Sept. 24, 2021

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Volume 90 • Issue 2

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September 24, 2021

All roads lead to Homecoming

Leighah Beausoleil / THE GATEPOST (Left) Idalis Rodriguez, Kaiya Cummings, Chris Morales, Onica Smith, and Kayla Douglas enjoying the Homecoming Carnival Sept. 17.

News PRESIDENT SEARCH pg. 3 COVID-19 BY THE NUMBERS pg. 5

Opinions

BROADWAY’S BACK pg. 6 GABBY PETITO pg. 7

Sports

The fRAMily celebrates an in-person Homecoming By Haley Hadge Asst. News Editor

FSU students, families, and alumni celebrated Homecoming Weekend in person with a carnival, the annual Moonlight Breakfast, alumni events, sports games, trivia, a scavenger hunt, and more Sept. 18-19. President F. Javier Cevallos said, “Having everybody back is great! … Last year, it was like a desert,” and the

campus had the same energy as during finals week. Eric Gustafson, vice president of Development and Alumni Relations, said it was difficult to “quantify precisely” attendance since it “shifts” and not all attendees pre-registered. However, Gustafson said his team [the Office of Alumni Relations] knows at least 150 alumni were present throughout the weekend.

Leighah Beausoleil / THE GATEPOST

VOLLEYBALL pg.9

Arts & Features MCAULIFFE CENTER pg. 11 QUIET PLACE pg. 14

his team expected the FSU community would be “eager to reconnect in person.” Increased vaccination rates on campus allowed this fRAMily reunion to happen. “We are so thrilled to have alumni back on campus! I can’t begin to tell you how exciting that is, and how meaningful that is for our team,” he said.

See HOMECOMING page 4

Art as an outlet By Caroline Gordon Arts & Features Editor

HOMECOMING GAMES pg. 8

“Last year in the virtual format, we had 65, so a significant increase,” he said According to Gustafson, the total cost of all events was “just over $5,000. … A decrease from our last in-person Homecoming in 2019.” He said planning for Homecoming began last spring when there was more optimism about “conditions” this fall. Gustafson said he and

Marjorie Agosin, a Chilean-American writer and artist, presented her work “Arpilleras” during an in-person discussion hosted by Arts & Ideas in The Forum Sept. 21. Agosin has written poetry, literature, novels, and a memoir. She is a professor at Wellesley College. She has won many awards, including a Fulbright Scholarship, the Latino Literature Prize, and a Lifetime Achievement Award given to her by the government of Chile. She has written over 80 books. English Professor Jennifer De

Leon, who has authored several works of fiction, introduced Agosin. “I am so excited to be here in real life. I won’t ask you to mute or anything. I am giddy with excitement that we are here in person. What an amazing event to kick off the year, to our re-entry into our world of teaching, learning, art, and wonder,” De Leon said. She added, “I am thrilled to introduce Marjorie Agosin, who is a huge idol of mine. To be able to meet her is a highlight of my career and my life.” Agosin said this was her first in-person event since “the world shut down. “I am very happy to be here,” she

said. Agosin is friends with President Cevallos and said it has been “a pleasure working with him.” She began by discussing her life in Chile. “I used to observe the writers in cafes and restaurants to learn,” Agosin said. She explained politics were popular in Chile during the ’60s and ’70s and they became “intertwined” with her young adult life. Agosin said she was recently discussing the political history of South America with her students.

See MARJORIE AGOSIN page 12

INSIDE: OP/ED 6 • SPORTS 8 • ARTS & FEATURES 11


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