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New Director Aims to “Broaden the Scope” of the Center for Inclusive Excellence

By Bailey Morrison Assistant News Editor New Director Aims to “Broaden the Scope” of the Center for Inclusive Excellence Chon’tel Washington accepted the position as director for the Center for Inclusive Excellence in February 2016.

According to Washington, she accepted the position because it involved her interests in education, diversity and inclusion.

“It was a perfect mix of working with students directly and helping them be successful,” she added.

Sean Huddleston, chief officer of diversity, inclusion and community engagement, said, “The Director of the Center for Inclusive Excellence is responsible for overseeing the dayto-day operations of the Center for Inclusive Excellence, and works in collaboration with students, faculty - See New CIE Director page 8

FSU launches new Diverse Scholars program

By Alexandra Gomes Associate Editor The new Diverse Scholars program, which allows high school students with special needs from surrounding districts to audit FSU classes, launched this semester, according to Associate Dean of Academic Success LaDonna Bridges.

Students who audit classes do not receive course credit and are not considered matriculated students.

There are currently only two students enrolled in the program, said

Bridges, but once the program is up and running, FSU will choose 12-15 students from nearby school districts to participate.

Bridges said the program is intended for students between the ages of 1822 with intellectual disabilities - some who will never graduate high school because they cannot pass the MCAS standardized test and some who may graduate after attempting the MCAS multiple times with assistance.

Susan Dargan, dean of Social and Behavioral Sciences, said the program was initiated by Massachusetts State

FSU hosts first Women Making History Now award ceremony

By Alexandra Gomes Associate Editor In honor of Women’s History Month, FSU celebrated six women who have made notable contributions to the communities they serve during its first Women Making History Now award ceremony on Tuesday.

The six honorees include Massachusetts State Senator Karen E. Spilka, Attorney and former First Lady of the State of Massachusetts Diane B. Patrick, Provost & Vice President of Aca-

demic Affairs for FSU Linda VadenGoad, Interim President of MassBay Community College Yves SalomonFernandez, Executive Director of Leadership MetroWest Helen Lemoine and Chief Philanthropy Officer for TriCounty United Way Jen Maseda.

Sean Huddleston, chief officer of diversity, inclusion and community engagement, said, “We are here tonight to recognize our own. We need to do that more often, and this was an op- See Women Making History page 6

Representative Tom Sannicandro, who spearheaded a movement to bring special-needs students to college campuses in order for them to socialize with peers of their age group.

FSU received a $77,000 grant from the Massachusetts Executive Office of Education in order to fund the program, said Bridges, adding FSU has already hired Grace McDonald to serve as the program coordinator.

She said the state funding for the program only lasts for five years, - See Diverse Scholars page 4

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Melina Bourdeau Brittany Cormier

Assistant Professor of English

Alexandra Gomes

News Editors Jennifer Johnson Julia Sarcinelli Mark Wadland

Asst. News Editor

By Kayllan Olicio Staff Writer What is your resume and background?

Kristen Pinto

I got my B.A. in English from FSU and I got my Ph.D. in English from Boston College. Afterwards, I taught at Boston University for a couple of years.

I taught in their humanities program and I also taught at Penn State Altoona as their Shakespeare specialist, and now I’m at FSU.

Interim Asst. Arts & Features Editor

Why did you attend FSU as an undergrad?

Jessica Duff Bailey Morrison

Arts & Features Editors Scott Calzolaio Cesareo Contreras

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text in so many ways. It’s one that has spoken to so many different groups of people throughout the centuries. One of my great loves and one of my first loves of literature, “Jane Eyre.” It’s not in my field, but it’s a text I like to teach in general education courses. I have a lot of fun. It’s one of the first kindof-real novels that I read when I was a high-schooler. I’ve read it and re-read it so many times.

What class do you think all students should take?

I would hope that all students get the chance to take a literature course.

Literature is a great way to discover things about yourself, about other people, to discover ideas that you have not been exposed to, perspectives that are new to you, to think about empathizing with others. I think if students get the chance to take any literature course, it’s a wonderful aspect of your education, even if that’s not your sole focus.

I really was attracted to the small class sizes here - the idea that you could work closely with professors. I really wanted to not be a number when I was a student here and I felt that this was a place where I would be fostering really close relationships with students and professors. And I was right. It was a great place.

What was your favorite undergrad experience?

Do you have any hobbies?

I don’t have a lot of time, being the parent of a 3-year-old daughter right now. So it would be lovely to say that I do all these wonderful things. But I love to spend time with my family. I’m a little bit of a science-fiction geek.

I like to watch “Star Trek.” But other than that, just getting a few moments of spare time is a luxury at this point in my life.

Probably studying abroad and the opportunity to do that. I studied for a semester in Canterbury, England at the University of Kent, and it was just a really wonderful experience that enabled me to do lots of traveling, to study early modern literature in a different setting. I got to see a play at the Globe. I got to do a lot of different sightseeing and experience a lot of new things, so I really enjoyed that a lot.

Did you always know you wanted to major in English and become an educator?

From pretty early on, I took a Shakespeare course with Dr. Beilin my first semester here at FSU and I was really enchanted. I was hooked. And I really wanted to be part of this kind of community for the long term. The classroom was a really special space for me.

It’s a real privilege to be able to sit in a room with a bunch of other people reading the same text, and talk about ideas, talk about language. It’s something I have enjoyed from very early on and wanted to share that love with other students.

What is your favorite literary text to teach?

That’s a hard question. I don’t know.

If I had to choose one, “The Tempest” is one that I keep coming back to. … It works really well in the Literary Study class. It’s a text that is really interested in issues of power, oppression and enslavement. I think it’s a really relevant

I don’t know how soon that will be. It’s an ongoing project. I’ve written and published articles that relate to some of these ideas. My most recent essay came out in a collection of essays on the blazon, which is the cataloging of the different features, usually of a female beloved in poetry. I wrote about how that convention is used and formed in Shakespeare’s “The Winter’s Tale.”

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Can you tell me about the book project you are working on?

My area of expertise is Shakespeare and early modern literature and I’m working on a project that looks at the figure of the beloved mistress in early modern England. The mistress from the sonnets you may be familiar with.

I argue that this is a figure that represents a larger cultural anxiety about what’s authentic in this period. This is the 16th century. It’s a time period where older institutions and ideas like the church and the monarchy were becoming strained and splitting, and so the anxiety surrounding whether a mistress was true or false was actually one that you see in a lot of different contexts - political context, social context, theatrical context. So I look at how writers use that figure to express and negotiate this kind of anxiety about what’s real and what’s false.

What advice would you give to FSU students?

I would advise them to read a lot.

Reading is a way to, as I said before, connect and discover things. Read everything you can get your hands on - read books, read magazines, read news. Reading is part of what it means to be an educated person. And also I would say take classes in areas that are different from your field. When I was an undergraduate, I took a lot of music classes even though I’m not a musician. I took a Beethoven class, opera class, I took a geology class, and they were some of the most fascinating classes I took, even though it was not directly feeding into my program of study. That’s part of what it means to have an undergraduate education - to explore things, to discover things about the world around you.

Should we expect to see the book on any of your syllabi soon?

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Campus Police officers receive Meritorious Service Awards

Officers Shawn Deleskey and Laurie Maguire were awarded the Meritorious Service Awards on Wednesday, March 2 for their brave actions saving the life of a suicidal man last fall.

On Oct. 20, 2015 at 4:30 p.m., campus police received a call from a passerby about a man threatening to jump off the footbridge on Edgell Rd. near High St. “The subject was known to us from previous interactions with officers in the department,” said Chief of Campus Police Brad Medeiros. The man was homeless and the significant other of a female FSU student.

Maguire was first on the scene and found the man standing on the ledge of the footbridge behind the fence. A few minutes later, her partner, Deleskey, arrived.

“Most people are reasonable, even when they’re upset, but he was not,” Maguire said. “We tried talking him down. It didn’t work - he started to kind of teeter over the fence. So we grabbed him, pulled him down to our level.”

Deleskey explained there was a brief struggle and “he resisted, but in the end, we were able to take him into custody with no issues. … My partner, she got hit a few times.”

Maguire said, “I had some lacerations to my hands, but nothing serious.”

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Police Chief Brad Medeiros presented officers Laurie Maguire and Shawn Deleskey with the Meritorious Service Awards for their bravery on Wednesday, March 2. est Medical Center for psychological evaluation.

A few weeks later, Maguire and Deleskey learned they were being considered for the Meritorious Service Award.

“The Meritorious Service Award is an award that is issued to an officer who has acted courageously, displayed bravery and placed themselves in harm’s way to save another,” says Medeiros.

“The totality of the circumstances are evaluated by the deputy chief of police and myself,” he added.

Deleskey said, “It was nice to be recognized, but it was just doing our job.”

SGA nominations open until Tuesday, April 5

By Jennifer Johnson News Editor During its March 29 meeting, SGA approved its constitution and by-laws for the second time.

SGA president Dan Costello announced the Student Trustee position will be required to attend meetings weekly.

Student Activity Treasurer Patrick O’Connor announced the last day to request funding for the rest of this semester is March 31.

Jack Capello, social event coordinator, asked SGA members to nominate fellow students and organizations or clubs on campus for the Banquet and Benevolence awards. Forms can be found on the collegiate link website.

Nominations for SGA elections opened Tuesday, March 29 and will be open until Tuesday, April 5 at 1 p.m. He emphasized that SGA members cannot discuss the election in the office, as it is a violation of the election code.

Sammie Florino and Elizabeth Golden, two members of the Dance Team, shared the team’s experience at the convention they attended on Feb. 27 and 28 at the Sheraton Hotel in Boston.

The Dance Team took hip-hop courses and enjoyed the experience, according to Golden.

Florino said the dance team found the convention to be helpful overall and it was “very original and technical.”

In other news: · Beck Govani was awarded senator of the month and the “U Rock” award was given to Janine Simpson. · Caitlin Murray announced the presentation for Alternative Spring Break will be held Tuesday, April 12 at 4:30 p.m. in the faculty/staff dining room.

She added trip leader applications for ASB are now available on collegiate link. · Red Sox ticket sales are currently available in the Game Room for $10. · Tickets for the Girl and Guy Code comedy show are still on sale in the Game Room for $5. · Bus trip ticket sales for the Food Tour of Boston go on sale April 4 at 1:30 p.m. in the Game Room for $10. · “The Handyman Bride” comedy show produced by the Hilltop Players will be performed in DPAC Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 7 p.m. and is free of charge.

He previously worked for the Department of Mental Health in Boston.

“The main thing is you’ve got to treat people with respect no matter what. ... Don’t forget that they’re just having a bad day, and you’re there to help the best you can.”

The officers were honored at a short ceremony held in the 1839 Room in the McCarthy Center. In attendance were Deputy Police Chief John Santoro, FSU president F. Javier Cevallos, executive staff and administrators.

Medeiros gave a brief explanation for why the officers were being recognized, and then they were issued the

Meritorious Service Award, a blue ribbon pin to be worn on their uniform and an accompanying letter.

Cevallos said in an email, “We were proud to honor the two officers. Their actions saved a life. They are great representatives of our Police Department and their commitment to the safety of all individuals.”

In an email, Dean Melinda Stoops said, “In my role as Dean of Students, I work closely with University Police and know how hard they work on a daily basis. … I was so glad to hear they were receiving the Meritorious Service Award - it was very much deserved.”

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Diverse Scholars - Continued from page 1 after which FSU will have to support the program on its own.

The school districts will be responsible for transportation of the students, as well as educational aides if needed, according to Bridges.

