September 28, 2018

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THE GATEPOST Framingham State’s independent student newspaper

Volume 87 • Issue 3

FSUgatepost.com

September 28, 2018

Rams Resource Center opens on FSU campus By Bailey Morrison Editor-in-Chief

Margaret Richardson / THE GATEPOST Students and administrators cut a ribbon signifying the opening of the Rams Resource Center on Sept. 24.

News SGA MEETING pg. 4 HEED AWARD pg. 5

Opinions WEEKLY COMIC pg. 8 DOOM ETERNAL pg. 8

Arts & Features MIDDAY PERFORMANCE pg. 10 WHAT IT MEANS TO BE AN ALLY pg. 12

Sports FOOTBALL pg. 14 MENS SOCCER pg. 15

See RAMS RESOURCE CENTER page 4

MSCA files labor charge against the BHE: Union contract remains unfunded By Jillian Poland Associate Editor The Massachusetts State College Association (MSCA) filed an unfair labor practice charge against the Board of Higher Education (BHE) on Sept. 14, according to a statement by MSCA President CJ O’Donnell. The MSCA, a union comprised of faculty and librarians from the nine state universities, filed the charge on the grounds that the BHE has failed

to submit the funding request for the collective bargaining agreement (CBA) with the governor within the allotted time frame. The CBA is a document created through a process of negotiations between the MSCA and the BHE. The document outlines the conditions under which the union agrees to work, including pay, workload, and evaluation procedures. It is valid for three years, after which time a newly negotiated CBA is instated.

The MSCA and the BHE finally reached a tentative collective bargaining agreement in April, nine months after the end of the CBA. The bargaining was delayed in part because the BHE had not been given approval by the governor to provide a financial offer to the union until after the previous CBA expired. Additional points of tension during bargaining included a perceived lack of appropriate pay increases, a proposed increase in the cap on part-

See MSCA page 3

Decontextualizing the body: Ellie Krakow’s “Mirrored Back” By Tessa Jillson Staff Writer

Jenna-Nicole Richard / THE GATEPOST

In an effort to combat student hunger on campus, a food pantry has opened at Framingham State. The Rams Resource Center (RRC) officially opened on Sept. 24. The center is located on the first floor of West Hall with an exterior door near the Maynard Road parking lot. RRC is now open to anyone in the FSU community who needs assistance. The pantry is stocked with non-perishable food and toiletries - including tampons/pads, shampoo and conditioner, and body wash. During the grand opening, community members were invited to tour the pantry. President F. Javier Cevallos, along with RRC student volunteers and members of the administration, cut a ribbon to signify the opening of the center. Cevallos said, “This was a long time coming. I am so proud.” Michelle Yestrepsky, coordinator of student support initiatives, has been working since 2015 as the “single point of contact” for students with food or housing insecurities. She

Influenced by the metal support structures that hold up ancient artifacts in museums, assistant professor of art Ellie Krakow began to construct armatures inspired by her own arms. Krakow said she become obsessed with these museum armatures because they “have this super important job, which is to be very tender and very supportive, but also they’re supposed to be complete-

ly invisible. … It’s like they’re showcasing something that’s been taken out of context, like historical context and geographical context, and put in a new position, but they’re supposed to do it without being noticed.” Krakow worked on the project for five years, taking photos of support structures such as parts of the body or objects like tree trunks, mimicking these photos in obscure or abstracted sculptures with the same dimensions, and then taking photos of her body performing the sculptures’ gestures. Kra-

kow calls her process “circular,” constructing “image-object pairings” to design a “call-and-response dialogue” where objects and images are grouped together to establish a relationship. While working on the project, Krakow ended up taking a photograph that reminded her of a human back. She thought about how the back, in many ways, is more of a support than the arms since the back does the job of supporting you and the arms do the job of supporting things around you. Krakow’s arm armature project

See MAZGAL page 11 INSIDE: OP/ED 7 • ARTS & FEATURES 10 • SPORTS 13


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