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New program tracks student involvement

By Jillian Poland Staff Writer

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The new Co-Curricular Involvement Record (CIR) aims to give students an advantage when applying for jobs, according to Dawn Ross, director of Career Services.

The CIR is intended to track a student’s involvement on campus so these experiences can be easily reviewed and articulated when preparing resumes and interviewing for jobs.

A student’s CIR can be accessed through a software module that was added to CollegiateLink, an online portal already used to manage club memberships and applications.

According to Rachel Lucking, assistant dean for Campus Engagement and coordinator of the CIR, the additional software allows students to work on a targeted “Six

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Freshman Kieran McCarthy practices his skateboarding tricks outside West Hall on Wednesday.

FSU updates climate action plan

By Kate Shane Staff Writer This year, FSU amended its Climate Action Plan (CAP), which is geared toward creating a sustainable environment.

The plan was created after former Gov. Deval Patrick issued Executive Order No. 484 in April

2007, which mandated a decrease in greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) and energy consumption.

In May 2007, the University joined the American College and University President’s Climate Action Commitment, which aims to eliminate carbon emissions from college campuses.

Warren Fairbanks, associate vice

president of facilities and capital planning, assisted in authoring the plan.

According to Fairbanks, The Princeton Review lists FSU as a green college. The company defines a green college as one that “show[s] a strong commitment to sustainable practices.”

Carl Hakansson, associate pro-

fessor of geography and university sustainability coordinator, assisted in authoring the Climate Action Plan, which has 15 major action points.

“It doesn’t get very much attention. It comes as a surprise that we actually have a Climate Action Plan,” said Hakansson.

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Latino-American entrepreneurs share business advice with students

By Cesareo Contreras Arts and Features Editor

Latino-American panel discussion and networking event.

The panel was made up of three Hispanic entrepreneurs - Jen Maseda, executive producer/host of the talk show Woman2Woman and a recipient of FSU’s Women Making History Now Award, Sylvia Ruiz, vice chairperson of the Hispanic-American Chamber of Commerce and Eduardo Crespo, CEO of Hispanic Market Solutions.

Panelists discussed the importance of flexibility, honoring commitments and finding mentors for Latino entrepreneurs during a panel discussion Wednesday night in the forum.

In honor of Hispanic Heritage Athena Venetsanakos/THE GATEPOST month, Career Services, in collaboration with the Center for Inclusive Panelists discuss how their heritage has affected their professional life on Excellence, sponsored the See LATINO-AMERICAN LEADERSHIP page 10 Wednesday evening in the forum.

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Associate Professor of Art

By Jessica Duff News Editor What is your background?

I have a bachelor of fine arts in ceramics from Western Washington University and that’s on the West Coast. I’m originally from a little bit north of Seattle and a little bit south of Vancouver, B.C. So, it’s situated kind of in the middle of two major cities, which was nice for being able to go see arts and be a part of exhibitions and everything. That was in the late ’90s and then early 2000s, I moved to this side of the country and I got a master’s in fine arts, which is the terminal degree the last degree - that you can get for studio art and I did that at Massachusetts College of Art and Design in Boston. I taught for a little while at Mass Art and Harvard and Wheelock right after I graduated. I’ve been at Framingham State as a fulltime faculty member since 2006.

all about,” and I took my first ceramics class in a summer quarter.

My university had quarters, not semesters or trimesters, so we could go year round if we wanted to. … As soon as I took that first course that was a really intensive study of ceramics I was like, “Oh, this is it! I really found the thing that I love and am really excited about every day.”

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What made you move to the east coast?

I wanted to not only have the experience of graduate school, but I wanted to have a different life experience, too. I grew up on the West Coast and there were many options for schools that I had that were really great, but I thought if I was going to do something, I should take a risk and actually go somewhere new and just be fully immersed in new situations, new galleries, new museums - so that’s why we moved out here.

Do you think of yourself primarily as a teacher or as an artist?

Both, because I think I’m a better teacher when I’m actively involved in my studio artwork, and I think I’m a better artist when I’ve had a lot of rich, wonderful conversations with students because I see things through their lenses and I see a fresh perspective on techniques I’ve been working with for 20 years.

It really reinvigorates my own studio practice when I have time to spend with young artists who are just forming opinions about how to make things and discovering techniques.

What made you choose ceramics as a career?

Actually, it was an anthropology course. I started out being a K-12 education major, not even an art major, and I took an anthropology class as one of my electives and I really loved it. I found that what I loved the most was looking at the pottery forms and kind of figuring out based on the shards that were left as remnants what the piece could have been and how it was formed, how it was fired. I became so enamored with that, that I thought, “Well, I need to take a class in this to really see what it’s

What inspires your work?