Bridges said FSU is “late to the party” in terms of inclusive enrollment.

Many universities and colleges have had similar programs in place for as long as five years.

According to Dargan, Linda VadenGoad, provost and vice president for academic affairs, and Bridges accompanied her on a trip to Western Connecticut State University last year to learn more about a similar program the university runs.

Dargan said FSU’s model for the program would be “a little bit more inclusive in terms of accepting a wider array of students,” adding while some students will be high-functioning, there will be some who need assistance.

The students will audit one general education course, work at an oncampus “internship,” eat lunch in the Dining Commons and participate in student clubs.

The internship, according to Bridges, is not for credit, nor are the students paid. It is an “opportunity” for them to gain work experience.

She added FSU will examine the students’ goals and aspirations in order to place them in the best courses and “experiences” available.

“It’s much, much less about what they do academically, and far more about their socialization,” said Bridges.

Because the students are non-matriculated and are strictly auditing the classes, the extent of coursework they complete is up to them, according to Bridges.

“We have to be careful not to say what we think is a good experience for them, but to let them help guide us in what is a good experience for them,” she said.

English Professor Alexander Hartwiger currently has two students enrolled in his Intro to Global Studies class. He said being involved with the program has prompted him to

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Charles Cordero and Jake Kelly are currently enrolled in the new Diverse Scholars program.

enrolled in the program, said his favorite part of attending FSU is going to Hartwiger’s class, and “learning new things about globalization.”

Charles Cordero, another student enrolled in the program, said he enjoyed learning about sweatshops in the class, and where Nike is made.

Freshman Olivia Warila said the program “will bring more diversity to our campus.”

She added the program “shows that our school is really accepting.”

Adam Scanlon, a freshman, said the new program is “a wonderful opportunity to create a more inclusive environment and it showcases people from all walks of life in an environment where people can be pushed to succeed.”

Senior Mackenzi McNealy said she believes the program will “benefit”

of stepping on a college campus as a student and giving them the opportunity to be here.”

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“You’re taking students who never thought they could ever have a chance of stepping on a college campus as a student and giving them the opportunity to be here.”

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“reimagine my own pedagogical approaches to inclusivity,” which has helped him grow as a teacher.

The goal of every teacher, said Hartwiger, should be to create a classroom environment in which every student feels involved and included.

He added this program is a great opportunity for professors to continue to develop professionally, and he “welcomed” the chance to participate.

Jake Kelly, one of students currently

She said sometimes “you get caught up in the work,” and their excitement for their I.D.s was a “reminder of why we’re doing this.

“You’re taking students who never thought they could ever have a chance

FSU and the students who “might not otherwise have a chance to go to college.”

Lauren Cohen, a freshman, said, “I think it will bring a lot of attention to the campus and people will appreciate their education more.”

Bridges said a “rewarding” point in creating the program was the day the first two students enrolled - Kelly and Cordero - obtained their student I.D.s.

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Michelle Yestrepsky appointed contact person for students with food or housing difficulties

By Julia Sarcinelli News Editor Michelle Yestrepsky, coordinator of student services, has been appointed the single point of contact for students struggling with homelessness or affording food, according to an email sent from Lorretta Holloway, vice president for enrollment and student development.

Yestrepsky said she was hired in August 2015, and her position entails helping students to identify resources on campus.

“There are a lot of great resources available, but a lot of people maybe don’t know where to start or exactly how to approach accessing different resources, so I can sit down with students and help with that,” she said.

“I’ve already worked with a group of students who have had a variety of needs - not just food and housing. … I would encourage anybody who needs help to come forward,” she added.

Sara Hakkoum, a senior, said having someone for students with food or housing needs to go to “sounds like a good idea. It’s good to know there’s someone you can go to if you have any concerns like that.”

Yestrepsky is also on the Task Force for Supporting Students with Food and Housing Needs. The task force’s goal is to help students with food or housing insecurity by assessing their individual needs and providing them with assistance.

Paul Welch, director of the Counseling Center, said the task force has been in place since 2013.

Jeanne Haley, staff counselor at the Counseling Center, said a few years ago, several administrators and faculty members heard of students who were sleeping in their cars or the library. She and Welch then started attending state meetings focused on how post-secondary institutions can help students who may be homeless or have food insecurity issues.

Haley said from the state-wide meetings with state and community colleges, she learned there is “a bigger scope of students who are affected that we don’t necessarily know.”

According to Haley, the state-wide guidelines to define who is homeless includes whether a person has “a predictable, safe place to stay on a regular basis.”

She said some students “couch surf” by staying with friends, so they may not consider themselves to be homeless because they aren’t sleeping in a shelter. However, Haley said it is “not a predictably safe - emotionally or physically - place to be on a regular basis.”

Haley said some students are identified by the Counseling Center employees before school breaks. “When winter

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break is coming up, students might say, ‘Well, I’ve been staying with a friend, but now they don’t want me to stay there, so I don’t really have any place to go,’ or, ‘There was a big blowout at my house and my parents said don’t come back.’

“So we’ve learned about students who might be living in residence halls during the school year but then don’t have a more permanent place to be outside of that,” she said. As a result, Residence Life opened up the possibility to students in these sorts of situations to stay on campus over Thanksgiving and winter breaks.

Welch said at the meetings, they were encouraged to gather groups of people on campus to discuss ways to help those students.

Departments represented on the task force include: Development and Alumni Relations, CASA, Counseling Center, Dean of Students, Dining Services, Facilities and Capital Planning, Financial Aid, First Year Programs, General Counsel, Health Center, Human Resources, Inclusive Excellence, Residence Life, University Police, Veteran Services and faculty members from the food and nutrition, nursing, and sociology departments.

Another result of the meetings was the suggestion of “best practices,” such as having a single point of contact to coordinate information and activities for students in need, according to Welch.

He added it is challenging to know how many students need help.

Yestrepsky said professors have been referring students who need help to her. “Professors are, of course, in contact with their students on a weekly basis, if not daily, so I think students feel comfortable going forward to their professors.”

According to Welch, the task force has been working with UMass Boston to adapt its survey for identifying students with food or housing insecurities for FSU. He added the survey is “in the works.”

Yestrepsky said the survey will go out to all FSU students and will help the University identify the needs of students on campus and different resources students may want, such as a food pantry.

Haley said, “It’s about what the needs are and then what are the things that we can do on our specific campus to address our specific students.”

Welch said one of the challenges is identifying the students who need help, adding a representative from Financial Aid is on the committee to discuss the specific criteria students have to meet on their financial aid applications.

Haley said the point of contact is available for K-12 students and the problem is, “How do we encourage and support them to get through postsecondary and how to get through college?”

Welch said the McKinney-Vento Education of Homeless Children and Youth Assistance Act does not require the state to help post-secondary students.

Shirley Fan-Chan, who runs a program called View Access at UMass Boston, has been “the driving force” behind rallying the state and community colleges to start programs and hire single points of contact for each school, according to Haley.

In terms of donations, Haley said

last year, the Nursing Honor Society gave $600 in gift cards from Shaws to Health Services and the Dean’s Office for students who might need them.

This year, Yestrepsky said FSU students donated 485 meals in two days at the Share the Meal, Share the Love event during Valentine’s Day weekend for students in need. The event was a partnership with Sodexo and Student Involvement and Leadership Development.

Ralph Eddy, director of dining services and a member of the task force, said the event started as an idea to promote awareness about food insecurity and hunger issues on campus as well as to raise funds and meals.

Eddy said in addition to financial donations, the University established an emergency meal bank to feed students based on their needs.

In addition to the meal bank, the event raised $727.50 for Pearl Street Cupboard and Café, according to Eddy.

Yestrepsky said, “It was a really nice student-supporting-student effort.”

She has already distributed donations to students who self-identified as being food insecure, and encourages any students to contact her if they would like to use the meal bank.

Eddy said Sodexo’s food and fundraising drives, which are hosted each fall, benefit the food pantry A Place to Turn, which dining services has been working with for 7-8 years.

Additionally, for every customer satisfaction survey response from students, Sodexo donates $1 to A Place to Turn. Eddy estimated Sodexo donates a few thousand dollars annually to the charity, and the most recent donation was a few hundred dollars.

Food insecurity “is something that is very close to our mission as well in terms of the work that Sodexo does with the Sodexo Foundation and hunger relief initiatives across the country,” he said.

Sodexo has a donate-a-meal program which allows students to forgo a meal on a specific date in return for a financial donation, he added. This donation then goes to an organization such as A Place to Turn and Pearl Street Cupboard and Café.

When asked about Sodexo’s donatea-meal program, Junior Kirsten Terrien said, “A lot of people don’t use up all their meals, so it would be nice to put them to use.”

This year, Welch said there is a coatsharing program in the Athletic Center, which allows students to bring or take a coat as needed.

“There has been a turnover of coats, so that’s excellent,” he said.

Eddy said the “take a coat, leave a coat” program is “fantastic.”

He added, “The most important thing is awareness around the issue. … We have a very diverse student body with people from all different backgrounds and economic statuses, so I think it creates a great sense of diversity when we understand that there are people in either the same shoes as us or in different shoes and under a different set of circumstances.

“I think appreciating that and being aware of that is another goal of the task force, and it’s really being able to take actionable steps to offset some of those insecurities and provide food and housing,” he said.

Senior Mark Gawlak said, “It’s always good to have one person you can go to.

If you don’t have to make 20 phone calls to get something done, that’s going to be better for students and faculty and staff and everybody involved.”

Graduate student Michelle Beebe said, “As an undergrad, you come into school and you don’t really know how to be an adult, and you don’t know how to find those things for yourself.

So knowing that there’s a person you could contact, especially in that type of situation, I think that’s a great idea.”

Katy Brooks, a senior, said if students are homeless or hungry, “It’s difficult to expect them to perform well academically if they’re not getting their basic needs, especially for students in college. We have a lot of debts and different things that take up our money and resources, so I think there definitely should be more personnel to communicate with if that is something that’s lacking.”

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Junior Paola Florencio (left) and senior Avarie Cook (right) presented Interim President of MassBay Community College Yves Salomon-Fernandez (left) and FSU Provost & Vice President for Academic Affairs Linda Vaden-Goad (right) with their awards.

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He added the honorees are women who have made “significant contributions to our lives, to their professions and to our community.”

President F. Javier Cevallos said, “We have come a long way in terms of recognizing the work of everyone and the role that women play in our society. We have certainly made significant strides, but as you know, we still have issues with equal pay and equality of women. We don’t have enough women in corporate boards. We don’t have enough women CEOs of corpora-

tions. There is still work to do. So recognizing the great achievements of the women that are here today is also a reminder that we have to do a little more to make sure that all women, that everyone, have opportunities to achieve as much as they can.”

Cynthia Nelson, a junior, introduced honoree Spilka and presented her with her award. She described the work Spilka has accomplished with educators, the elderly and disabled communities and children.

“As a University that has served as a pioneer and champion of public education, it is fitting for Framingham State to honor a public servant who

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Junior Hannah Johnson presented Chief Philanthropy Officer for Tri-County United Way Jen Maseda with her award.

has greatly served these populations,” said Nelson.

Spilka said she was “humbled and honored” to be among “so many amazing women.”

She said when she wakes up in the morning, she asks herself, “‘How can I help people today?’

“In the course of helping people, I have really been privileged to have learned something about leadership and worked with so many wonderful leaders. Leadership begins when you realize all of our fates are intertwined - that we rise together, and that we fall together. When it comes down to it, leadership is most effective when it comes from a place of understanding, compassion and humility for yourself and for others.”

