of pride for Framingham State recalled at commencement, convocation and innumerable other campus-wide events - that we can trace our origins to Mann. As secretary to the Massachusetts Board of Education, Mann spearheaded the founding of the Lexington Normal School in 1839. Along with its sister colleges, the school that became Framingham State was charged with training enough teachers that the commonwealth could provide universal education to the children of the commonwealth.

As a presidential election approaches, it’s useful for us to remember that Mann saw his reforms to the education system not as a means to prepare young people for jobs (in that era most would work in agricultural labor), but rather because he believed that education was the key to a fully functioning republic, and that all citizens (though at that point he only meant men) should have a basic level of education in order to facilitate their participation in society.

Civic education, in other words, was the necessary precondition for engaged citizenship. In his twelfth annual report as secretary, Mann wrote that people “must, if citizens of a Republic, understand something of the true nature and functions of the government under which they live.” The venue to pursue that, he argued,

was through common schools (what today is the K-12 system), supported by higher education.

The responsibilities of citizenship are high, and demand attention, focus and intellectual engagement.

In Massachusetts, the deadline to register to vote is Wednesday, Oct. 19. If you have not yet registered, you can do so online through the website of the secretary of the commonwealth: https://www.sec.state.ma.us/ovr/ If you won’t be able to vote in your hometown on Election Day, you can request an absentee ballot by visiting this site: https://www.sec. state.ma.us/ele/eleifv/howabs.htm Whatever your political leanings in terms of the presidential election, Congress, local elections, and statewide ballot issues, get educated and vote. Don’t let Horace down.

Joseph M. Adelman, History Susan Dargan, Dean, Social and Behavioral Sciences Jerusha Nelson-Peterman, Food and Nutrition Deborah McMakin, Psychology and Philosophy Patricia Sánchez-Connally, Sociology Ira Silver, Sociology The authors are members of the Civic Learning Engagement and Outreach Initiative, a universitywide effort to encourage and increase opportunities for students, faculty, and staff to participate in civic life.

Campus Conversations

What were you doing during the power outage?

By: Allison Wharton, & Athena Venetsanakos

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“I was eating chicken nuggets and thinking about John Stamos.”

-Juliana Naso, junior

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“I was clipping my toenails. I couldn’t see what I was doing.”

-Zach D’errico, junior

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“I was in West. I thought it was a dorm issue.”

-Julia Lanzo, freshman

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“I was eating chicken nuggets.

Power went out so I went back and watched ‘Game of Thrones.’”

-Hannah Austin, sophomore

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“I was in class. The teacher freaked out. I asked if we could leave. She said no.”

-Halle Coots, junior

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“I was trying to take a nap. The fans went off.”

-DJ Richard, freshman

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Remaining hopeful during divisive times Sadly, this election cycle revealed America to be extremely divided.

On both sides of the aisle, there has been violence committed by protesters.

Both candidates have stooped to childish bickering on Twitter and to the use of stereotypes and comments which dismiss and belittle large groups of individuals.

Advocates of a unified country lament that nobody seems willing to compromise, to reach across the aisle and agree on at least something… anything.

But what is there left to agree on?

The Republicans want religious freedom for corporations, privatized insurance industries, mass deportations, lower taxes on the wealthy and fewer restrictions on guns.

The Democrats want affordable birth control and health care, a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants, a welcome for Syrian refugees, less economic disparity and tighter gun restrictions.

There are exceptions to this, of course, but generally speaking, our country has lost a unified goal, a vision of the future toward which every man, woman and child can aspire.

We instead have two visions, and the divide

between them is vast and seemingly irreconcilable.

As a liberal, I can’t help but cringe when I hear Donald Trump speak, and my conservative friends are horrified to see someone they consider a traitor to the U.S. ahead in the race.

Each side stands in awe of the other, confused as to how half the country has seemingly lost their minds.

America has fallen into a dark era, full of division and fear.

With a constant stream of social media and 24/7 news coverage, it is easy to get swept up in this political macrocosm of hate. It is easy to let the two-dimensional meme of your opponent soak into your consciousness and to dismiss those whose outlooks seem irreversibly backward compared to what is right and just for the country.

Please consider for yourself a more difficult path. During this semester, make sure to break free of your technology and the IV drip of the “like and share” reinforcement of negativity and division. Spend time in nature and remember the beauty of the world you live in.

Most importantly, consciously strive to connect to human beings in a personal and appreciative way. Take in the wonder of new life, the

warmth of friends and family, the small kindness of a stranger.

Take in these moments with silence. Don’t post them as a tweet or a status. Instead, hold them with reverence in your heart.

There has always been violence and division in the U.S. There has always been injustice. Perhaps, there always will be. But alongside that, although sometimes subtle, there has always been and always will be love and compassion, kindness, joy and a magnificent and inspiring landscape. These are universal medicines for every human being, regardless of perspective.