Right now, I am deeply enamored with science. I did a residency a couple of years ago at Boston Biomedical Research Institute, which doesn’t exist anymore. … I had been interested for a number of years in cell division and biological processes and how that could be very similar to geological processes and weathering and erosion and how things will divide and sometimes multiply. So I got really into looking at bacterial colonization and how one tiny little thing can proliferate and become massive, and

how something so small can affect major populations. That became a huge interest for me and then I found some scientists that I could work with just as an observer, but it was really exciting to be in their environment and, again, to see the perspective. … It felt really great to be in the midst of all of these minds that were just as fiery and passionate about what they were doing as what I was doing in my studio, so that has been informing my work for a really long time. I go back to all of the notes that I took, and I go back to all of the many sketches and photographs that I have in my sketchbook, and I’m still kind of processing that and mining through. So, that’s what my work has been about for the last, probably four or five years. I’ve been making small petri dishes out of porcelain and making little bacterial forms. I have bacteria rings and axillary artery forms that are wearable. Some forms that are based off of the anatomical structure of the heart and sort of looking at that as something that is recognizably from a human body but then just different enough that it could be suggestive of something that is aquatic or something that is extraterrestrial.

What advice do you have for students or aspiring young artists?

I think first of all is just to make something and try to make something every day whether or not you’re a sculptor like me. … Sometimes, young artists get really locked in, feeling like they have to have something to show after their studio time - that there should be a product at the end of it - and sometimes the product is that you have this wonderful experience that you can pay forward into something that will be even more meaningful to you. … I think that’s incredibly important. Stay connected to peers when you are a student, because you want to have somebody that you can bounce ideas off of and somebody who will give you a good, honest critique of your work.

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Co-Curricular Involvement Record Continued from page 1 Areas of Focus” through the Experiences tool on CollegiateLink and to utilize the Curriculum tool geared toward skill development.

The software automatically updates the CIR with club officer and membership details.

Soon, the CIR will be able to track attendance at events by swiping ID cards, which has been tested at campus events. This feature has the “potential for not only rewarding student participation in programs and events, but also showing us some meaningful metrics about student engagement on campus,” said Lucking.

The “Six Areas of Focus” the program highlights are enrichment, leadership, involvement, service and civic engagement, on campus employment and academic, leadership and service awards.

The areas of focus are meant to help students think about their involvement in terms of applicable skills.

Ross said the CIR is “a mechanism that will be able to help students articulate the skills and experiences that they gain through their co-curricular involvement.”

The purchase of the new software, tied to FSU’s existing license with CollegiateLink, initially cost $3,000. The price goes up incrementally each year, according to Lucking. This year, the add-on software cost $4,160.

Lucking has been researching the best way to implement the program since hosting an employer round table with Ross and Career Services in fall of 2014, said

“I think that for us young folk just starting off in the professional field, this is something to help us create a solid resume. We don’t always realize the skills that our cocurricular activities give us can apply to a future career.”

- Nada Shaaban, ‘19

Lucking.

“We learned that employers were most interested in students improving their ability to speak more effectively about their campus experiences,” said Lucking in an email.

Lucking used the spring of 2015 to collect information about simi-

software tied to the “soft skills” identified by the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE).

Soft skills focus on personal competencies, including skills such as leadership, critical thinking and career management. The opposing “hard skills” focus on more techni-

“A lot of the time, students think that all of the education they receive from FSU is in the classroom, and the CIR provides documentation that makes it easy to realize how much you can learn from co-curricular involvement, as well,” - Allie Carroll, ‘16

lar programs at other colleges and universities.

In November of 2015, CollegiateLink was updated to include the Involvement Record and Curriculum tool. At the same time, Lucking participated in a software training program provided by the vendor, Campus Labs, to teach users how to set up the program for their particular uses.

Lucking tested the software this spring with three pilot groups.

“Observing and speaking with those students about their experiences was helpful in determining future training strategies,” Lucking said.

Lucking is currently working on strategies to get more students enrolled on CollegiateLink, since access to the site is required to use the CIR. To further this goal, Lucking has worked within smaller groups, such as the Black and Gold Beginnings leaders and Resident Assistants, to share information about the new resource.

“It is important to understand that the CIR is one piece of a larger puzzle within CollegiateLink. All of the tools within CollegiateLink are interconnected and feed information to the CIR,” said Lucking.

There are five pilot groups of students using the software this semester.

“Not only does [the pilot group] continue to expand the use of CollegiateLink, it also gives us valuable feedback on the user experience within the software,” said Lucking.

According to Ross, there will be future development on the system.

Lucking and Ross are working to develop a Curriculum within the

cal training in a field of work.

The NACE Career Readiness Task Force claims employers are looking for students who have a mix of 85 percent soft skills and 15 percent

hard skills. The soft skills Curriculum would help students consider their involvements in terms of the specific skills employers are seeking.