She added her “number-one piece of advice to any woman out there who hopes to make history one day is to listen carefully to the experiences, needs and concerns of others” and to “follow and trust your gut, and follow and trust your instincts. Be strong, but be kind. Be smart and never let anybody question your ability to make a positive contribution to your community.”

As Spilka continues with her work in the legislature and senate, she said, “I look forward to celebrating more women in the Commonwealth who are living their values, following their hearts, working hard and making history.”

Spilka told a Gatepost reporter she is “very honored” to receive the award and “it’s wonderful to be sharing it with the other five women who have been recognized as well as the whole community. We’re all in this together. … We can only accomplish all the wonderful things that we’ve accomplished by working together.”

Paola Florencio, a junior, introduced honoree Salomon-Fernandez as “a role model who empowers women everywhere” and presented her with her award.

Salomon-Fernandez said, “We are celebrating six women tonight, but re-

ally we have a room full of women who could … be here where I’m standing tonight.”

She added, “Tonight, we celebrate not just the six of us who are receiving the honors, but we celebrate all of you for all of the work you do every day - all of the work that you do that might not be noticed by all of us, that may not get awards but that is just as impactful as what the six of us do here every day.”

Most young girls are discouraged from pursuing STEM fields for careers by middle school, said Salomon Fernandez, adding, “For those of you who have daughters and sisters in the room … I do encourage you, if you see a girl who has a passion or interest in the STEM disciplines, please encourage them and let them know you’re here supporting them. They need all the support they can get.”

Salomon-Fernandez discussed an intiative called Moving the Needle, which is “aimed at achieving parity in terms of the number of women who are in senior leadership roles in higher ed.”

She said, “One of the things we hear very often from women is that unlike their partners, they are unable to move geographically to pursue other opportunities.

“As we are all women leaders in this group, I encourage you to think about opportunities as they open, to think about the women on your campuses to think about cultivating those women, to think about supporting them once they get into those roles, especially those who come from very low social capital. They will need support to be successful, and it really is upon all of us to make sure they succeed.

When they succeed, our institutions succeed as well,” she said.

She told a Gatepost reporter that for her, “as a young girl coming from the poorest country in the western hemisphere, this is an award not just for me, but for everybody who has helped me to get to where I am, and to be able to make the impact that I can, and to pay

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Sophomore Luissanna Castillo (left) and junior Cynthia Nelson (right) presented Executive Director of Leadership MetroWest Helen Lemoine (left) and State Senator Karen E. Spilka (right) with their awards. it forward for other girls, other boys and soon-to-be male allies. I am honored.”

Avarie Cook, a senior, introduced honoree Vaden-Goad and presented her with her award. She said VadenGoad is “clearly one for progressiveness and … the improvement of society as a whole.”

Vaden-Goad said nothing quite matches being “honored in your own home.”

She added, “Of all the good things that have happened to me in my life and there have been many and this is one of them - nothing has been more meaningful or important to me than sitting with my students in my office and listening to them talk about their lives - what has brought them to that moment in time and what they hope for in their futures.”

As an administrator, Vaden-Goad said her impact is “more in making sure the values, resolve and resources are there to support the vibrant and meaningful educational environment that we promise.”

She said to keep in mind how “time, listening and compassion remain important in every role and interaction, and how opportunities that are within the realms of our responsibilities need to be accessible, always increasing and equal for all.”

Hannah Johnson, a junior, introduced honoree Maseda as an “inspiration to young women, such as myself, and children all over the world,” and presented her with her award.

Maseda said when she heard she was receiving the award, she was “overwhelmed with emotion.”

As a first-generation natural-born American and college student, Maseda said her parents provided her with the “gifts of strength, perseverance, patience and the notion that what you work for is what you get.”

Maseda has spent her career “on a mission of affording people the means to achieve great expectations, paying special attention to the unique needs

of women and girls.”

Her work “always has a focus on eliminating issues facing women and girls.”

She said, “Equality is about access to opportunity, but not a guarantee of outcomes or achievement.” She used racers lined up on a track as an example. She said if all the racers were equal, they would be starting on the same line, but the inside racer would have a short distance to run. Equity means staggering the racers so the distances are all equal.

“Getting equal access to the starting line to the race of life is critical. You can’t have equity without equality, but I believe in equitable standing earned by unique, not equal, contributions we each make,” she said.

to our community and to the women who work and live here. Every experience we have, every person that steps into our path is present in our lives to teach us something. Being recognized as a Women Making History Now by Framingham State University, Dr. Cevallos and Dr. Huddleston has touched me deeply and I will never forget this great honor.”

Luisanna Castillo, a sophomore, introduced honoree Lemoine as someone who “goes the extra mile to ensure women and girls are heard and given the tools they need to succeed,” and presented her with her award.

Lemoine said she is “filled with gratitude” to be a recipient of the Women Making History Now award and is in “total awe” of the women with whom

“I don’t want to be treated equally to a man. I want to be treated like a dedicated, effective leader who works for equal access and the fairness and justice of equity for all” - Jen Maseda, chief philanthropy officer for Tri-County United Way “The difference between equality and equity is extremely important to our work and the future direction of our women’s movement,” she said, adding she believes the time has come for women to restructure and redefine their visions in order to create a new world for women and men “based on a woman’s experience and their skills as a person, a unique stakeholder and professional peer.

“I don’t want to be treated equally to a man,” Maseda said. “I want to be treated like a dedicated, effective leader who works for equal access and the fairness and justice of equity for all.”

Maseda told The Gatepost in an email, “Establishing an award that recognizes local women leaders is a gift

she shares the award.

She said her professional and civic life has given her “enormous personal satisfaction” and being acknowledged for her achievements is “a real joy.”

Once you volunteer, she said, you become a “marked woman with a giant scarlet V on your chest.” Requests kept coming in for her, and volunteering and nonprofits became her passion.

She said she learned “working hard for something we don’t care about is called stress. Working hard for something we love is called passion.”

To Leomoine, the greatest contribution a leader can make “is to help inspire new leaders who go on to help inspire another generation of leaders.”

The award “will forever be a mile-

stone in my leadership journey,” she said.

Lemoine told The Gatepost in an email that “being recognized with this award in the company of five other exceptional women who I admire is moving for me. … I am grateful to Framingham State University and humbled to be a recipient of the inaugural Women Making History Now award bestowed by this historic institution.”

Pat Tettah, a senior, introduced honoree Patrick, who wasn’t able to be present for the event, and accepted the award on her behalf.

Patrick told The Gatepost in an email, “I am honored and humbled to receive this recognition and am sorry only that I cannot be present to receive the award and give thanks in person.”

Freshman Kayla Walters, sophmore Renae Austrie and sophmore Monet Johnson sang “Video,” by Indie Arie, concluding the ceremony.

Lorretta Holloway, vice president for enrollment and student development, said the ceremony reminded her of the women who have helped her make decisions in her life.

“As all of you know, those decisions aren’t always very easy. You have to make different kinds of choices. … But it is those kinds of choices that make an impact not only in our own homes but in our community,” she said.

In the words of her grandmother, Holloway said, “Often, women don’t understand the difference between being liked and being respected. …

Sometimes, we have to choose … and it is often better to be respected than to be liked,” adding being liked can be associated with a “patronizing” or “condescending” effect.

She thanked “all the women here, not just the awardees, but all the women here who do that - who remember that sometimes it’s better to be respected than to be liked. They’re an inspiration to the rest of us.”

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New CIE Director - Continued from page 1 and staff to help create and maintain a campus community that embraces and values diversity, inclusion, equity and social justice.”

Washington plans to bring awareness to events being held on campus through collaboration with other departments, she said.

“We have an event coming up with the career services office, and I’m collaborating with them to bring a group called Grad Catalyst to campus. It’s a group of MIT students who created a program to work with students of underrepresented groups to [help them] realize grad school can be for them.”

Washington said.

The event will be held on April 20.

A large component of Washington’s plans for the center involve engaging the faculty and staff in events happening at the center. “I had an idea for faculty Fridays every first Friday of the month.”

Washington hopes to reach out to more students and make the center “reach a broader group.”

She added, “I want to engage the incoming class a lot more. I want to be a part of Foundations, I want to be a part of Orientation and Black and Bold Beginnings. I’ll hold a reception here and let students know there are services here that are available for them next year.”

After the Black Lives Matter teach in which was held in February, Washington was motivated to create a program based on that. She plans on implementing a speaker’s bureau where “students will be trained to talk about these topics.”

Washington believes the success of the teach in and the interest students showed during the town hall forum will help this program be a success.

The new director was selected by members of a search committee including students, staff and members of the Division of Inclusive Excellence, according to Huddleston.

The committee included Fernando Rodriguez, student trustee, student Cassandra Teneus, Kim Dexter director of equal opportunity, title IX and ADA compliance, Millie Gonzales

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The Center for Inclusive Excellence opened in 2013 as the Multicultural Center and was renamed in 2015.

The CIE center is located in the upper mezzanine of the Henry Whittemore Library.

garding the potential contributions and limitations of individual candidates.”

Huddleston said, Washington was “the most experienced and qualified candidate for the position.”

In an email Rodriguez said, “Input was given to Sean and he made the decision based on all of the feedback.”

A forum was held during which the two “leading candidates” spoke with the FSU community. The other candidate was Amarildo Barbosa who is currently a learning manager at Quinsigamond Community College, said Huddleston in an email.

“Chon’tel seemed to be the candidate who best connected with stu-

In an email he said, “The Center for Inclusive Excellence was originally founded as the Multicultural Center in 2013. In 2015, the name was changed to the Center for Inclusive Excellence to better align with the University’s mission, model and approach for embedding diversity, inclusion, equity and social justice into its foundation.”

He added the center is there to “serve as a collaborative space where students, faculty and staff gather to learn about other cultures, as well as their own, through targeted programming provided by internal and external individuals and groups.”

The center serves as a “brave space” and a “safe space” for underrepre-

“We want it to be a place where everyone can come together and build cultural confidence - learn about themselves and others.”

- Sean Huddleston, chief officer of diversity, inclusion and community engagement

faculty representative, Colleen Coffey director for MetroWest CPC and Roxana Marrero executive administrative assistant.

According to Dexter, the search committee “conducted a national search for this position and received applications from many well-qualified candidates. The search committee members thoroughly reviewed all materials that were received, applied established selection criteria and engaged in thoughtful discussion re-

dents,” Huddleston added, citing her experience in the Admissions Office.

Washington began working in the Center for Inclusive Excellence on Feb. 29, according to Huddleston.

Huddleston is looking forward to the energy Washington will bring to the center. “We want students to be able to feel welcome and encouraged to come in and experience the center.

“We want it to be a place where everyone can come together and build cultural confidence - learn about themselves and others,” he said.

sented students to build community and “be supported in their academic, social and personal development,” he said.

Events such as Diversity Dialogues will continue to be implemented in the center. Huddleston hopes to continue the work with students but also wants the center to be a place where “faculty and staff can come and learn and interact as well.”

Washington will be working in partnership with faculty and staff to deliver programming to support ways

to learn more about students, Huddleston added.

“The vast majority of [Chon’tel’s] work will be focused on students and student success with a particular focus on students from underrepresented or underserved backgrounds,” he said.

Student Trustee Fernando Rodriguez considers Washington an ideal candidate, in part, because of her passion.

Dexter said in an email, “Chon’tel has demonstrated the capacity to build collaborative relationships with all members of the campus community and to use evidence-based research to develop and support initiatives, as well as a dedication to the ideals of Inclusive Excellence at FSU.” In an email Rodriguez said, “Chon’tel has a passion that one does not learn as you go it is simply a part of you. Knowing Chon’tel’s story in terms of where she grew up, the program’s she has been a part of, it is very clear that working with young people is her passion.”