I would argue that if we truly want the best for the next generation, if we truly want to restore the shattered political system, we must start by returning to the simple and pure aspects of life. In this, I believe we will find the elusive compromise we have been seeking in our vision for the future.

Before we can build it with policies, our future must be built with kindness and a love for humanity.

Phil McMullin Opinions Editor

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Brother to Brother connects through camaraderie

PHOTOS COURTESY OF BROTHER TO BROTHER Brother to Brother meets every Thursday at the CIE.

By Cesareo Contreras Arts & Features Editor Starting out as a transfer student in his junior year, senior and Brother to Brother (B2B) President Teofilo Barbalho struggled to find his social footing early on in his time at FSU. “I was very heavily involved at UMass Dartmouth, my previous school. Coming in, I was just lost for the first few couple of weeks,” he said.

Just at the beginning of his college career, freshman and now sophomore B2B Vice President Miguel Arias was aiming to take his “first initial step onto the campus community.”

Although they both were at completely different points in their college journies, they shared a common desire - they wanted to be a part of a community in which they felt connected.

So when then-senior Fernando Rodriguez invited them to be among the first members of his yet-to-be-official club aimed at combating FSU’s low graduation and retention rate for men of color, each of them gladly accepted.

Rodriguez says B2B is built on the idea of sticking together.

Members of B2B serve as mentors for one another, each of them driving the other to succeed in all their collegiate and post-grad endeavors.

“We want to create a community of support and acceptance, and just brutal honesty of our experiences on campus,” Rodriguez said.

At its inception, B2B was a collaborative effort between Chief Diversity Inclusion Officer Sean Huddleston, Rodriguez and then-senior Beni Arias.

According to Huddleston, when analyzing the four-year graduation rate of FSU students who enrolled in fall 2011, a 5 percent achievement gap can be seen when comparing the men of color graduation rate to the rest of the student body.

Nationally, Huddleston said the six-year graduation rate at public colleges and universities for African American men is 33.3 percent.

For Latino men, it’s 38.4 percent.

Overall, it’s 48.1 percent.

B2B aims to be the catalyst that helps close the graduation gap between men of color at FSU and their classmates, Huddleston explained.

“Unfortunately, the data shows that men of color, particularly African American and Latino men in college, persist in and graduate from college at lower rates than all other groups, which has caused achievement gaps,” Huddleston said. “The research also shows that one of the most effective ways to overcome these gaps is to develop initiatives like B2B that focus in helping enhance a sense of belonging and increasing academic success through empowerment and community building.”

Although Huddleston proposed the idea of the club to Rodriguez and Arias, all the club’s activities are student-led.

“B2B holds weekly meetings for organization and planning, but also to engage in dialogue and intellec-

Brother to Brother had its official induction in February 2016.

tual debate on a variety of topics, including national and global issues, social justice and personal and professional development,” Huddleston said.

Whether from their sponsored King of The Court three-on-three Basketball tournament they had last semester, to their weekly meetings in the Center for Inclusive Excellence, each meet up is meant to help strengthen the bonds among the members.

Barbalho said, “One of the first things we do is try to create a strong social group. One of the main things that keep people in college is when they feel either connected to that institution or to the people there.”

Starting this coming Monday, the club is hosting a series of events in a week they’ve titled “Brother 2 Brother Interest Week.”

Beginning the week with a kickoff collaboration event with FSU club Motivation. Intersectionality.

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Solidarity. Sisterhood (MISS) and ending it with a Laser Tag party at a LazerCraze, the activities are aimed to attract as many new members as possible.

“We want to create an atmosphere where everyone is relaxed, while also getting to know who we are,” Barbalho said.

Although B2B’s initial founding members are of African-American and Latino descent, Arias wants to emphasize that everyone is welcome to be a part of the B2B community.

“We always stress that in order for our group to succeed on this campus, and to succeed in this community, we have to have different faces,” Arias said. “Anyone can join. Any group of color that has a mission needs allies to succeed.”

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Tobacco blows smoke with fourth record

By Andrew Willoughby Asst. Arts & Features Editor “Sweatbox Dynasty” is the fourth solo album from Black Moth Super Rainbow frontman Thomas Fec, otherwise known as Tobacco.

Fec’s first album “Fucked Up Friends” was, an instrumental hiphop album that bursts with personality thanks to the prominence of Fec’s longtime favorite instrument, the analogue synthesizer. His sophomore effort, “Maniac Meat” added elements of rock and featured Fec’s signature reverb and vocoder covered vocals. This record met mediocre response from both critics and fans. However, Fec really struck a note with both audiences thanks to 2014’s “Ultima II Massage,” a completely whacked out, loud and infectiously memorable electronic record.

Unfortunately, after “Ultima,” Fec seems to be running out of gas with the release of an album that feels rushed and unfinished.