Senior Allie Carroll, who was enrolled in the pilot user group this spring, said in an email, “I think the CIR is a great tool to translate the FSU involvement lingo into real world competencies.

“A lot of the time, students think that all of the education they receive from FSU is in the classroom, and the CIR provides documentation that makes it easy to realize how much you can learn from co-curricular involvement as well,” added Carroll.

Sophomore Nada Shaaban said, “I think that for us young folk just starting off in the professional field, this is something to help us create a solid resume. We don’t always realize the skills that our co-curricular activities give us can apply to a future career.”

Ross said, “The CIR provides another way for students to realize how they add value to a company.”

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SGA addresses dining services concerns

By Sarah Sousa Staff Writer Funding requests, and students’ concerns about the dining commons and Wi-Fi connections were discussed at SGA’s meeting Oct. 11.

SGA President Ezequiel De Leon spoke with Ralph Eddy, director of dining services, about concerns students have with the dining commons. The “large abundance of flies” will be addressed by changing trash pickup from two times a week to five times a week, as well as performing different “treatments” in the cafeteria, he said.

“I

want to make sure these issues are brought up and fixed” - Ezequiel De Leon, SGA President

During the President’s Report, De Leon addressed students’ concerns regarding mislabeled foods.

He said Eddy was shocked by the poor labeling of food in the dining commons and advised that students tell a dining commons staff member when food is mislabeled.

De Leon discussed with Eddy the availability of the dining commons on the weekends. With shorter hours on the weekend, students who work early or have family coming to visit do not have a place to eat a meal while the dining commons are closed.

He also spoke with Eddy about the availability of vegan options for the Moonlight Breakfast.

“I want to make sure these issues are brought up and fixed,” said De Leon.

He addressed last week’s concern about poor Wi-Fi connections across campus. He spoke to Dale Hamel, executive vice president, through email and emphasized how important and “real” this issue is.

He said he “advocated for the IT department to complete an audit of themselves.” He added that Hamel “reiterated the importance of submitting tickets to the help

desks.”

Submitting a ticket helps to identify the exact location of the router or a problem with a computer in a specific location, said De Leon. He suggested setting up a table and providing students with surveys asking where the Wi-Fi connection is the poorest Amanda Martin/THE GATEPOST on campus.

“Asking them to do an internal review isn’t as appropriate as it SGA addressed student concerns at their meeting on Oct. 11. may seem,” said De Leon.

During the open forum, Senator Allison Carroll said there have been complaints from students concerning the lack of StairMaster machines in the gym. They are often broken and due to their popularity, there should be more Continued from page 1 than two of them, she said.

The plan aims to promote ener- even though there is a large upSenator Mike O’Brien said he gy efficiency on campus, accord- front cost of those investments,” overheard students complaining ing to Hakansson. The Universi- said Hamel. about Ram Tram stops not being ty’s power plant was converted He added, “We’ve accomplished heated because “in the winter from oil to natural gas in order a lot of the capital projects. The it gets horribly cold.” The new to reduce the institutions carbon most significant project was the Franklin Street parking lot stop footprint. The conversion reduced conversion of the power plant. It also does not have a blue callbox, GHG emissions. Natural gas emits was a large expenditure that we he said. less CO2 than oil. received funding from the comA funding request made by The change in fuel type in- monwealth,” said Hamel. the History Club for $768.75 was creases energy efficiency and fulAccording to the CAP, the Uniapproved for the Freedom Trail fills Action Point No. 1 of the plan, versity received a $2.7 million Field Trip taking place on Nov. 5.

Hakansson said. grant for the conversion of the A $980 funding request made “Some people see climate power plant. Construction was by the Fashion Club was approved change as beyond their control,” completed on March 1, 2016. for T-shirts to be given away at said Hakansson. Students who beHakansson said Sodexo parttheir annual Trashion Show on come involved with CAP will have nered with the University to fulNov. 2. a better understanding of climate fill Action Point No. 5 to make A revision in the Dental Club change and what they can do to dining services energy efficient. constitution was approved to help.

Dining services aims to avoid food change the acronym, DAT, to Action points 3 and 10 cover vendors that emit a significant Dental Admission Test in their transportation. Hakansson said a amount of GHGs. They also acconstitution. change in commuting habits may commodate composting.

The Senator of the Month award reduce the amount of CO2 emitHe added the Green Team, a was presented to Adam Scanlon. ted. The University plans to use club he advises, acts as “the stuDe Leon publicized the FSU the 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. class slot to dent arm of implementation” for Cares program for the second reduce the number of trips com- CAP. week in a row. Our campus has muters take to campus each day.

