October 26, 2018

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THE GATEPOST Framingham State’s independent student newspaper

Volume 87 • Issue 7

FSUgatepost.com

October 26, 2018

Corey McFeeley / THE GATEPOST U.S. Rep. Joseph P. Kennedy III speaks about climate change at a sold-out talk at DPAC on Oct. 23.

“Hurry up”

Framingham State’s first Kennedy urges students to act Campus Creative event fast on climate change poorly attended By Zach Colten Arts & Features Editor Where have we been as a people, and why is it important to remember? Where are we headed, and how can we, as individuals, make a difference? These questions were just a few at the heart of U.S. Rep. Joseph P. Kennedy III’s impassioned speech, given on Tuesday, Oct. 23, as part of the University’s Moon Landing in Context series, which drew over 200 attendees. The grand-nephew of former U.S. President John F. Kennedy currently serves as a Democratic Congressman in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and came to Framingham State to talk about climate change. More specifically, Kennedy hoped to instill a similar urgency into the pursuit of tackling climate change

News

as his great-uncle did more than 50 years ago, leading the United States in an international race to put a now-famous first boot-print on the Moon. Tuesday evening’s event kicked off with an introductory video, inviting audience members to reflect on where they were in the summer of ’69. While most attending the talk were not old enough to remember a time when even the prospect of the Red Sox winning a World Series was out of the question - as Kennedy jokingly reminded them - several were brought back to a summer of powerful music and rhetoric, protests, and, of course, giant technological and civilizational leaps. Once the video ended, Irene Porro, director of the McAuliffe Center, introduced the Boston-born Kennedy to raucous applause.

See KENNEDY page 9

Opinions

By Natalia Voloboy Staff Writer The college of arts and humanities’ Campus Creative event, held on Sunday, Oct. 21, suffered from a lack of attendance, according to multiple participants. The inaugural event, which was meant to highlight creative output and activities in the arts and humanities, was underpromoted and had almost no foot traffic, according to participants interviewed by The Gatepost. Student organizations, academic departments, and nonprofits were invited to staff tables at the event and provide outreach through educational and interactive activities. These included woodcut printmaking, graphic design games, Chinese calligraphy writing, and portrait photography. Senior Gabrielle Raposo, who

Arts & Features

staffed the graphic design games table, said, “We created some games in one of our classes for the moon landing events that are happening. I feel like it’s very important for people to be aware that this is happening and there are so many different directions you can go with it.” Sydney Buono, a senior communication arts major who staffed the portrait photography table, said, “[We] give people a chance to interact and see what they can do digitally, because it’s very up and coming. “We have iPads for kids where they can do stuff to photos, draw on it, or make it look like a sketch. ... We also have flip books for old-fashioned animation.” Kristen Abbott Bennett, an English professor, staffed a table where there was an interactive

See CAMPUS CREATIVE page 3

Sports

STEM WEEK pg. 4

TRUMP HATES TRANS PEOPLE pg. 6

SPOOKY SUGGESTIONS pg. 10

MEN’S SOCCER pg. 13

EMAIL SCAMS pg. 5

THEY’RE NOT THE SAME pg. 7

“HALLOWEEN” REVIEW pg. 12

FERR OR FOUL pg. 14

INSIDE: OP/ED 6 ARTS & FEATURES 9 SPORTS 13


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