After several listens, there are only two moments I remember from the entire 30-minute record: the revving synths on the chorus of the album’s opener, “Human Om” and the single, “Gods in Heat,” which admittedly is one of Tobacco’s best.

The rest of the songs on this album feel more like demos. Almost as if Tobacco was working on them

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until he got bored, decided to loop what he had a few times and release this as a complete album.

Don’t get me wrong, there are some solid ideas for songs on this record. Fec does his best to experiment with his sound, but the final product comes across as lazy.

On “Hong,” Fec plays with glitchy electronics that he hasn’t implemented so prominently into a song before. But instead of the quirky off-kilter beats that often come out of glitch music, the track sounds as though a needle is skipping to random parts of the song. Thankfully, it’s only a minute long.

Immediately after, we get “Wi-

peth Out,” whose instrumental sounds as though Fec was just messing around, pressing random keys with a new synth effect and forgot that he was recording. Layered on top of this are the vocals, completely drenched in effects. In both Tobacco and BMSR, Fec has always used this same effect on his voice, and for the most part it adds to the aesthetic he’s created for himself and his band. But at this point, it’s been so long, the effects are starting to get more annoying than anything else. Here, the effects are so heavy that I couldn’t even make out what he’s saying, and don’t bother looking for lyrics

online, because nobody else can understand either, they’re nowhere to be found. “Wipeth Out” is the worst of the bunch, but nearly every song’s lyrics are unintelligible.

The final song on the album, “Let’s Get Worn Away” has a novel premise behind it. It sounds like someone scanning through several radio stations. It’s a neat concept, but it’s aggravating above all else. Some of the tracks that are skipped though here are more interesting than most of the actual songs on the rest of the album. It makes me ask ‘why didn’t Tobacco spend more time fleshing out these songs?’

“Sweatbox Dynasty” was obviously a rushed effort, just a couple months before its release, Fec put out a new Black Moth Super Rainbow album, it definitely feels as though his attention was split.

There’s nothing worse than middle of the road. “Sweatbox Dynasty” isn’t a terrible album, when it’s not confusing its listeners, they’re bound to enjoy it, but as soon as it’s over they won’t be able to remember a thing about it. This is such a huge step backwards for Tobacco and it really makes you think, “What the Fec was he thinking?”

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Is it truly a “Wild World?”

By Tess Jillson Staff Writer Bastille has come a long way since the release of “Bad Blood” back in 2013. The band features frontman Dan Smith, keyboardist Kyle Simmons, drummer Chris “Woody” Wood and guitarist Will Farquarson.

Fans, or so-called Stormers, have been eagerly waiting over a year to hear new music from Dan and his mates, and on Sept. 9, Bastille finally released their newest album “Wild World.”

Dan Smith in a DIY interview said that human condition was the major theme of their album. His songs express the problems of society in different fictional realities.

He plays a short story in your mind using words and instrumental tones to describe how realistically the world works.

“Way Beyond,” which happens to be the only explicit song on the album, criticizes how cold-heartedly the media treats serious issues. The song has an old hip-hop feel to it, ironically describing new first world problems. He talks about the media as if it is a source of entertainment on critical news

that should be taken seriously. Dan Smith’s words striking a nerve as he asks why issues are news one day, then forgotten months later.

Later on in the song a news clip is played stating, “Victims have to respond to the pressure of the media while still in shock,” which leaves us wondering how fake everything

to pull the trigger. There seems to be a back and forth conversation in the song. One member begs, “Don’t pin it all on me,” and the other states he is sending a message. The first verse ends emotionlessly with, “Send my regards to Hell.”

“Four Walls” is a song written about Perry Smith, a man convict-

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around us seems to be.

Dan Smith states in an interview with Radio.com that he wants his listeners to hear “Blame” as if two gang members are in conflict, one pointing a gun at the other about

ed of a quadruple murder back in 1959. The song is dark, seeming to discuss the problems with capital punishment. His tone expresses the misery of Perry Smith’s certain situation. How jail is there to save

you, only to be put to your death, which he states “You’ve only these four walls, before they, in cold blood, hang you up.” He conveys his disgust toward capital punishment by using yet another clip that says, “Being brought up one way and trying to see another way is very difficult,” which in Perry Smith’s case is a reason authorizing to kill someone should be illegal.

One of last songs on the album is titled “Campus” and evokes the college atmosphere using clapping or the taps of cups. Dan Smith is stating what every college kid is thinking, but doesn’t want to hear, new ideas don’t exist. He says, “Someone else’s words in your mouth, someone else’s hard work and research taking you up in the world,” but also encourages his listeners to keep pursuing by stating “Oh never leave me out” as if a plea to add your place in the world.

“Wild World” is available on iTunes and Spotify.

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“Stranger Things” turns television Upside Down

By Allison Wharton Staff Writer Spoilers are discussed, discretion is advised.

The Netflix show, ‘Stranger Things’ was released in July and immediately became a viral sensation.