Rodriguez said he hopes Washington will bring more student collaborations to the center and is “excited to hear those ideas.”

He added, “Chon’tel has demonstrated the capacity to build collaborative relationships with all members of the campus community and to use evidence-based research to develop and support initiatives, as well as a dedication to the ideals of inclusive excellence at FSU.” Washington replaced former CIE director, Kathy Martinez, who recently accepted a job as associate director of the Diversity and First Generation Office at Stanford University.

Martinez said in an email the cen- See New CIE Director page 9

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New CIE Director - Continued from page 8 ter “is best as an organic space that adapts to the needs of the community and the world, so I hope it remains flexible, avant-garde and intersectional. I don’t believe the CIE, or other centers in higher education for that matter, should ‘give students a voice,’ rather, I believe the role of these centers is to amplify the voices of students, particularly multiply marginalized students, and to be an advocate for students.”

have the luxury of hindsight now, we can see how students across the country also stepped up to follow suit and challenge incidents of racism on their campuses, too. I like to think FSU student activists were ahead of their time and they have done so much to educate me and make me who I am today.”

In an email, University President F. Javier Cevallos said, “We are delighted that Chon’tel has agreed to be the new Director for the Center for Inclusive Excellence. Her experience in

“Chon’tel has demonstrated the capacity to build collaborative relationships with all members of the campus community and to use evidence-based research to develop and support initiatives, as well as a dedication to the ideals of Inclusive Excellence at FSU.” - Kim Dexter, director of equal opportunity, title IX and ADA compliance Martinez praised Washington’s work with students and is pleased with her appointment. She emphasized the importance of Washington’s “impressive academic background” and believes she “can be a role model for students who want to do that, too.”

She added, “I’ll always look fondly on the activism that occurred while I was on campus as students stepped up to challenge the status quo. As we

admissions makes her an ideal candidate, as she understands the needs of our students. I am sure she will bring many new and exciting ideas to the center, and I look forward to working with her as she moves the center in a new direction.”

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Chon’tel Washington. the new director for the Center for Inclusive Excellence, transferred from the Admissions Office at FSU to work more closely with students.

Getting to know your new CIE Director Chon’tel Washington

By Jessica Duff Assistant News Editor What is your background?

I graduated from [Boston Public Schools]. I attended Another Course to College in Brighton, and from there I was awarded the Posse Foundation Scholarship. It’s a full-tuition scholarship for potential leaders. They recruit students in groups of 10 to go to a top college in the country as a support network. … I went to Hamilton College and graduated from there. I graduated in 2008 in a kind of shaky financial environment so it took me awhile to find jobs. I decided to go to grad school, but before that I worked in different non-profits in Boston. I went back doing work within the Boston Public Schools, which I really enjoyed. Then I went on to grad school at Brandeis and went to the Heller School for Social Policy and Management. I got an M.B.A. there, and then I came to Framingham State.

What was being a Posse Foundation scholar like?

They recruited us in our senior year of high school and we started a lead-

ership-training program together. We knew very early on - by December that we were going to Hamilton College. ... Then when we got to campus we met once a week with our mentor on campus, and the people from the Boston office would come often to visit us. We met as a group as well. … We did that for the first two years. ... Whenever we got down or felt like we didn’t have anyone else to turn to, we had each other so that basically helped us be successful in college.

What inspired you to go into your current career?

While I went to grad school to get an M.B.A., I went to a social politics school so it was a nontraditional M.B.A. My M.B.A. focused on nonprofit management, like sustainability, like the relationship of businesses to the environment and the people in the community. It also focused on bringing a business-sense to nonprofits and running them like any other organization. ... Going through the Posse program, I saw how important it was to have a great education because it changed my life. I always wanted to be able to give that back to someone else, I just didn’t know which form. …

That’s why it kind of fits that I landed here.

What made you switch from admissions to your current position?

I wanted to have more of an impact. I realized that I really enjoyed meeting the students that I encountered, but it was always a one-off meeting or once they got here I didn’t get to keep in touch with them to see if they were being successful or how well they were doing. I realized that was important to me. Not just getting them here and selling them on the school, but making sure that I was a part of their success as well.

What were you like as a student?

School has, surprisingly, never come really easy to me but I was always determined, so I would say that I was a very determined individual. That’s just how I am. Sometimes I flubbed and had issues in school, but I always persisted - no matter what the challenge was.

What are some of your hobbies?

When I was in college I really enjoyed

the Step Team. I was a co-captain of the Step Team. I loved that. ... I was in gospel choir - I like to sing even though I’m not a singer. I really like YouTube phenomenons. I’m interested in black women and their hair, social media and photography and things like that. I’m really big on Instagram - I follow professional photographers. I like to travel.

What are some of the places you’ve traveled to?

When I was in undergrad I actually studied abroad in South Africa. ... I lived in Cape Town and attended the University of Cape Town. ... We took a road trip to Mozambique, which was interesting.

If you could give students one piece of advice, what would it be?

Take advantage of all the opportunities that you have at your disposal just being in a University. That’s a huge privilege and opportunity. …

Study abroad, work with professors, speak up - be an advocate for yourself.

That’s a big one. Don’t ever be afraid to just speak up.

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As diversity on campus expands, so should the CEI Today, college campuses are a hotbed for conversations concerning race and identity.

Unfortunately, not all these conversations are held in a respectful and compassionate manner.

This is where the Center for Inclusive Excellence, formerly known as the Multicultural Center, comes in.

The center is a “brave space dedicated to creating and supporting an environment that reflects a collective commitment to promoting equity, advocating social justice and making excellence inclusive,” according to FSU’s website.

It is a space in which all students, faculty and staff should feel safe and confident in sharing their voices and opinions - a space where the FSU community can be educated and enlightened on issues of concern to minority and LGBT+ communities.

The Gatepost has been an advocate for a center since 2006, when we wrote an editorial calling for a safe student space, such as a multicultural center.

In our April 20, 2012, The Gatepost again addressed the need for FSU to develop a multicultural center. We editorialized that “students need to have a safe space provided by the school to meet with one another, discuss diversity issues and plan for events and on-campus initiatives.”

FSU finally constructed a multicultural center in September 2013.

However, the center is tucked away on the upper mezzanine of the Whittemore Library.

Hard to find, the space is surrounded by glass walls, allowing anyone and everyone in the library to observe students and faculty as they discuss sensitive issues.

In order to attend the events the center hosts to educate our community, one must be able to locate it.

Regrettably, the Whittemore library can be a labyrinth even for a senior.

As discussions pertaining to diversity issues expand, so should the center.

A new space should be allotted to the center – a much larger space with solid walls that is more easily accessible.

A space that would provide a more intimate and personal setting for the difficult and sensitive conversations which are necessary on our campus.

The space in which the center is located was formerly a study lounge, and is best suited for that purpose.

It seems presently, FSU is in the perfect situation to develop the center, with the ongoing construction on campus creating more space and the hiring of the center’s new director, Chon’tel Washington.

O’Connor Hall would be an ideal location for the center, especially as reconstruction of that building will take place this upcoming summer. Crocker Hall would be another excellent spot.

Both buildings are close to the center of campus and relatively easy to navigate.

Washington should serve as a champion for this cause.

In an interview with The Gatepost, Washington said her goal as the new director is to “reach a broader group” and promote events.

While we believe these are admirable and necessary goals, the critical issue at hand is the center’s lack of adequate space and its location.

If the president and the trustees want to support Washington and her work, they should focus on finding a more effective and usable space in which the center can flourish.

Only an expanded center can accommodate larger events and discussions.

FSU students proved their interest in discussing diversity issues during the Black Lives Matter teach in town hall meeting, when 300 students showed up to share their teach in experiences.

While we at The Gatepost realize that it will be costly to relocate the center to a larger and more centrally located space, an institution’s values are reflected in its financial decisions and space allocations.

If FSU values diversity, safe spaces and inclusivity, it will prioritize the center’s need for expansion.

Free speech or safe spaces?

Tennessee Republican Rep. Martin Daniel tried to pass a bill called the “Tennessee Student Free Speech Protection Act.” His goal was to “guarantee all students the right to express themselves on college campuses, whether their opinions are considered open-minded, closedminded, religious, non-religious, antireligious, brilliant, stupid, progressive or offensive,” according to www.local8now. com.

The College Fix reported the bill would ban bias incident reporting mechanisms and limit universities from disciplining students unless threats or harassment were involved. Furthermore, it would ban schools from establishing safe zones in open-air spaces.

A safe zone is a space where members of the LGBT+ community can openly discuss their lives with confidentiality and without facing judgmental backlash from non-supportive members of the community. Other safe zones protect different demographics, such as a rape victims, in a similar way.

Daniel’s bill was taken off the floor, however, when he stated that it would allow ISIS to recruit on college campuses as long as it did not disrupt campus activities unduly. This, of course, is very much against the law and led to the downfall of the bill.

But Daniel is not the first, and will not be the last, to criticize the widespread movement toward creating safe spaces on college campuses.

In a recent opinion piece, Noah Feldman of the Bloomberg View advocated for free speech zones on college campuses to counteract the safe spaces. He argues that although the law currently treats universities like workplaces, they should instead be treated like public forums where individuals are not protected from racist or sexist speech.

Feldman’s argument became especially interesting when he asked, “could a Donald Trump rally be understood as cre-

ating a racially hostile environment?” He added that this is possible, but that banning Trump rallies would lead to unfair promotion of Democratic candidates.

Feldman’s hypothetical Trump-ban relates to a recent situation at Emory University, where “Trump 2016” graffiti prompted protests from students who felt the graffiti was threatening and divisive due to Trump’s bigoted stances against demographics including Mexicans, Muslims and women. Other students felt that the anti-graffiti protests were an attack on free speech by the “P.C” culture.

So, are we as a university more like a public forum, or a work place?

This question seems obvious to me. As a student, I live, eat, attend classes and other events, and work on campus. Framingham State is beyond a workplace to me - it’s my home, and it’s the home of thousands of other students.

Free speech is a necessary part of our society, and public forums are crucial. But free speech doesn’t mean you have to feel constantly uncomfortable in your home.

This is a community, and our community should stand against all attacks against minority students, whether those attacks are physical or verbal.

To me, this issue is not about whether we should protect free speech. Of course free speech needs to be protected. Rather, this issue is about whether students should have control over their community - a community they pay to be part of.

If your idea of “free speech” involves seeking out LGBT+ and racial minorities and verbally degrading them inside their home, our community would be better off without you.

Framingham State is not a free-forall public forum. It isn’t a workplace. It’s where we live. Allow us to live in peace.

Phil McMullin Opinions Editor

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Save the public water fountain Bottled water is detrimental to the environment.

Yes, the argument has been heard a thousand times. Maybe a decade or two ago we fell for the marketing ploy that is bottled water, but not so much today. We’ve made disposable bottles recyclable, and many of us own personal water bottles in a rainbow of colors. We’re doing better.

Even environmentally friendly bottled water consumes energy and resources, though, and we can cut down our consumption further by using public resources - i.e. public water fountains.

Remember the days from elementary school, when drinking from the water fountain next to the playground was normal? As adults, we worry more about what goes into our bodies and what is convenient. When we try to be environmentally conscious, we make judgement calls based on what’s important to us.

“I can’t give up my twenty-minute shower, so I’ll turn off lights and recycle.”

We do what we can so the question becomes, “Is it manageable to cut out disposable water bottles if we make better use of public water fountains?”