Paolo Bon Tempo, a senior and “a lot of need,” he said. The Coat Additionally, more online and hy- president of the Green Team, said Racket and the Professional Attire brid courses would help make this the team seeks to “engage with Racket are available to students possible. other students through education who need it, and the Dean’s OfAction Point No. 4 addresses and dialogue on various environfice is very involved with helping making old buildings on campus mental topics, as well as engaging students who may be homeless, energy efficient. New buildings in activism and hands-on activihe said. will be designed to meet Leader- ties to better the natural environA part of the FSU Cares proship in Energy and Environmental ment at FSU.” gram, the Veterans’ Club is hostDesign (LEED) certification stanThe team works closely with ing a coat drive looking for coats dards. West Hall is LEED gold and administrators on Action Point of all sizes, said De Leon.

Hemenway Laboratories is LEED No. 12 to make the campus more Senator Molly Fennessey presilver, Fairbanks said. eco-friendly. They organize days sented the U-ROCK award to Hai“There’s a monetary benefit to rake leaves in order to elimiley Small. for us to be efficient” as well as a nate exhaust from leaf blowers.

To close the meeting, Senator “social benefit,” according to Fair- They also plant wildflowers to deCassandra Tedeschi announced banks. When GHG emissions are crease the use of lawn mowers and tickets to the SuperMegaFest trip reduced on campus, FSU is “doing gasoline, Hakansson said. hosted by Comic Book Club are on our part to decrease global warmHe added, “Think locally, act sale. Also, the Equestrian Club’s ing.” globally.” apple-picking trip tickets are sold Dale Hamel, executive vice out. president and co-author of the CAP, said investments such as the CONNECT WITH KATE SHANE CONNECT WITH SARAH SOUSA power plant conversion and solar kshane@student.framingham.edu ssousa3@student.framingham.edu panels “reduce cost in the long run

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FSU and Sodexo sponser Worcester Pride

By Alexandra Gomes Editor-in-Chief FSU and Sodexo volunteered at this year’s Worcester Pride, a three-day event which celebrated the Central Massachusetts LGBTQ+ community, according to a Sodexo press release.

According to James Donadio, dining retail manager at FSU Sodexo, the volunteers set up and broke down the festival space at the Worcester Common, which included checking in 50 vendors and setting up the performance stage and sound equipment. The event included a festival, block party and parade, and was held from Sept. 8-10.

Donadio said every June, which is national Pride month, Sodexo PRIDE members submit ideas for community outreach activities.

Working with Worcester Pride was Donadio’s idea.

Last year, Donadio organized a group of Sodexo employees to march in the Boston Pride parade.

“I did not want to repeat the same event this year,” he said.

“But when I reached out to many LGBTQ+ groups in the area … most of them were focused on Boston Pride.”

He added Worcester Pride holds its event in September to accommodate the colleges within the city. Sodexo agreed to sponsor the event even though it occurred in September instead of June.

as a means of connecting with everyone involved in diversity and inclusion here at FSU,” he said.

The group of volunteers was organized by Donadio and included Chon’tel Washington, director of the Center for Inclusive

“While

June 2015 was a time for celebration after the landmark Supreme Court ruling on marriage equality, June 2016 was a painful reminder of the hatred and discrimination that the LGBTQ+ community continues to face,” - James Donadio, Sodexo dining retail manager

“Working with them seemed like a great opportunity to have an impact on the Central Massachusetts community, specifically youth and young adults, as well

Excellence, and Kim Dexer, director of Equal Opportunity, Title IX and ADA Compliance.

Sodexo employees from Belmont Hill School, Health Alliance

Hospital and Sodexo’s Healthcare Sales team participated as well.

Donadio said volunteering for Worcester Pride was “incredibly impactful,” especially in the wake of the Orlando nightclub shooting which occurred this past June.

“While June 2015 was a time for celebration after the landmark Supreme Court ruling on marriage equality, June 2016 was a painful reminder of the hatred and discrimination that the LGBTQ+ community continues to face,” said Donadio.

He added, “As Worcester Pride occurred after the attack at Pulse, it was able to acknowledge the loss during a number of events, and it meant a lot to me personally to be a part of that.”

While Donadio is unsure whether Sodexo PRIDE will be involved with Worcester Pride next year, he said he will be attending Worcester Pride 2017 with friends and family. He hopes “ to have members of Sodexo and FSU communities there as well.”

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Your vote is vital The right to vote is the most important civic right granted to U.S. citizens. It provides us with a say in who runs our country and represents us to the world, as well as which laws and bills will be enacted.

Ironically, the right to vote is one of the most under-utilized liberties we have.

In 2012, approximately 93 million U.S. citizens did not exercise their right to vote in the presidential election, according to bipartisanpolicy.org. Only 40 percent of young adults between the ages of 18 and 29 voted.

Young adults have always had a lower voter turnout rate than other age groups, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

While this may not seem like a problem to some, it’s important to remember young adults are part of the Millennials, the largest generation in American History.