The creators of the show, The Duffer Brothers brilliantly take the audience to 1980 Hawkins, Indiana, a small town where nothing interesting ever happens until a boy named Will goes missing and a girl sporting a shaved head and a hospital gown appears.

Police Chief Jim, frantic mother Joyce, and a group of three boys Mike, Dustin and Lucas separately discover that these events are not only abnormal but also correlate with one another.

The girl, Eleven, played by Millie Bobby Brown, flawlessly mixes child vulnerability with psychokinesis, also known as moving objects with her mind. Brown took the audience through an unthinkable backstory of being enslaved because of her abilities.

Eleven’s talents were primarily used to connect with the Upside Down, an alternative dimension that parallels the current setting

and is sure to keep you up at night.

It is a dark, decaying shadow world filled with lanky monsters with no faces. These monsters kidnap humans and insert this plug within the human to extract the life from them.

The elements of the Upside Down contribute to the horror aspect of the show while the mystery of the disappearing persons define the show as science fiction.

While the show is overall thrilling and addicting, there are some concerns.

First off, Barb, an innocent woman, was kidnapped by the monsters early on in the season and never heard from again. Even though the final episode pans to her connected to the plug system, no one saves her. Vengeance for her is demanded in season 2.

Eleven’s sacrifice after she and Mike share a little kiss was heartbreaking and showed a level of growth and protection that exceeds her age. This proves her keen awareness despite her lack of understanding of English slang.

Finally, Lucas is an underrated character who feels the common emotion of losing a friend to a romantic relationship. His mini breakdown was understandable.

“Stranger Things” pays homage to ‘80s culture.

Dustin was a practical and humorous peacemaker who has won the audience’s hearts. Nancy is a horrible friend, Joyce is a heroic mother and Jim is the story’s underdog.

The show also uses a lot of 80’s references such as Dungeons and Dragons, Steven Spielberg and Stephen King, giving later generations and anyone who enjoys nerd culture a connection with the show.

“Stranger Things” leaves the audience with major suspense.

Will sneezes in the real world and transports himself into the Upside Down for a second. Is he connected

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to the Upside Down and what does that mean for the second season?

Is Eleven still alive? Will we ever get Barb back?

The joy of “Stranger Things” is its ability to wrap friendship and unconditional love with horror and science fiction into eight unforgettable episodes of pure gold. The 80’s never looked so intriguing.

Season 2 is set to release on Netflix in 2017.

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The Pawgress Report

By Nick Murphy Staff Writer Quiet, quirky and quizzical aren’t typical buzzwords to define a puppy, yet for sophomore Morgan Donell, they couldn’t be more accurate in describing her rescue dog.

Despite her timid characteristics, the peculiar pup would be affectionately named Brave.

Donell adopted Brave from the Sterling Animal Shelter, a nonprofit organization that functions as a no-kill shelter. “I couldn’t resist her eyes. Brave looked like she was straight out of an ASPCA commercial,” said Donell.

According to Donell, Brave had originally been a stray in Puerto Rico, a situation that is all too common on the island.

According to the Monmouth County SPCA, Puerto Rico has a terrible problem with animal overpopulation, abandonment and abuse. As a result, it is common to see stray dogs everywhere from beaches to downtown districts.

These strays are referred to as “Sato”, which is slang for mutt or a mixed breed. Due to their nature as mixed breeds, “Satos” can vary greatly in appearance, but they are often small-to-medium-sized dogs

with large ears and stubby legs.

Through adoption, many “Satos” have found a second chance in loving homes and Brave is no exception.

However, due to previous neglect, it is often an arduous process to shift a dog’s perspective from solitude in the streets to companionship on the couch.

Since the time of her adoption, Brave has strived to live up to her lionhearted name. “She’s always been afraid of anything and everything. In fact, it took nearly six months to get her to leave the kitchen.

“But it was very rewarding to see her progress and gradually become more trusting towards us,” Donell said.

“She’s always been so quirky, and that makes it harder for people to understand her, but I love that about her,” she added.

If there’s one thing Brave isn’t shy about, it’s eating. “She loves food so much so that if I walk away from my dinner plate to get a drink, Brave will attempt to snatch whatever remains. So I have to keep an extra eye on her,” she said.

According to Donell, Brave will pretty much eat anything, including the occasional dumpster del-

icacy or a sample of gourmet garbage. However, when Brave isn’t exploring the more exotic tastes the world has to offer, she loves nothing more than a simple snack of ham or cheese.

Brave is a completely different dog depending on where she is, according to Donell. Inside Brave is super shy and quiet, but outside she is as rowdy and rambunctious as ever.

“She loves to be off-leash, and she always stays close to my side when we take walks. We never even had to train her to stay by us, she just does,” said Donell.

In tune with her conflicting name and demeanor, Brave sports one ear that carelessly flops to her side while the other perks up with a heightened poise to it.