First, let’s end the myth that bottled water is better or ‘purer’ than tap water.

The Environmental Protection Agency oversees and consistently monitors what comes out of our sinks and fountains. Yes, there are chemicals in there to keep the water clean, but they are safe for consumption - over 40 years of experience since the Safe Drinking Water Act says so.

Bottled water is the territory of the Food and Drug Administration.

While they’re still held to standards similar to those of the EPA, individual companies do water quality tests and treatments. There is something to all the hype - more expensive treatments and different sources can make bottled water taste better to some people.

However, bottled water is a consumer product - that means consumers are responsible for reading labels and finding out where their water actually comes from. A quick jaunt down to the McCarthy Snack Bar to read all the regular bottled water labels like a creeper can be informative.

Dasani, for example, includes magnesium and salt “for taste.”

Naysayers can point to incidents like the Flint water crisis as evidence of why it’s still safer to drink bottled water. Well, Flint involves a host of human and moral dilemmas but, realistically, public water is generally safe to drink.

So do we have enough public water fountains to help us kick the bottled water habit?

As an FSU student in school - a traditional place to find water fountains - there are probably enough. Maybe some have a broken handle or are likely to shoot water in your face if you don’t ease it on, but most of them work.

Beyond the borders of FSU, public water fountains may not be so numerous. It’s classic office culture to hang out by the water cooler.

Isn’t it better, then, to form good habits as students when water fountains are more accessible? College is only four years, but the things we learn to care about follow us to the real world.

Public spaces like parks used to come with working water fountains, and whether they do now or in the future depends on what people care about. We can care about adding more public water fountains to our towns the same way we care about improving public transportation - both are part of the same set of issues.

If we are aren’t actively aware, public water fountains may go the same way as public telephones. We have a smartphone industry now that uses energy and resources on a new model every few months to a year. So let’s make an environmental judgement call. Which do we love more - our bottled water or our smartphones?

Ditch the Dasani, watch out for your public water fountains and keep the smartphone. Priorities, right?

Jessica Duff Editorial Staff

CASA: building success The Center for Academic Success and Advising (CASA) can help you achieve your goals.

This University wishes for you to reach your full potential. Asking for help is not a sign of weakness, but rather an ambitious path to a good grade. Many traditionally difficult classes such as Principles of Chemistry offer supplemental instructors (SI). Sessions with SI leaders can aid you in learning difficult concepts and problems.

Math tutoring functions as a walk-in service where multiple students may be helped at one table.

Writing tutors require you to make an appointment with them for a half hour one-on-one session.

According to Academic Success Coordinator Ally Chisholm, you should feel free to try different tutors and see who best fits your learning style.

CASA serves as an advising center as well. Thinking about changing majors? The advisors are always willing to talk to you and help you with your academic career and your future. Undeclared majors may discuss their interests with an advisor and narrow down their choice for a major.

You may be unaware that CASA also has a program for students with disabilities. Note takers are carefully selected to ensure good quality notes.

Sometimes, having the material taught by someone other than the professor makes it click and finally make sense. Practice improves proficiency. We all have that friend who offers to help us with a class. This may work out. But, the tutors have years of experience in the subject and offer their expertise.

Take a few minutes to explain exactly what you need help on - the tutors cannot read your mind. And think of learning an instrument.

You can’t become good at the clarinet without the help of an instructor. But with help, the squeaky noises will turn into beautiful sounds from the woodwind. Same with classes. Believing in yourself and hours of studying pay off.

And everybody starts as a beginner. Tutors not only provide lots of help, but can provide study tips and more examples to assist your learning. FSU offers the opportunity to excel in a variety of courses.

Located at the annex of Peirce Hall, tutoring hours are Monday Thursday 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., Friday 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., and Sunday 5 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Make use of this awesome center - your tuition already pays for it!

Kate Shane Staff Writer

Op/Ed submissions reflect the opinions of their authors only and do not necessarily reflect those of The Gatepost or its staff.

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Campus Craft

Student witch discusses beliefs

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Above: Gaudette often uses herbs in basic spellwork.

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By Alex Gomes Associate editor During student Evy Gaudette’s first year at Framingham State University, they had a unique, if not terrifying, experience.

Gaudette, who identifies as non-binary, prefers they/them pronouns.

Along with a group of friends, they said they contacted a spirit in the McCarthy Center on Halloween night using an Ouija spirit board.

Unfortunately, some of Gaudette’s friends didn’t take the game seriously.

“It attracted a lot of negative energy,” they said. “[My friends] were treating it like a joke. … Yes, it’s a board game, but it’s real things that come through.”

According to Gaudette, the spirit summoned that evening was malevolent. “It started saying really rude things. It started saying things in Latin that I don’t know. … I could feel it and it was very bad.”

Eventually, since the group was “terrified,” they decided to end the conversation through the board to the spirit.

“But the energy was still so strong even after we said goodbye. It was horrifying,” they said.

Gaudette’s encounter with this spirit is not the only extraordinary experience they had in college.

Since Gaudette turned 18 and abandoned their Christian upbringing, Gaudette has been practicing magic. Because they struggle with many physical health issues, their craft has evolved to focus on healing and protective spells.

Their goal is to become a hedge witch, which is “basically a healer.

“I want to be able to help myself as much as I can, but I also want to help others who are struggling,” said Gaudette. “Since I know how difficult it can be, I want to make sure other people are healthy and happy as well.

“I practice a lot of protection magic to keep negative energy away from myself so I can take time to heal,” they said.

When Gaudette starts to feel anxious, they said they use Quartz crystals to help them calm down. They said Quartz absorbs negative energy.

They added having a craft to focus on is a “very healthy outlet.

“I consider myself to practice white magic because it harms none,” Gaudette said. “So I do things to either benefit myself - like maybe I need some good luck and I do a spell for that - or I help others.”

Left: Gaudette poses with a pendent used in pendulum readings.

said. In order to infuse an item like lipstick or mascara with magic, they will dip the closed product into rose water, which is often used for beauty.

Gaudette added glamour spells don’t change your physical appearance, just how other people perceive you.

If Gaudette is feeling ill, they use lavender or chamomile. “I’ll mix it together and put a little sage oil in it, put it in a bag and I’ll hold onto it,” they said. “It’s all very, very simple stuff that I do and it doesn’t take a lot of time.”

Their favorite place to shop for

“You can do whatever you want, as long as you have the intent.

Being a witch on campus, it’s a lot more difficult. It’s more about the intent than the action.”

- FSU Student Evy Gaudette According to Gaudette, it is “very common” for witches to use the “harm none rule” and the “three-fold law.”

“So if you hurt someone else, it will come back to you three-fold,” they explained. “It’s like karma. A lot of witches that I know, we don’t practice anything that would harm others or bring others bad luck. But there are other witches that I know who do dabble in the dark stuff. It’s not a good thing to get into it. It really isn’t. It will ruin you, in my opinion.”

In terms of everyday magic, Gaudette said they often use “glamour spells” to enhance their self-confidence.

“I’ll infuse a little magic into my lipstick or something,” Gaudette

supplies is a small, one-room store in Spencer called the Avalon Rose Cottage.

“It’s very small but they have gems, they have stones, candles, incense, sage smudges, room-clearing sprays, little statues, cauldrons, books you can use for a book of shadows - basically all the basics,” Gaudette said.

They added etsy.com is also a great source for witch supplies.

When shopping for basics such as herbs, Gaudette said they often run to grocery stores such as Hannafords and Walmart.

“Common herbs you can just go to the grocery store for them. Pick up the little packages of Cormack spices and herbs and you’re all set,” they said.

As a psychology major with a minor in neuroscience, Gaudette hopes to become a neuropsychologist.

Gaudette said while they do use psychology in their tarot and pendulum readings, they try to keep the craft separate from their career.

Tarot cards are a form of divination, and are commonly used to evaluate situations and outcomes. A pendulum reading requires a weighted object hanging from a wire, string or chain. The pendulum is swung back and forth, and provides yes or no answers to questions.

Gaudette said they like to practice magic on other people, but a witch must be “compensated” for their work.

Along with tarot readings, they will perform basic spells and make charm bags for those in need.

“I usually charge very cheap rates.

Just bring me a can of soda from your room, or 50 cents,” they said.

Gaudette is not the only witch in the family. Their mother is a “kitchen witch” who works with herbs while cooking, and practices her craft with “mystical beings.”

These creatures include fairies and trolls, according to Gaudette, and occasionally Gaudette and their mother will leave them offerings in the forest.

While both Gaudette and their mother practice magic, they are solitary practitioners and do not practice together. When they were young, their mother attempted to hide their lifestyle from Gaudette until they turned 18. This way, Gaudette explained, they would not be influenced by their mother’s craft and be able to choose their own religion.

When Gaudette finally turned 18, their mother taught them everything she knew about the craft. After that, it was up to Gaudette.

They do most of their research for their magic through books and online resources. “I have books on herbs. I -See CAMPUS CRAFT page 13

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FSU brings Indian dance culture to Forum Dancers from the Natyamani School of Dance perform for an audience as part of FSU’s “Stasis and Change” series.

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By Marissa Rousseau Staff Writer Indian culture permeated the McCarthy Forum on Monday, March 28 as about 40 students, faculty and guests watched a performance of classical Indian music and dancing.

The performance was divided into two portions and ended with a short personal dance.

The first portion was a 25-minute musical performance. Two performers played the veena, a string instrument, while another played along on the mridangam, a drum.

The veena is a large string instrument which resembles a guitar. It is played by pushing on strings while sliding up and down the frets on the neck with one hand and plucking the strings with the other, creating high, shaky pitches.

The mridangam is a barrel-shaped drum that has two heads, on the top and bottom, and is played horizontally.

After the performance, during an audience discussion, the difference in rhythm was addressed. Each instrument was “doing their own thing” and did not sync with each other, said one audience member. The mridangam did not keep a consistent tempo, as drums usually do, but created its own rhythm, as did the two veenas.

The second portion was a 22-minute act split into three numbers, performed by eight young Indian women, students of the Natyamani School of Dance.

The first dance was a prayer to Lord Ganesha, the elephant-headed god. The dance consisted of multiple movements to represent the god. The stomping in this piece was meant simulate that of an elephant. There were also movements of the hands to shape the ears, stiff arms pointed upward with bent wrists to imitate the trunk and prayer hands to represent their worship.

The second dance was a piece on the cosmic dancer Lord Nataraja. The

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third and final dance was a Thillana, an intricate, pure form of dance.

The event was closed by Dr. Smitha Radhakrushnan of NATyA Dance Studio. She performed her own choreographed piece called “Night Out.” Her piece was a blend of traditional Indian and present day music.

Many FSU students said this was their first time attending an event dedicated to another culture, and they enjoyed their experience.

Sophomore Sarah Sousa said, “I think it was awesome. The music was definitely different than what I’m used to hearing and the dancing was super cool being a dancer myself, seeing something different and

something so intricate.”

Sophomore Austin Gaudreau said, “I thought it was honestly pretty cool, nothing like I’ve seen before, nothing like American dancing. The music was awesome. It was a huge culture shock.”

Freshman Eric Duong said, “I really enjoyed it. … It was my first time experiencing Indian music live.”

Sean Fiedler, a senior, said, “It was enjoyable … It is nice to see kind of a graceful dance of moving with the music even though the instruments sometimes go off key from each other. It was pretty interesting.”

Campus Craft -Continued from page 12 have books on Wicca - I’m not necessarily a Wiccan, but Wicca has a lot to do with other parts of the craft.