Additionally, the 2016 presidential election will affect young adults the most.

Whoever is voted in as president will be making decisions that will affect America for decades, effectively shaping the country young adults will inherit.

This means the largest group of Americans with the most at stake in the elections is repeatedly voting at lower rates than other Americans.

Hopefully, this will not be the case for the 2016 presidential election. This election has been one of the most divisive in American history, and there is a lot at stake - from the selection of the next Supreme Court Justice, to climate change, to our healthcare system, to LGBTQ rights.

We at The Gatepost urge FSU students to take advantage of their fundamental right as American citizens and vote this coming November.

It is easy to fall for the cynical “your vote doesn’t really count” rhetoric. Many claim they no longer have faith in the current electoral system, especially the Electoral College.

Millennials are deciding their votes don’t count. The problems that matter to them aren’t being addressed. The politicians who are elected aren’t doing their jobs. Society is constantly labeling them as lazy, entitled and selfish.

So that begs the question - would you vote if you were constantly being told you’re not important?

The problem with this rhetoric is the Millennial vote is important. Considering Millennials are the largest generation, we have the greatest influence in this election. Our votes do matter. In fact, We at The Gatepost believe the Millennial vote matters the most.

So, turn in your absentee ballot or make sure to show up that Tuesday in November, and make your vote count.

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OP/ED Don’t punch the Donald Apparently, Robert De Niro really dislikes Donald Trump.

Earlier this month, De Niro made a video in which he said he would like to punch Donald Trump in the face. Many people loved it and found it humorous - especially liberal social media enthusiasts who made the video go viral.

Earlier in the year, many people were sharing videos showing violence at Trump rallies in order to prove that the Trump supporters were brutish and vastly different than the civilized supporters of other candidates. At that point, not only were these Facebook fanatics totally and passionately peaceful, but they would frequently berate Trump for However, now that a liberal Hollywood star has suggested violence, their tone has changed.

I have found this disheartening because I do believe the liberal cause is, at its core, one that strives toward peace. It is a shame to watch politics become such a herd-minded carnival of likes and shares that the ethical nature of liberals can be so easily tossed aside.

It should not be enough to be against the violent rhetoric of Trump and his supporters unless you are against all violent rhetoric.

It is not enough to stand up for the safety of your friends unless you are also willing to stand up for the safety of your opponents.

With social media, it is easy to judge the fleeting posts and viral videos passively as they come across your screen. It is easy to share whatever looks righteous at first glance, sharing or supporting messages without much thought or background information.

That being said, the future of our society deserves more thought and care.

Whether Democrats or Republicans, we must first be moral human beings.

We must firmly stand against violence, regardless of political affiliation.

Phil McMullin Opinions Editor

Campus Conversations Are you voting yes on Question 2?

By: Phil McMullin, Athena Vanetsanakos and Amber Jimenez

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“No, you can still get the same education at public school.”

-Victoria Brown, sophomore

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“Yes. It makes public schools more competitive.”

-Eric Belisle, senior

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“ My mom is a public school teacher. Charter Schools take resources away.”

-Olivia DiFranco, senior

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“Yes, because black people can’t afford private school.’”

-Jordan Collier, sophomore

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“Yes. You get the experience of a private school with public school benefits.”

-Dominique Freeman, senior

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“No. They have no respect for the staff.”

-Josh Mandaglio, freshman

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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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A YES VOTE would allow for up to 12 approvals each year of either new charter schools of expanded enrollments in existing charter schools, but not to exceed 1% of the statewide public school enrollment.

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A NO VOTE would make no change in current laws relative to charter schools.

Yes on Question 2 I attended school within my public district from kindergarten to sixth grade, and I was not happy. Textbook readings and worksheets carried my lessons in one ear and right out the other. Nothing seemed to stick. I was restless and bored.

So, my parents decided to send me to the same charter school they had sent my sister to four years before.

There were no traditional textbooks.

Each class was organized around activity-based learning and lessons were coordinated across all the academic domains.

Within a few months, I was thriving in my new school, learning more than I ever had and actually enjoying the process.

I attended that school for six years, and I have never once regretted it.

Those who oppose Question 2 offer two main concerns about charter schools. The first is monetary.

People claim that charter schools are sucking money from the traditional public schools. In Massachusetts, it has always been the policy that educational dollars follow the student. If a student leaves their local school district for a charter school, their educational dollars will be sent to the charter school.

This is also the case with the inter-district school choice program and with the vocational technical education program, along with a few other choice-oriented education options the state provides.

However, charter schools are the only option for which the school district is actually compensated by the state for some of the lost educational dollars. If students choose to leave their local school district, leaving for a charter school would be most beneficial to the local district.