If Yin-Yang ears don’t seal the deal on cuteness, Brave easily wins hearts over with her perfected puppy-dog eyes.

“It’s so hard to tell her no. She makes you feel bad even if you’ve done nothing wrong when she gives you those eyes,” said Donell.

They no longer reflect the panic and urgency she had back in the shelter. Instead, they are still, playful and calm, said Donell.

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oh-so-quizzical, but above all else she’s brave.

“She knows my car, and when I return home, she howls, she cries and gets overjoyed with excitement. … After all, I’m her mom and I miss her dearly when I’m away.”

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Wentz will be a star

By Mike Ferris Sports Editor With the second pick in the 2016 NFL Draft, the Philadelphia Eagles select…future Super Bowl winner Carson Wentz.

Yes, I said Wentz will win a Super Bowl.

It might not be this year, it might not be next year, but this kid will win a ring by the time his NFL tenure comes to an end.

Maybe I’m jumping to conclusions too quickly, or maybe it’s the Eagles fan inside of me hoping that it comes true, or maybe, I’m just right.

Wentz, the second pick in this year’s draft, was cast into the starting job just a week before the 2016 season started, when the Eagles traded their then-starter Sam Bradford to the Minnesota Vikings.

After throwing just north of 30 passes in the preseason and missing much of it with a broken rib, many thought Wentz wasn’t prepared.

Couple that with the fact that he’s from FCS-school North Dakota State, and many people thought this kid was set up for failure.

But Wentz and his Eagles, have now played two games and are 2-0, one of only three teams in the NFC that can say that.

Many people questioned Philadelphia’s move to give up so many draft picks to move up and take the FCS-product Wentz, but after moving Bradford and getting a first-round pick for him, seeing how unimpressive the backup Jared Goff is (the only player drafted ahead of Wentz) and seeing how good Wentz has been so far, it’s hard to question the move.

It hasn’t even been that the rookie quarterback’s numbers have been unprecedented. In fact, in Philadelphia’s season opener against Cleveland, Wentz only went 22-for37, throwing for 278 yards, two touchdowns and no picks.

In his second start, on Monday Night Football, he threw 34 times for 190 yards and a touchdown.

But while his numbers may not be through the roof he’s been impressive in a different way.

In his first two NFL starts after coming from North Dakota State, Wentz is checking plays at the line of scrimmage with single digits remaining on the play clock. He’s standing in and remaining calm, cool and collected when opponents bring the heat.

And he doesn’t turn the football over.

His coach, Doug Pederson, is even trusting him to throw on questionable fourth down calls.

It’s one thing to do it against the atrocious Browns, but to do it on primetime, on ESPN, that’s another thing.

On Monday night, Wentz became the first rookie quarterback to start 2-0 without committing a turnover of any kind.

Wentz is young and the jury may still be out on him, but I’m telling you, this kid is the real deal.

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

Rams open conference with 1-0 shutout

Amanda Martin/THE GATEPOST Framingham State’s Mitchell Thackaberry (16) has his jersey pulled by a Fitchburg State defender as he plays the ball in the Rams’ conference-opener.

By Matt Ferris Sports Editor

With 20 minutes left in the match, it was again the Rams with another scoring chance. It was Stahovish again with the opportunity. He received a pass and was all by himself behind the defense but he ripped a shot over the net, keeping the Rams lead at 1-0.

In the 85th minute, it was Fitchburg with a chance to tie the game. The Falcons sent a cross into the box and Nicholas Masley was able to put his head on it, but the ball sailed just wide of the net, sealing up a 1-0 victory for the Rams.

In the win, Josh Arno made five saves on the way to his third shutout on the season.

Framingham outshot the Falcons 16-14, with Stahovish leading the way with five shots for the Rams.

The win moves the Rams to 3-3 on the season and 1-0 in the MASCAC.

The Rams opened up conference play with a home match against Fitchburg State on Sept. 17.

Framingham State struck first, scoring the game’s first goal towards the end of the first half.

In the 33rd minute of play, Simon Appiah sent a cross from the corner into the box. Framingham’s Kelvin Okyere was there to receive the pass and head the ball into the corner of the net.

Okyere’s first goal of the season put the Rams up 1-0.

After the half, the Rams again had another scoring chance after a foul from about 30 yards out.

Ken Stahovish took the free kick for Framingham, but blasted the ball off the post ending the scoring chance.

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Rhode Island came out firing from the start, breaking open the scoring in the 12th minute of action. Komla Dogbey headed the ball into the goal off a free kick, making it 1-0.

The Anchormen added another goal 13 minutes later to make it 2-0. This goal came from Elimane Seye in the 25th minute.

Just 90 seconds later, in the 26th minute, the Anchormen struck again. Cooper Ferreira received a pass off of a free kick and headed it into the back of the net to make it 3-0.

Rhode Island would add one more before halftime in the 44th minute when Dan Monteiro struck a free kick from 20 yards out to make it 4-0.