“There is a difference between being a witch and being Wiccan,” they said. “Being a Wiccan is part of the religious aspect of being a witch, but you can be a witch and not have a religion.”

According to wicca.com, Wicca is one of the oldest belief systems in the world, with evidence of their faith dating back nearly 30,000 years.

Gaudette said while they are not Wiccan, they are pagan. Gaudette does not celebrate the gods and goddesses, or the wheel of the year.

However, they do honor the solstices.

“I don’t really pray to any gods or goddesses unless I need to do a specific type of magic and I need a little help,” Gaudette said.

Solstices are astronomical events that occur twice a year, and are connected to the winter and summer seasons. The summer solstice occurs on the longest day of the year, while the winter solstice takes place on the shortest day of the year.

On these days, Gaudette will recreate the altar they keep on top of their mini-fridge and wear specific colors in honor of that season.

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Student Evy Gaudette offers tarot readings to those interested.

“I set up my altar for the season and I just do the typical things anyone would do to celebrate a holiday.

I’ll wear specific colors and burn incense and just go about my day. I’ll just do a little mini-ritual for it,” they said.

Their favorite part of witchcraft is helping others, they said. “People come to me with their problems and I do what I can to help them.”

One of Gaudette’s friends recently came to them for help with a bad breakup. “What I practiced was called a binding spell. What that does is keep the person away from the person that’s being bothered,” they said.

There are many different ways to perform a binding spell, according to Gaudette. A more complicated version entails placing a picture of the person you want to banish in a

jar, filling it with dirt and rocks and burying it in the ground.

However, Gaudette performed a much simpler ritual for their friend.

“What I did was I took the picture, cut it up and flushed it down the toilet,” they said.

“You can do whatever you want, as long as you have the intent. Being a witch on campus, it’s a lot more difficult. It’s more about the intent than the action.”

Since Gaudette does most of their work with plants and herbs, they said they like to keep “a little bit of nature” with them all the time. In their dorm room, they tend to a variety of plants.

“There’s a lot of things you can’t do on campus as a witch,” said Gaudette. They can’t burn incense or candles - however, battery-operated candles seem to work well as a substitute.

Gaudette’s dorm, the notoriously haunted Horace Mann, actually has very little psychic energy, they said.

Gaudette added they felt more of a presence in O’Connor Hall than anywhere else on campus.

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Charli XCX shifts into gear with new EP

By Andrew Willoughby Staff Writer Charli XCX is an English pop artist who isn’t afraid of a little experimentation. Her latest EP, “Vroom Vroom,” is proof of this.

You may know Charli from her feature on the popular Iggy Azalea track “Fancy,” but don’t let that serve as a metric of her talent. She knocks it out of the park on this EP with a little help from SOPHIE, an English electronic producer whose debut album, “PRODUCT,” was a highlight of 2015.

SOPHIE produced the instrumentals for every track on this project and his unique blend of dark and quirky production complements Charli’s vocal delivery perfectly.

The first track, “Vroom Vroom,” is a prime example of SOPHIE’s production. The juxtaposition of the bright and bubbly chorus vocals and instrumentals against the braggadocious rapped verses accompanied by a dark, electronic beat complete with synthetic car revving sounds, create an extremely entertaining and varied listen.

Charli XCX music

“Vroom Vroom” is Charli XCX’s first release since her 2014 album “Sucker.”

The third track, “Trophy,” follows a similar formula with a catchy and upbeat chorus paired with some inyour-face rapped verses and wonderfully implemented vocal samples.

Though it is the EP’s least experimental and most radio-friendly song, “Paradise” is still a great track once you get past the chorus’ pitch-shifted vocals. Here, SOPHIE implements some of the extremely textured, synthetic sounds that were all over “PRODUCT.” The closing track, “Secret (Shh)” delivers one of SOPHIE’s darkest instrumentals yet, but Charli’s vocals

remain front and center. The bridge toward the end really shows off just how beautiful Charli’s voice can be.

Unfortunately, this is where the lyrics, the weakest aspect of this project, are most noticeable. Most of the verses are well written, although, for the most part, there isn’t much substance to them. However, it’s clear to see that Charli had fun with them and that’s all that really matters with this type of music.

But, I can’t help but roll my eyes as she rhymes “secret” with “keep it,” a lyrical cliché almost as old as “miss you”/”kiss you.”

All that aside, this track brilliantly brings the project to a close.

When I first saw that SOPHIE would be producing Charli XCX’s latest project, I was skeptical as to whether their two styles would work together.

But they did a great job at combining the bright and bubbly side of electronic music with its darker and harsher cousin.

This set of tracks is the epitome of short and sweet. The only major complaint I have with this is that it’s too short. At just over 12 minutes, I’m left craving more.

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Beauty by Bailey Five tips for embracing natural hair

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Breakfast? Or not.

By Bailey Morrison Editorial Staff

Ever see one of those commercials with the “before” and “after” picture of someone with damaged hair? For years, I was that before picture, in all my frizzy, voluminous and split-end glory. I was convinced that I could change my seemingly unmanageable hair into something it wasn’t by straightening, dyeing and using various hair treatments.

Spoiler: it didn’t work.

I have since embraced the beauty of my hair by figuring out how to manage it with allnatural remedies.

SHAMPOO: Don’t shampoo your hair every day. If your reaction to this was a frown and/ or the thought “that’s disgusting” ran through your head, I understand. Let me elaborate.

Your hair contains natural oils that build up and protect it. By shampooing every day, you strip your scalp of those oils and prevent your hair from helping itself. Try limiting shampooing to every other day or even less.

Your scalp and hair will appreciate it!

CUT IT OUT: I like to think of split ends as the root of all evil. They can make braiding hair a nightmare and can ruin the most fabulous up-dos. If you’re trying to grow out your hair, one would logically let it grow out naturally. I have found that by once in a while trimming those pesky split ends, hair grows faster and healthier.

ARGAN OIL: This stuff is probably my favorite haircare product besides coconut oil. It smells delicious, makes my hair soft and smooth and the best part - you only have to use a tiny amount. Argan oil has made an appearance in many hair products all over the place and I’m totally in support of it. Its natural ingredients help promote healthy hair growth as well as restore the natural sheen to your hair. If you enjoy your hair feeling and looking like straw, then this is not the product for you. Price $11.76 at Target.

(DON’T) FEEL THE BURN: Everyone knows that straightening your hair can be damaging.

It can cause hair loss, fries your hair and makes it thinner and more brittle. Try as you might to counteract that with protective sprays, the damage is still inevitable when you take a flat iron to your hair day after day. Limit how much you curl or flat iron your hair. That’s not to say you should never straighten your hair, because there will always be times where straight hair better suits your outfit. Example - graduation. Attempting to wrangle my curly hair into an acceptable puff underneath the cap simply was not feasible.

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A selection of various breakfast foods available to grab-and-go in the dining commons.

By Scott Calzolaio Arts & Features Editor Rams hockey goalie, junior Alessio Muggli, hits the ice before 7 a.m. for practice every day.

Immediately after practice, Muggli has morning classes where he sits hungrily, waiting for the 10-minute gap between the end of class and the end of breakfast.

“I just think the timing of the cafeteria is off a little,” said Muggli. “Especially for us. We have practice in the morning and there is no chance that we make it to breakfast before class.

“You get out of class at 10:20, and there is no food because the

omelet line closes at that time and they don’t cook breakfast food anymore after 10, so everything is gone by 10:20.”

Muggli’s is one of dozens of similar stories. All of these instances point to one question why does breakfast close at such an inconvenient time?

Because more time for breakfast means less time for lunch, said Ralph Eddy, director of food services.

“We could always push the breakfast time out another 15 minutes or another half hour,” he said. “But, in turn, it would affect the time we open for lunch on the other end.”

The Sodexo staff needs about

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Top: A cereal buffett accessible in the dining commons.

Bottom: Fruit, such as apples, are also provided during breakfast.

EMBRACE IT: Part of having healthy hair is embracing its natural beauty. Everyone has bad hair days, even the people you see advertising a “life-changing” hair product for three payments of a price equivalent to your annual college tuition. Beautiful hair isn’t just straight or curly. I made the mistake of dyeing, straightening, crimping - yikes, I know - and trying to force my hair to be something it wasn’t. Style your hair however you want but remember that natural hair is beautiful too!

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an hour to transition from breakfast to lunch. This switch in menu and serving style is “sometimes a small feat,” said Eddy, referring to how his team is limited by the available kitchen space.

“We’re very much maxed out in terms of capacity when it comes to those critical times where we switch meals,” he said.

“Breakfast to lunch is always a very hectic and busy time in the kitchen.”

The kitchen was designed and built in the seventies, when the school’s population was lower.

Much of the equipment has been updated recently, but unfortunately the kitchen is “sort of land-locked,” said Eddy. “There’s nowhere to expand to. … We’re working with what we have.”

But when it comes to breakfast, FSU students with dreaded 8:30 classes are forced to make a sacrifice on one end or the other.

That choice - to give up that last hour of sleep and enjoy a hot breakfast or cope with a grainbased breakfast after class at 10:20 when the eggs and hash browns are just running out.

“Sometimes, I don’t have time to eat because of my 8:30s,” said junior Tim Squadrito. “And if there’s no bacon, I generally don’t even show up.”

Though the presence of bacon is never an issue for motivated early-morning people, it becomes a prize for those fighting to snag the last few pieces. Others settle with a simple bowl of Special K and granola bits.

“I feel like breakfast should go until 11,” said senior Mara Hoctor. “When breakfast is over, the other options kind of suck.”

Even though continental breakfasts are designed to offer foods from the recommended breakfast food groups in their simplest forms - like yogurt, toast, muffins, cereal and fruit - many students prefer eggs, bacon, potatoes and omelets.

Dining Services is willing to work with students on this issue, said Eddy, reiterating the enduring cliché - “Breakfast is the most important meal of the day.”

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Students and faculty discuss racial spotlighting in the classroom

By Cass Doherty Interim Asst. Arts & Features Editor Students and faculty gathered in the Center for Inclusive Excellence on Wednesday, March 30 to discuss racial spotlighting and ignoring during a Diversity Dialogue.

Led by Dr. Deb McMakin and Professor Virginia Noon, the group discussed how harmful racial spotlighting and racial ignoring can be in a classroom setting. McMakin introduced the group first to the concept of racial spotlighting, which she first learned about in the book, “Black Achievers’ Experiences With Racial Spotlighting and Ignoring in a Predominately White High School,” written by Dorinda Carter.

Racial spotlighting occurs when students experience their classmates or faculty positioning them as “hyper visible,” while racial ignoring occurs when students perceive their racial membership as salient to the class but unacknowledged by students and/or professors.

According to Noon, the goal of the discussion was to “promote mutual understanding among students, faculty and staff.”

After a brief introduction from McMakin, she opened the discussion up to the group with a series of questions. Cass Teneus, a junior and president of Black Student Union, brought up that professors sometimes ask students questions based on their skin color, assuming that they would be able to relate.

“A while back, I had a professor ask me [about Africa] and what I thought of it, and what I thought of my fam-

ily, and I’m not African. My family is not from Africa,” Teneus explained.

Teneus also stated it’s important to ask before assuming that someone can relate to a topic.

“I can’t answer for someone who looks like me about a situation,” she added.

The group went on to discuss the University’s reaction to last year’s protest and this year’s bias incident concerning the Confederate flag. Teneus and other students’ main concern was that the University didn’t respond fast enough to the issues and that it wasn’t the administration, but student organizations that took action.

Regarding the bias incident, Teneus said the Confederate flag may have been part of Southern culture, but that “Southern culture can be racist culture.” It made her uncomfortable to see the symbol, and when asked, she felt pressured and unwanted.