Charter schools are also not, as some would claim, overfunded. A recent survey from the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation, a nonpartisan public policy group with a focus on Massachusetts, found in fiscal year 2016, that 3.9 percent of Massachusetts students attended charter schools and 3.9 percent of public school funds went to charter schools. There was no disparity.

The second main concern is the ability of charter schools to

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educate students properly. While in some states regulation can be weak, Massachusetts’s standards for charter schools are firm. In Massachusetts, charter schools are considered public schools, but they operate independently of the local school districts.

Each school is governed by a board of trustees. The board of trustees must apply for a charter directly from the state department of education, which has a staff that evaluates each school by strictly regulated standards, supports the opening of the school and holds the school accountable for student academic performance.

If the school does not demonstrate good results within five years, it risks losing the charter. Under the proposed law, an additional yearly review of each school would be completed. The state will not allow charter schools to operate if it believes them to be inadequate.

Once misconceptions on funding and the quality of the schools are dismissed, the main reason for opening more charter schools is simple - choice. Massachusetts has always valued student and family choices in education, and that is why there are so many options. But currently, 33,903 students are on waiting lists for charter schools, according to the education department. There is just not enough space within existing schools - and not enough schools to accommodate all these students.

I was lucky, because the charter school I attended was close to my home and my mother’s work schedule allowed her to drive me there every day. But some students are not. If their home is too far from a charter or another regional school, parents’ jobs and family circumstances can prevent their enrollment and limit their choices.

The addition of more charter schools, especially in lowperforming districts, would provide more opportunities for students who are not learning or cannot learn within their local school district.

Jillian Poland Staff Writer

No on Question 2 Voting “yes” on Question 2 will approve up to 12 new charter schools or expand enrollments, and taxpayers just can’t afford to do that.

Within one year, charter schools take away more than $400 million dollars from public schools. But aren’t charter schools public schools?

Technically, yes.

Theoretically, no.

Despite being categorized as public schools, charter schools are privately-run and there is no teacher’s union allowed. This in itself is extremely problematic since with no union, teachers can be let go at any point without cause, leading to a higher turn-over rate.

Charter schools are tempting to parents. They offer longer school days, smaller classrooms and another option for schooling, especially in already failing districts. Why would you send your child to the local public school when they could attend a charter school that seems to be so much better?

The problem is not everybody can afford to send their child to charter schools. If your child is in a school district that is underfunded and they can’t get the education they need, it’s understandable to think about what is best for your child.

However, if the charter school you want to send your child to is in the next town, you have to drive them to school. If it’s in your town, then legally the public school buses have to transport charter school students.

If the charter schools have the longer hours that they are constantly boasting about, more taxpayer money will have to be spent to bus them during times public schools aren’t open.

If this law is passed, then more money will be taken out of those taxpayer’s dollars, whether their child attends a charter school or not.

Additionally, if public schools aren’t up to par, then why would increasing the number of charter schools make a difference?

Wouldn’t it make more sense to take that $400 million a year and invest in the public schools already in place?

Wouldn’t it be easier to fix a problem rather than ignoring it and

funding privately-run schools?

If this law is approved the number of charter schools in Massachusetts will nearly triple within 10 years, costing public school districts more than $1 billion a year. It will cripple the public school system and lead to the privatization of the educational system.

Although they cannot turn away students and selection is based off of a lottery system, there simply isn’t the necessary support for students with special needs.

According to a 2014 article by the New York Daily News, a whopping 80 percent of specialneeds students who enroll in charter schools as kindergartners leave by the third grade. As charter schools celebrate their high test scores - the students who need the most help are consistently absent from their classrooms.

Massachusetts’s largest teachers’ union also released a report in 2009 about Boston’s charter schools, claiming high attrition rates and low enrollment of students English language learners and low-income students and students with special needs.

Additionally, the special needs students who are enrolled are wealthier and less severe disabilities.

Public schools by law have to serve all students, regardless of their academic, emotional, or economic situation. Charter schools simply do not.

Although charter schools can most certainly be helpful to some students, that does not validate the need for up to 12 new schools a year, taking $1 billion away from school districts that could use that money.

If you truly want what is best for the Commonwealth and its students, then vote “No” on Question 2.

Julia Sarcinelli Associate Editor

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ARTS & FEATURES Mazmanian Gallery displays recent student 3-D sculptures and drawings

Amanda Martin/THE GATEPOST Junior Sarah Ellis’ 3-D sculpture, “Two Heads,” depicts a turtle with two heads.

By Cass Doherty Arts & Features Editor The Mazmanian Gallery’s October show displays 3-D sculptures and drawings created by students.

The works are on display until Oct. 28.

Every year, FSU’s art department hosts a show focusing on a specific concentration within the department. The pieces on display in the current show are from the spring and fall 2016 semesters.