In the 56th minute, the Anchormen would score

another goal, this time it was Dogbey with his second goal of the game to put Rhode Island up 5-0.

Framingham finally got on the score sheet in the 78th minute of the game. Daniel Campos collected a pass from Appiah and ripped a shot past the goalkeeper for the goal.

The goal cut the Rams deficit to four but it was too little too late, as Rhode Island defeated the Rams 5-1.

Corey Davidge started in net for the Rams and made four saves. He was relieved by Arno in the second half, who also had four saves.

The loss drops the Rams to 3-4 on the season.

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Framingham’s offensive struggles continue, drop to 0-5

By Richard Tranfaglia Staff Writer The Framingham State Rams field hockey team lost its fourth consecutive game, Saturday Sept. 17 against the Eastern Connecticut Warriors by a score of 3-0.

The Warriors scored two goals in the first half. The first goal came around the 12-minute mark from Alex Kallgren off a pass from Brianna Passero. Shannon Connors scored the second goal off the feed from Kallgren about six minutes later.

In the second half the game turned into a defensive struggle with both teams trading possession and running up and down the field. The Warriors’ Paige Schneider scored the third and final goal of the game at the 43:46 mark.

Eastern Connecticut controlled the pace of the game, ending with 27 shots, 11 of them on net.

The offensive woes for the Rams continued as they only had one shot on goal the entire game. Sophomore Meaghann Ackerman had the lone shot.

Goalkeeper Haley Duggan recorded eight saves on 11 shots on goal.

The Rams fall to 0-4 on the season and 0-3 in the conference. They host

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Bridgewater State Tuesday Sept. 20 at 7 p.m.

Framingham State dropped another game Sept. 20 against Bridgewater State 7-0.

In the first half, goals by Brittany Cullinane, Hannah Ciavarra and Tori O’Dea put the Bridgewater State Bears up 3-0.

In the second half, Cullinane put on a show scoring all four of the goals for the Bears, giving her a total of five goals on eight shots for the day. Four players for the Bears each had an assist in the win.

The Bears ended with 21 shots, 12 of them on net. Goalkeeper Allison Chappell made two saves before being relieved by Jillian Delaney, who made three saves on the day.

The Rams ended with eight shots, six of them on net. Freshman Mycala Moody had four of the shots. Duggan made five saves on the day.

Framingham State is now 0-5 and 0-4 in the league. They play again Thursday Sept. 22 against Regis in a non-conference matchup.

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Richard Wertz (men’s cross country) ran 28:14.35 in the UMass Dartmouth Invitational. The second fastest time in school history.

Alycia Rackliffe (volleyball) had 29 kills, eight digs and five total blocks in the Rams’ five-set loss Tuesday to Salve Regina.

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Aaron Owens (football) had a 30-yard pick-six, seven tackles and a pass breakup that nearly went for another pick in the Rams win Friday.

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Rams hold off Fitchburg behind defense, Owens’ pick-six

By Jose Carrasquillo Asst. Sports Editor In a defensive slugfest, Framingham pulls off a tough earned win over the Fitchburg Falcons 14-0.

Framingham started off on the right foot by marching down the field on its first possession in nine plays for 57 yards in 4 minutes, approximately.

The Rams started from their own 43 and began marching by Zakery Walker connecting with Michael Calicchio for 10 yards on second-and-nine.

Framingham then took it on the ground with two big rushes from Stephen Beahn for nine and 11 yards, respectively. From there Walker connected with Calicchio again for 12 yards. Following a two-yard rush from Quron Wright, Walker’s rush resulted in no gain. On third-and-eight Walker capped the drive off with a third and final completion on the drive with Calicchio for 12 yards and the touchdown.

Fitchburg tried responding quickly with a drive of their own but they stalled out after eight plays for only 24 yards. Garret Dellechiaie tried marching down the field on the Rams early by connecting for 15- and nine-yard completions to Taylor Ekstrom and Devin Summiel.

On third-and-six, Dellechiaie rushed for seven yards to gain a first down, but was negated by a costly holding penalty against Thomas Burns, while trying to block Aaron Owens. The penalty backed the Falcons up to their own 50.

The Rams defense held strong on a key thirdand-long situation forcing the Falcons to end their drive early on their own 50-yard line punting the ball away.

Framingham tried to keep the same momentum from their last drive with Trevon Offley rushing for 18 yards on second down after a four-yard connection from Walker to Napoleon Miller. After the big gain the Rams made a costly mistake with a holding penalty on the next play for ten yards.

Following the penalty, the Rams tried moving

the ball after a Walker incompletion on first and 20. After the six yard gain from Wright, Offley rushed again for 29 yards on a third-and-14 for the first down, but it was brought back after another costly penalty from the Rams.

The holding penalty forced a third-and-24 which ended up forcing Framingham to punt after a one-yard rush from Offley.