One student said, “Professors that are more open and share their own personal experiences allow students to feel more comfortable.”

McMakin said, “The classroom extends to the campus, to the city of Boston, and then of course the United States. … It can’t be compartmentalized to only what is happening on campus.”

Sophomore Jackson Stevens said, “It’s events like this, and The Gatepost, where you can actually talk to students, where that power relationship isn’t the same, that professors and students can really understand what marginalized students go through.”

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FSU students and faculty participated in a discussion about racial issues on campus in the Center for Inclusive Excellence.

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FSU professors showcase their latest academic works

By Emily Robinson Staff Writer FSU professors Timothy McDonald and Erika Schneider spoke about their latest projects at the “Authors and Artists” event held on Wednesday, March 23 in the Heineman Ecumenical Center.

These professors held in-depth discussions focused on McDonald’s sabbatical project and the release of Schneider’s newest publication.

Although these talks promote the work of professors on campus, organizers of the event said the main focus is to “celebrate faculty” and to show students and audiences their “creative process.”

While meant to support and encourage staff, this particular series was also intended to inspire students and demonstrate that the artistic journey is different for everyone.

In the first presentation, “…from dream to dream,” McDonald discussed his 2013 sabbatical project in which he traced the steps of American author and poet Henry David Thoreau.

His journey would require conquering 11 mountains and involve 15 walks in and around New England, which would serve as the inspiration for his following project, “Walking is

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FSU professors Erika Schneider and Timothy McDonald shared their latest academic projects at a talk last Wednesday in the Ecunemical Center.

Drawing.” His trek resulted in several collage-based paintings that integrate photographs from the actual hikes.

He described his method of making art as a personal one, in which he feels guided and inspired by “music, poetry - mainly [his] relationship and encounters with wild nature.” Most of his discussion focused on the spirit of a wild coyote that seemed to drive him artistically and instinctually.

McDonald described his artistic process as destructive to some of his pieces after completion. After being told this, an audience member asked “why?” McDonald responded it was simply “part of the process,” implying that creating art is often a long and unexpected journey.

Schneider discussed her new book, “The Representation of the Struggling Artist in America, 1800-1865,” which analyzes American artists in

the 19th century. Schneider talked in depth on her topic, but also revealed the lengthy process of writing her book.

Schneider told her audience that she began writing about the ignored and suffering American artist in grad school several years ago. She said, “It’s been part of my life for so long.

It was a graduate paper topic when I was at Delaware. It became my dissertation, and then it became this book, but there was no smooth path along the way.”

Several 19th century paintings and other artworks displayed by Schneider throughout her discussion only solidified her point that American artists in this time period were left feeling disregarded by society.

Audience member Austin Gaudreau described the presentations as “insightful. It’s great to see that professors here are always growing and reaching new professional heights, but it’s really special to get to hear them talk about what goes in to creating artwork and writing books. It’s a lot more work than I had imagined.”

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Campus Conversations Who is your favorite woman in history?

By Cesareo Contreras & Cass Doherty

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“Margaret Hamilton. She wrote the code for one of the trips to space.”

-Kiersa Johns, senior

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“Rosa Parks. She stood up for what was right.”

-Jake Sartotelli, sophmore

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“My mother. Because without her I wouldn’t be here.”

-Zach D’Errico, sophomore

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“Michelle Obama. She’s not fake.

She’s actually helped the world.”

-Miranda Leigh, sophomore

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“Anne Frank, because her diary and writing are breathtakingly inspiring to me.”

-Maddie Alper, junior

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“Artemisia Gentileschi. She was one of the first feminists in the art world.”

-Andrew Mackisey, junior

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Edited by Fred PiscopApril 1, 2016 “IN CONCLUSION ...”

By Fred Piscop ACROSS 1 Mariner’s “Halt!”

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41 Dreads sporter 42 Klensch of fashion 43 Boxcars, in dice 44 Seltzer, tonic, etc.

46 Making all stops 49 Let off steam

50 Kind of consonant sound 56 Lot unit 57 Merino’s coat 58 Word before “wave” or “ba sin” 60 Paparazzo’s wares, for short 61 Descartes quote word 62 Overdo it 63 Proofer’s mark 64 Rating unit 65 Shimon of Israel DOWN 1 Flooring wood 2 Osso buco meat 3 Jason’s craft 4 Hypnotist of fiction 5 Easy to slice 6 Accra’s land 7 Zillions 8 Reed section member 9 NYC gallery 10 Thanksgiving kitchen gadget 11 Tim of “Home Improvement” 12 Uses a Taser on 13 Vast crowd 21 Like-minded 22 Vodka brand, for short 25 Oscar superlative 26 Times to revel 27 Spineless sort Last issue’s solutions:

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Lab jobs __ Minor (Little Bear) “What’s the __?” (“Who cares?”)

Put forward Liver secretion Map initials until 1991 CartoonistAddams, familiarly Cookout need Not strict at all “Not today, sorry” Most like Solomon Tillis of country Marching perfectly Axel and lutz Footnote abbr.

“The Odyssey” temptress Reason for a decoration Is short Basis for a suit Forum garb Sign of decay Hors d’oeuvres spread Gibson __ Paul guitar

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Rams have big offensive output against Mount Ida

By Jose Carrasquillo Interim Assistant Sports editor Framingham snapped its three-game skid with a 15-12 win over Mount Ida on March 30.

The Rams opened up a 6-3 lead over the Mustangs with six minutes before half time. They then expanded their lead with two goals from Morghan Casella and Mallory Fredericks to break the game open with an 8-4 lead.

The Rams used a hot start to the game by scoring 10 of their 15 goals on the day in the first half.

Seven total players scored for the Rams, and six of them with multiple goals. They were led by three goals from Shae Riley and Kimberly Foley.

Rams coach James Rippey said, “We are a very young team and it’s still early in the season, but we face some tougher competition ahead and need to continue to raise our level of play.”

Framingham played a very clean and orderly game with winning the ground ball battle 23-17

and cleared a perfect 6-6. The lead grew as high as six with goals from Foley and Lindsay Nixon, to put Framingham up 15-9.

Mount Ida scored three goals in the last minute, but their efforts couldn’t change the outcome.

Rippey said, “We showed growth in some elements of our game, but overall played down to the competition and have a lot of work to do before Saturday’s league opener.”

With the win the Rams bring their record to 3-3 with their next game against Salem State on April 2.

“Saturday we play Salem State at home at 10 a.m. and it’s Accepted Students Day so there should be a good crowd,” Rippey said. “We had great fan support at last week’s home-opener versus Emmanuel.”

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Goals: FSU - Lally, Riley (3), Hoggins (2), Cassella (2), Foley (3), Nixon (2), Fredericks (2) Mount Ida - Kelly (5), Pavao (2), Basler (2), Kineen (2), McConnell

Rams softball splits doubleheader at UMass Dartmouth

By Jen Fortin Staff Writer The Rams split a pair against UMass Dartmouth on Tuesday March 29, winning game one 8-5 and losing the second 6-5.

Third baseman Tiffanie Marsh had two hits and one run and short stop Megan Downing also had two hits with one RBI. Left fielder Anna Dziok had one hit, two runs and one RBI. Center fielder Lauren Salisbury led the team with two hits, two runs, and three RBIs on a triple in the top of the fourth inning.

Kelsi Gunarathne pitched 6.1 innings allowing only six hits and one run, while securing five strikeouts and two walks, with one error.

The game remained scoreless until the Rams gained the lead in the top of the third.

Salisbury hit a double and scored on a throwing error from UMass second baseman.

The Rams lead 1-0. The top of the fourth inning started off with a double from Downing and then Dziok reached on a fielding error.

Jessica Pietersen walked, advancing the baserunners. With the bases loaded, Salisbury hit a triple to right field and then scored the fourth run of the in-

ning on a hit from Dayna Marchant.

The Rams gained two more runs in the top of the fifth.

The Corsairs got the board in the bottom of the fifth inning with a double from leadoff hitter Emily Colton, who was then hit in by center fielder Maddie O’Gryzek.

FSU scored one more run in the sixth inning, keeping them at eight for the game.

UMass capitalized in the bottom of the seventh inning, gaining four more runs on two outs, with a three-run home run, but could not surpass the Rams, losing the game 8-5.

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Game two against UMass Dartmouth was a 6-5 loss for Framingham State.

Marsh had one hit and one RBI while Salisbury had two hits and three RBIs. Dziok totaled two hits, one run, and one RBI. Pietersen pitched all five innings, allowing six hits, six runs, three earned runs, two walks, and two strikeouts.

Right off the bat, the Corsairs took the lead in the

bottom of the first, scoring two runs.

The Rams were on the board in the third inning, starting with a walk from Marissa Flynn, who advanced to second base on a single by Marchant.

Both players then advanced from Marsh’s hit to left field, allowing Flynn to score.

UMass matched FSU in the bottom of the inning, scoring one run as well.

The Rams gained two runs in both the fourth and fifth innings, starting off with a double from Pietersen.

With players on second and third, Salisbury slugs a double out to left field, bringing in two runs.

In the next inning, Dziok and Salisbury combine to bring in two RBIs. With the Rams leading 5-3, UMass quickly surpassed them to get three runs in the bottom of the fifth because of FSU defensive errors.

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Framingham baseball goes on five-game losing skid

By Kyle Holmberg Staff Writer FSU was unable to overcome an early scoring outburst by Endicott on Thursday, March 24 at North Field in Beverly, Massachusetts.

After coming out strong and plating two runs in the top of the first inning, the Rams were unable to carry their early momentum throughout the rest of the game.

Their two-run lead was short lived, as Endicott answered with three runs of their own in the home half of the first inning, then four more in the second inning.

Although Framingham chalked up more hits than Endicott in the effort, they also had more errors. These led to big innings by the Gulls, which proved to be too much for the Rams bats to make up for.

Framingham State Endicott W - Morris

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Framingham State UMass Boston

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W - Tramandozzi

L - Kirby (1-1)

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W - Morin

L - Wallach (0-2) S - Garcia

L - Riga (0-2)

FSU lost two tight games in a non-conference double-header against UMass Boston on Saturday, March 26 at Monan Park in Boston.

The first game was a classic pitchers’ duel, led by Framingham senior and ace, Zack Kirby. Kirby pitched eight and a third innings, allowing just four hits while tallying 10 strikeouts.

Framingham took a 1-0 lead in the top half of the fourth inning on an RBI single by Ryan Wardwell. That lead would hold until the bottom of the ninth - UMass Boston’s final at-bat.

UMB was able to string together walks and singles to plate two runs in the bottom of the ninth, walking off with the win 2-1.

Game two was similarly lacking in offense, as UMass Boston took the win 4-2.

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The Rams were unable to do much against UMB’s starting pitcher, who allowed just five hits through seven innings of work, striking out 10.

On Tuesday, March 29 the men’s baseball team traveled to Northborough, Massachusetts to take on the Southern Maine Huskies at the New England Baseball Complex in a nine-inning tilt.

The Huskies stepped on the gas from the beginning, never letting Framingham hold a lead.

A combination of 19 hits, as well as three errors by the Rams, helped them score in six of nine innings.

While the Rams did have 10 hits, they were unable to outscore Southern Maine.

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L - Corliss (1-2)

On Wednesday, March 30, the Rams traveled to Reynolds Field in Newport, Rhode Island, where they took on Salve Regina.

On an afternoon where three different Framingham State players - Jonathan Chapman, Emmanuel Powers and Wardwell - hit home runs FSU still fell short of the non-conference Salve Regina Seahawks 13-7.