Tim McDonald, associate professor of art and the gallery’s director, said he asked professors from the department to submit recent student work from their classes. Since drawing doesn’t necessarily have its own concentration, they decided to integrate 3-D sculpture and drawing together to display how the two complement one another.

Senior Sergio Lopez was part of the “Heads on a Stick” group project. His piece, one in which he intended to convey a basic facial structure, was a learning opportunity for him.

“It was a new media for me. I’ve never worked three-dimensionally,” he said.

Lopez was inspired by “the Egyptian busts, the different pharaohs and the queens.” He was taking a watercolor course at the time, and that inspired him to cre-

ate the “drippy” look he gave to the head.

He used chicken wire to construct the basic features of the face, then covered it in cheese cloth dipped in plaster.

“I basically made this whole big block, and then I chiseled away and made the facial structure of it,” he said. “I like how [the pieces] convey a portrait. Because, in a way, these are three-dimensional portraits, and there’s a piece of us in all the different projects.”

Alexandria Krause, a senior, made an untitled piece for an alternative-means project. Krause created her drawing out of pastel, watercolor and graphite.

“I put glue down first, and threw pastel at the paper and then smudged it,” said Krause. She then threw watercolor at the paper and finished her piece by drawing lines with a graphite pencil.

Krause was inspired by an “unfortunate run-in with my ex.” She added, “Being able to channel the negative feelings I did have into my piece brought life to something that was really pretty.”

Krause said her goal when creating the piece was to make something attractive that would allow her to pass class. “I didn’t really have an image in mind, so it was nice to not have to think about anything, and just do something that felt right.”

Senior Maria Katinas was assigned to find something that looked like a drawing in nature for her Advanced Drawing class. “I was just going around taking pictures of whatever I could find, and I looked up and I saw the power lines,” said Katinas. “I love cool perspectives.”

Her goal was to draw attention to something in nature that people don’t normally pay attention to. “I wanted people to look and say, ‘Look how cool they are,’” she said.

Katinas used graphite for her drawing, and hung the paper up on the window in her dormroom to use the natural light. “It made it look like the sun was in the picture, but it was also so much easier to draw,” said Katinas.

Senior Trisha Danforth’s piece, called “Found Drawing” after the Advanced Drawing assignment, was inspired by lights and shadows. She said she was focused on the way lights and shadows interact with each other, the materials that cast the shadows and “light hitting objects and the way it reflects off of things, and how sometimes we overlook that.”

She added she was always inspired by nature and lighting. She seeks to capture what others don’t see in nature.

Danforth used sumi ink on paper for her piece, and said the

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most important part of the process was “finding inspiration”.

She added, “The biggest part of the process was finding something I wanted to show.”

Junior Kelsey Goossens began her piece, a three-dimensional goose titled “Take-off,” with various-sized wire circles which she used to create the general silhouette of a goose. She then connected the wires together by twisting them around one another.

“I knew from the beginning I wanted it to be really large and intimidating,” said Gooss a very angular neck. She added she also wanted most of the focus to be on the neck and head, which was why she made the wire around the neck more dense than the body.

“I originally was going to have it sit on the ground, but once it was completed, I thought it would be much more impactful if it was in the air,” she said. Goossens was inspired to make a goose for her piece because of her last name, and the fact that her house is overflowing with “goose memorabilia.”

“It’s an animal very personal to me. … It’s sort of a self portrait,” she said.

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Telling Hmong stories through fabric

By Andrew Willoughby Asst. Arts & Features Editor Author Linda A. Gerdner spoke about the Hmong people’s culture and shared some of her extensive collection of Hmong story cloths in the McCarthy Forum on Oct. 6.

Gerdner’s talk was part of the Change the Conversation, Change the World series of presentations sponsored by FSU’s Arts & Ideas committee.

The audience was comprised of both students and members of the Sigma Theta Tau Honors Society of Nursing, an organization which co-sponsored the event.

Committee Chair, professor Lisa Eck said Gerdner’s work perfectly “fits the vision of the series.”

According to Gerdner, the Hmong people are an “ethnic minority” who live in the highlands of Laos, “away from the dominant culture.” They have no written language, so their stories are passed down through generations via intricately sewn story cloths.

After the Vietnam War spread to Laos, many of the Hmong were relocated to American-controlled refu-

gee camps until 1995.

Many of the cloths Gerdner shared with the audience were made in these camps. The first of which, she titled “The Hmong People’s Journey.” This cloth depicted a failed rebellion against the Chinese and the Hmong’s relocation to a secret CIA base.

Gerdner noted that early Hmong story cloths were not as detailed as modern ones. Humans were represented as simple outlines on the blue background.