Fitchburg would try again to march on the Rams but would come up with nothing after a five-play, 33-yard drive that ended after a thrown interception from Dellechiaie to Kenneth Bartolo.

Framingham would start from its own 18 with back-to-back rushes from Wright for six yards total. After a false start against Framingham forcing a third-and-nine, Offley rushed for a gain of 22 yards to convert the long third down. Walker completed passes to Miller and Malcolm Bryant for ten and three yards respectively.

At the start of the second quarter, continuing the drive on second-and-seven Walker threw an interception to Darius Banks but it was fortunately called back for an encroachment penalty against the Falcons. Walker was sacked on the next play for a loss of eight and threw an incompletion to Calicchio forcing the Rams to punt again.

Fitchburg would respond with a long 13-play, 58-yard drive by gaining most of their yards on the ground through Jevon Brown-Simpson. Framingham had a hard time stopping the rushing attack from the Falcons until Dellechiaie threw back-toback incompletions on second and third down to force a punt from the Framingham 36.

Framingham would try to find the end zone before the end of the first half after starting its drive with seven minutes left.

After a one-yard loss from a pass to Beahn, Wright would rush back to back plays for six yards each moving the ball for the Rams. Following another incomplete pass from Walker, Framingham continued the rushing attack with Offley and Wright for three straight plays. Walker connected with Calicchio for six yards but was brought back

due to a costly false start penalty. Framingham was forced to punt after a one-yard completion to force a fourth-and-six.

Following the Rams short punt for only 30 yards the Falcons started their two-minute offense to try and tie the game up.

Dellechiaie completed a 55-yard pass to Summiel on a third-and-nine after a loss of five yards on the previous play. The big play led to a Dellechiaie 10-yard rush on second down which started a first-and-goal for Fitchburg. After two incomplete passes from Dellechiaie the Falcons would attempt a field goal on third-and-goal. The kick from Ludwig was blocked by Campbell Marchant and returned 59 yards by Jaquan Harris.

The second half was more of the same for Framingham, trading field position with the Falcons for the first two possessions.

Fitchburg starting their drive from its own 21 tried moving the ball down the field on third-andseven, but turned the ball over after an Owens pick-six for a touchdown after a four-yard rush from Brown-Simpson and a one-yard loss from Jesse Lastra. The touchdown pushed the Rams lead to 14-0.

The defensive slugfest continued for the rest of the second half with the battle of the punters continuing with each team just trading field position.

Framingham had seven sacks for 37 yards and forced two interceptions. Walker completed 12-of20 passes for 72 yards and one touchdown. Calicchio had four catches for 40 yards. It was a rushing attack by committee with Offley, Jalen Green and Wright combining for 143 yards.

Svenn Jacobson led the way with 10 total tackles. Marchant came up with 3.5 sacks. Cody Wlasuk also contributed two sacks of his own in the win.

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Framingham holds off Fitchburg 3-2, win MASCAC-opener

By Liam Gambon Staff Writer The Framingham State women’s soccer team hung on to beat the Fitchburg State Falcons in a down to the wire 3-2 victory in Fitchburg.

The Rams controlled the game from the onset scoring three goals in under twenty minutes from first freshman Jill Smith then fellow freshman Jana Paecht and junior back Haley McKay to burst out to a 3-0 lead early.

The Rams shot the ball six times within scoring those opening three goals, then shot the ball fourteen times for the rest of the game without one landing in the back of the net.

The Falcons took eleven shots before one landed in the net, though both of their next two shots made it past sophomore goalkeeper Keyonzia Gagne-Lamoureux whom otherwise was sharp all game long.

Gagne-Lamoureux recorded six saves on eight shots and picked up her third win on the season. Smith’s opening goal was assisted by senior Meghan Kenny, while Paecht was unassisted and McKay’s goal was assisted by Smith. Smith stole the game by opening the Rams scoring with a

goal of her own and helping to score the third with an assist.

The Rams outshot the Falcons 21-13, outshooting the Falcons 13-3 in the first half alone and just being outshot 8-10 in the second half.

The Rams are now 3-2-0 on the season and travel to Rhode Island take on the 2-3 Rhode Island College Anchormen on Wednesday, Sept. 21.

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0-2-2

The Framingham State Rams traveled to Rhode Island for a matchup against Rhode Island College.

The Rams opened the scoring with Paecht scoring late in the first half to put the rams up 1-0.

Framingham would maintain a 1-0 lead late into the second, which is where the wheels came off. RIC would score two goals in the span of al-

most two minutes to take a 2-1 lead with little to no time left in the game.

The Rams would take a tough loss as they held the lead for a majority of the game.

Tess Gorman assisted on Framingham’s lone goal of the game and goalkeeper Gagne-Lamoureux made five saves on seven shots.

Paecht was recognized this week with the Player of the Week award and reinforced that accolade with another goal to add to an already productive season.