Following the loss, Rams coach Michael Gedman said, “When you hit three homers, it’s okay to lose as long as it’s not a conference game.”

It was the sixth road game in FSU’s last seven games and illustrated their struggles on the road so far this season. They tallied their fifth loss in a row, bringing the Rams to 3-9 on the season.

A contributing factor to the loss was two Rams errors.

Kyle Hodgson suffered the loss for the Rams, giving up seven runs, only one of which was earned. The lone earned run came on a leadoff home run from Ryan Kelly.

The Rams have had trouble plating runs this season due to a combination of runners left on base and strikeouts.

“My guys are just starting to figure it out and I challenged them with the toughest schedule in the country for the first 12 games,” said Gedman. “3-9 is not good, but I like this team and I think we will win a MASCAC championship this year.”

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Ferr or Foul?

By Mike Ferris Sports Editor

Houston, we have liftoff

Amidst allegations, an NCAA investigation and possible sanctions, the University of North Carolina is in a great position to win the NCAA Tournament this weekend, and they will.

The Final Four tickets were punched last weekend and the Tar Heels were the only team that was able to avoid the heartbreak of an upset and survive the Elite Eight.

The first ticket was punched Saturday afternoon when Buddy Hield and his Oklahoma Sooners took on the No. 1 seed in the West Region, Oregon. Hield, who many thought was the front-runner for AP Player of the Year until Denzel Valentine took the honors, led the Sooners with 37 points.

Hield has been super human all year, averaging 29.3 PPG. He and Oklahoma found out who they’d play in Houston this Saturday when the overall No. 1 seeded Kansas Jayhawks played Villanova.

Few people thought the Wildcats were actually capable of knocking off Kansas, but they did as four Villanova scorers got into double figures.

In recent years, the Wildcats have come to be known as choke artists, but this year, Jay Wright’s team looks dangerous and hungrier than ever.

Sunday, Virginia played Syracuse and the Orange showed everyone that the slipper still fits. Boeheim’s Syracuse team, that suffered NCAA sanctions this year, has proven everyone wrong and continues that trend.

Freshman Malachi Richardson led the charge with 23 points.

Finally, UNC took to the court on Sunday night against Notre Dame. The Tar Heels found themselves in a battle all night until an eventual 12-0 run put the game out of reach for the Irish.

Notre Dame couldn’t play against the size of Carolina’s front line. Senior forward Zach Auguste played just 21 minutes as he found himself in foul trouble early.

Roy Williams’ team has been successful on the offensive glass all year and Brice Johnson, Kennedy Meeks and Isaiah Hicks have been especially effective for the Tar Heels this year.

The win set UNC up with a third matchup against Syracuse on the year. The Tar Heels won the previous two matchups and expect them to do the same Saturday night.

Syracuse has some momentum and has been playing well, but aside from Virginia, the Orange have not been tested thus far in the tournament.

Syracuse beat Dayton in the opening round and Middle Tennessee State in the second round, avoiding Michigan State thanks to MTSU’s massive first-round upset.

Boeheim and his guys took on Gonzaga in the Sweet Sixteen and the Bulldogs front line gave Syracuse everything they could handle.

The Orange play Tyler Lydon at the five and he’s undersized to say the least at that position.

Expect Johnson, whose averaging 17.1 points and 10.5 rebounds to have his way with the Orange and even if he doesn’t, Meeks and Hicks should have no trouble.

The clock should finally strike midnight on Syracuse Saturday night and UNC should move on against the winner of Oklahoma and Villanova.

No matter which team wins that matchup, it is clear that game will be more predicated around guard play and the UNC guards against the Oklahoma or Villanova guards will be a heavyweight bout.

The Tar Heels have Marcus Paige, Joel Berry II and Justin Jackson at the guard spots and they can hold their own with anyone.

Jackson stands 6-foot-8 and is a size matchup for most guards, while Paige is one of the most prolific shooters in the country.

Carolina will win the National Championship this year and Coach Williams will be the sixth coach to win three championships surpassing his mentor, the great Dean Smith.

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American League Preview

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Baltimore Orioles 2015 Record - 81-81 (3rd) Manager Buck Showalter (6th yr.)

Key Acquisitions Pedro Alvarez, Mark Trumbo, Yovani Gallardo Key Departures Wei Yin Chen, Steve Pearce Prediction - In the Playoff Hunt

Chicago White Sox 2015 Record - 76-86 (4th) Manager Robin Ventura (5th yr.)

Key Acquisitions Todd Frazier, Jimmy Rollins, Brett Lawrie Key Departures Adam LaRoche, Jeff Samardzija Prediction - No Postseason

Houston Astros 2015 Record - 86-76 (2nd) Manager A.J. Hinch (2nd yr.)

Key Acquisitions Doug Fister, Ken Giles Key Departures Chris Carter, Scott Kazmir Prediction - AL West Champions

Boston Red Sox 2015 Record - 78-84 (5th) Manager John Farrell (4th yr.)

Key Acquisitions David Price, Craig Kimbrel, Carson Smith Key Departures Craig Breslow, Wade Miley Prediction - Wild Card

Cleveland Indians 2015 Record - 81-80 (3rd) Manager Terry Francona (4th yr.)

Key Acquisitions Mike Napoli, Juan Uribe Key Departures Mike Aviles, Ryan Rayburn Prediction - In the Playoff Hunt

Los Angeles Angels 2015 Record - 85-77 (3rd) Manager Mike Scioscia (17th yr.)

Key Acquisitions Andrelton Simmons, Yunel Escobar Key Departures Erick Aybar, David Freese Prediction - No Postseason

New York Yankees 2015 Record - 87-75 (2nd) Manager Joe Girardi (9th yr.)

Key Acquisitions Aroldis Chapman, Starlin Castro, Aaron Hicks Key Departures Stephen Drew, Chris Young Prediction - AL East Champions

Detroit Tigers 2015 Record - 74-87 (5th) Manager Brad Ausmus (3rd yr.)

Key Acquisitions Jordan Zimmerman, Justin Upton, Mike Aviles Key Departures Alex Avila, Alfredo Simon Prediction - In the Playoff Hunt

Oakland Athletics 2015 Record - 68-94 (5th) Manager Bob Melvin (6th yr.)

Key Acquisitions Jed Lowrie, Yonder Alonso Key Departures Brett Lawrie, Jesse Chavez Prediction - No Postseason

Tampa Bay Rays 2015 Record - 80-82 (4th) Manager Kevin Cash (2nd yr.)

Key Acquisitions Brad Miller, Corey Dickerson Key Departures Asdrubal Cabrera, John Jaso Prediction - In the Playoff Hunt

Kansas City Royals 2015 Record - 95-67 (1st) Manager Ned Yost (7th yr.)

Key Acquisitions Ian Kennedy, Joakim Soria Key Departures Johnny Cueto, Ben Zobrist, Greg Holland Prediction - AL Central Champions

Seattle Mariners 2015 Record - 76-86 (4th) Manager Scott Servais (1st yr.)

Key Acquisitions Adam Lind, Leonys Martin, Steve Cishek Key Departures Brad Miller, Mark Trumbo Prediction - No Postseason

Toronto Blue Jays 2015 Record - 93-69 (1st) Manager John Gibbons (4th yr.)

Key Acquisitions Drew Storen, Jesse Chavez Key Departures David Price, Shawn Tolleson, Ben Revere Prediction - In the Playoff Hunt

Minnesota Twins 2015 Record - 83-79 (2nd) Manager Paul Molitor (2nd yr.)

Key Acquisitions Byung Ho Park Key Departures - Torii Hunter, Aaron Hicks Prediction - No Postseason

Texas Rangers 2015 Record - 88-74 (1st) Manager Jeff Banister (2nd yr.)

Key Acquisitions Ian Desmond, Shawn Tolleson Key Departures Mike Napoli, Yovani Gallardo Prediction - Wild Card and AL Champions

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National League Preview

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West

Atlanta Braves 2015 Record - 67-95 (4th) Manager Fredi Gonzalez (6th yr.)

Key Acquisitions Erick Aybar Key Departures Andrelton Simmons, Shelby Miller Prediction - No Postseason

Chicago Cubs 2015 Record - 97-65 (3rd) Manager Joe Maddon (2nd yr.)

Key Acquisitions Jason Heyward, Ben Zobrist, John Lackey Key Departures Starlin Castro, Austin Jackson Prediction - NL Central/ World Series Champions

Arizona Diamondbacks 2015 Record - 79-83 (3rd) Manager Chip Hale (2nd yr.)

Key Acquisitions Zack Greinke, Shelby Miller, Jean Segura Key Departures Jeremy Hellickson Prediction - In the Playoff Hunt

Miami Marlins 2015 Record - 71-91 (3rd) Manager Don Mattingly (1st yr.)

Key Acquisitions Wei Yin Chen Key Departures None Prediction - No Postseason

Cincinnati Reds 2015 Record - 64-98 (5th) Manager Bryan Price (3rd yr.)

Key Acquisitions Alfredo Simon Key Departures Aroldis Chapman, Todd Frazier Prediction - No Postseason

Colorado Rockies 2015 Record - 68-94 (5th) Manager Walt Weiss (4th yr.)

Key Acquisitions Jason Motte, Gerardo Parra Key Departures Corey Dickerson Prediction - No Postseason

New York Mets 2015 Record - 90-72 (1st) Manager Terry Collins (6th yr.)

Key Acquisitions Asdrubal Cabrera, Neil Walker Key Departures Daniel Murphy, Jonathon Niese, Juan Uribe Prediction - In the Playoff Hint

Milwaukee Brewers 2015 Record - 68-94 (4th) Manager Craig Counsell (2nd yr.)

Key Acquisitions Chris Carter, Jonathan Villar Key Departures Jean Segura, Francisco Rodriguez Prediction - No Postseason

Los Angeles Dodgers 2015 Record - 92-70 (1st) Manager Dave Roberts (1st yr.)

Key Acquisitions Scott Kazmir Key Departures Zack Greinke, Jimmy Rollins Prediction - Wild Card

Philadelphia Phillies 2015 Record - 63-99 (5th) Manager Pete Mackanin (2nd yr.)

Key Acquisitions Jeremy Hellickson, Peter Bourjos Key Departures Ken Giles, Cliff Lee Prediction - No Postseason

Pittsburgh Pirates 2015 Record - 98-64 (2nd)Manager Clint Hurdle (6th yr.)

Key Acquisitions Jonathon Niese, David Freese, Neftali Feliz Key Departures Pedro Alvarez, Aramis Ramirez Prediction - In the Playoff Hunt

San Diego Padres 2015 Record - 74-88 (4th) Manager Andy Green (1st yr.)

Key Acquisitions Alexi Ramirez, Fernando Rodney Key Departures Justin Upton, Craig Kimbrel Prediction - No Postseason

Washington Nationals 2015 Record - 83-79 (2nd)Manager Dusty Baker (1st yr.)

Key Acquisitions Daniel Murphy, Ben Revere Key Departures Ian Desmond, Jordan Zimmerman Prediction - NL East Champions

St. Louis Cardinals 2015 Record -100-62 (1st)Manager Mike Matheny (5th yr.)

Key Acquisitions Jedd Gyorko, Ruben Tejada Key Departures Jason Heyward, Steve Cishek, John Lackey Prediction - Wild Card

San Francisco Giants 2015 Record - 84-78 (2nd)Manager Bruce Bochy (10th yr.)

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Softball Home Opener

The Framingham State Rams played the Johnson & Wales Wildcats in a double-header home opener on March 31.

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