The Rams will look to start another winning streak when they take on Worcester State Saturday, Sept. 24.

FRAMINGHAM STATE

1-0-1

RHODE ISLAND COLLEGE

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Rams win 20 straight sets before squandering 2-0 lead against Salve Regina

By Jen Fortin Staff Writer The Framingham State volleyball team had an easy win against Mount Ida last week, evening out its record at 4-4. The Rams won 3-0 with set scores of 25-18, 25-13 and 25-15.

Alycia Rackliffe totaled 15 kills in the game, with only three errors and 13 digs. Setter Mackenzie Whalen had 23 of the 27 total assists.

The team excelled with 13 services aces, with four of those coming from Alexandra Fish and three from Whalen. Fish also had nine digs on the night, while Victoria Anderson had eight. Rackliffe and Casie Thurber dominated with five blocks each.

The young volleyball team from Mount Ida struggled against the Rams with 6-foot-1 Molly Alkinburg totaling only eight kills. Freshman Alexis Bell had 14 assists on the night. The Mustangs had only two service aces and four blocks against FSU.

The Rams played Colby-Sawyer in the first of two games this past Saturday. The Rams won in three sets, with scores of 25-19, 25-22 and 25-21.

Rackliffe led the Rams again with 19 kills and five blocks. Leonard had eight kills, 23 digs and two service aces.

Julia Wan totaled seven kills against the Chargers, while Whalen provided 30 of the 36 total assists in the game.

Anderson again excelled with three service aces and Thurber also had three blocks.

Freshman Deirdre Fay had 11 digs.

For Colby-Sawyer, the team topped with seven kills, from both freshman Allie Rogers and senior Gabrielle Rodriguez. Rodriguez also supplied the one service ace for the team.

Setter Olivia Goodrich had 29 of the team total 33 assists.

MOUNT IDA

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FRAMINGHAM STATE

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FRAMINGHAM STATE

3

COLBY-SAWYER

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The second game on Saturday proved to be another win for FSU. The team won 3-0 against Western New England. The Rams got off to a good start and held the Bears in the three sets at 17, 22 and 14.

Rackliffe and Leonard had a combined 17 kills, with three errors each.

Rackliffe also had three blocks and Whalen totaled 22 assists.

The Rams secured 12 service aces with Leonard providing four, while Fish, Whalen and Wan had two each.

Anderson, Wan and Rackliffe also had 10 digs each.

Carly Skibinski totaled 11, while also having six errors. Senior setter Jenna Leuck had 20 assists for WNE. Brianna Roath led the team with 18 digs.

The Rams moved to 6-4, while Western New England left the game with a record of 6-3.

FRAMINGHAM STATE

3

WNEU

0

Tuesday’s game against Salve Regina was a tough loss for Framingham, playing all five sets. The Rams won the first two sets with scores of 25-22 and 25-19.

The Rams struggled in the next three sets, losing by only two and three points.

Rackliffe dominated with 29 kills, with only five errors and five blocks.

Thurber also produced nine kills and four blocks against the Seahawks.

Leonard secured six service aces.

The team totaled 12 receiving errors in the game.

Whalen produced the majority of the assists, totaling 51 and also had 11 digs. Wan also had 12 digs and two blocks.

Framingham’s 56 kills fell short against Salve’s 70 total kills. Six-foot outside hitter, Cassidy Trablicy had 33 kills against the Rams.

Samantha Salwa had 57 assists.

Both Trablicy and Salwa combined to have 10 service aces in the game.

Framingham started hot in set one, getting an immediate seven points in a row. They then scored five more, to

Amanda Martin/THE GATEPOST Alycia Rackliffe (15) and Casie Thurber (18) go up for a block in Framingham State’s match against Salve Regina.

lead at 22-15. The set was won by the Rams on a kill by Thurber.

Again in set two, FSU secured six points at the beginning of the set.

The 25th point was won by a kill from Fay. The Rams trailed the entire third set, losing it 25-22.

In set four, FSU got an early lead.

The game was tied at 19 and Salve Regina pulled ahead to win it, 25-23.

The final set was a back-and-forth battle between the two teams. The Rams lost their lead after Salve got five consecutive points off of Trablicy serves.

The set was tied at 15 and again at 16. After a bad set from FSU, the Seahawks sealed the win with a kill by Trablicy once again.

Salve Regina left the game with a record of 8-3 and the Rams sit at 6-5

A LOOK AHEAD...

9/22 AT LESLEY UNIVERSITY 8:00 P.M. 9/24 AT WESTFIELD STATE 11:00 A.M. VS. ELMS @ WESTFIELD STATE 1:00 P.M.

SALVE REGINA

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9/28

FRAMINGHAM STATE

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

How the health are you?

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FSU students learn more about health, destressing and how to defend themselves during a campus-wide health day sponsored by the Counseling Center and Campus Police.

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