The blue background is a result of the hemp that is used to create the cloths. However, Gerdner does have one red cloth which she believes represents the communist takeover of Laos after the Vietnam War. Gerdner also shared a story about a yellow cloth that a colleague of hers said represents the royalty of Thailand.

The Hmong often intertwine humor into their stories, said Gerdner.

One cloth depicted Hmong farmers being attacked by “sun bears,” running away as their hats fall off.

Story cloths are also used to instill morals in the Hmong youth.

One of Gerdner’s cloths showed the

Cass Doherty/THE GATEPOST A story cloth depicting a Hmong youth’s addiction to opium.

story of a young man who was ad- cloths exceeds 50 pieces. Most of dicted to opium. The timeline of his them were purchased in Laos marlife was visually represented as his kets directly from the artists. They sell for anywhere between $100 to appearance slowly deteriorated.

The materials used to make the $300 each. With each story cloth story cloths are mostly made by the added to her collection, “I feel a litHmong themselves, said Gerdner. tle more Hmong,” said Gerdner.

The dyes used to color the fabrics, as well as the needles used to sew, CONNECT WITH ANDREW WILLOUGHBY are purchased from traveling Chi- awillloughby@student.framingham.edu nese merchants.

Gerdner’s collection of story

Beauty by Bailey Carli Bybell x BH Cosmetics palette review

By Bailey Morrison Editorial Staff Many of the makeup products I’ve written about have been on the pricier side. Once in awhile, I find a product that is not only affordable but functional and worth reviewing. My newest find is the Carli Bybell x BH Cosmetics 14 eyeshadow and highlighter palette. This palette comes with a mix of matte and shimmery eyeshadow colors that are versatile and perfect for the fall and winter. These eyeshadows, for the most part, are darker shades that work well to accentuate the eye and bring a pop of color to your face. This palette is worthwhile because many of the eyeshadow colors can be used as highlight, and all the highlight colors can be used as eyeshadow.

The highlight colors range from a light shimmery pink to a deep golden bronze shimmery color. Because of the four varying shades of highlight, this palette works for many skin tones. While many highlighters tend not to show up on darker skin due to the pigmenta-

tion and light shading, these ones have deeper colors that can be used on darker skin tones. The four highlight shades in this palette are all shimmery, but subtle shades that are long-lasting.

Overall, I like this palette because at $14.50 it is a very affordable alternative to many of the more expensive palettes being sold by makeup brands found in Sephora and Ulta. This palette comes

with a full-sized mirror. The pigmentation is not intense for all of the colors. The shades that really have an immediate pigmentation are the darker, shimmery colors of which there are three. The lighter colors need to be built up in order to acquire the pigmentation shown in the palette.

The matte colors leave something to be desired. They are very faint when first applied without

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any primer or layering of the shade.

While they create a successful, subtle day look, these colors require a little more work to create the traditional smokey-eyed look.

This palette, for the price, is a steal. You’re getting 14 makeup pots that can be used for more than their intended purpose. One major downside to this palette is the smell. There is a distinct but unrecognizable chemical smell. It could be a fluke in the manufacturing process, and just have affected my palette, but the smell is rather strong when your face is up close to the palette. Reading through other makeup blogger’s posts, I’ve found a few people who have noticed the same thing, but didn’t read that many reviews of the chemical smell. This downside, paired with the lack-luster matte shades don’t make it a to-die-for makeup product but is definitely a fun palette with which to try different looks.

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The palette’s eyeshadow and highlight colors work for varying skin tones.

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Latino American Leadership Continued from page 1

The panel members discussed how their Latino heritage influenced their professional careers.

Additionally, each panelist shared insights regarding to how students should prepare themselves for the job market.

Priscilla Portugal-Morano, a senior and member of Motivation.

Intersectionality. Solidarity. Sisterhood., and Black Student Union member Iracely Sanchez, a junior, led the discussion by asking the panelists a series of prepared questions, each of which spurred an anecdotal and consultative response.

When asked which characteristic they think every leader should posess, each panelist based their answer off personal experience.

For Maseda, who, according to her Linkedin page, is the former Chief Philanthropy Officer of the nonprofit organization United Way, being “flexible” is paramount to a leader’s success.

“Flexibility and being open to new experiences, I think, is really critical in the business community - whether it’s a for-profit or a nonprofit,” Maseda said. She added there are “limited resources,” especially for nonprofits, “and everyone on staff needs to really roll up their sleeves and take on some of the strategies ... that are critical to really making the organization successful.”

Crespo said it’s about “under-

Allie Gath/THE GATEPOST Ruiz, Crespo and Maseda discussed what qualities Latino leaders should demonstrate.

he was mistakenly enrolled in the wrong major. Rather than coming in as a student with a major in business, Crespo should have been declared a transferred business major.

He said if he had not gone to career counseling, he would have never known about that error. He would have had to take a year’s worth of classes he already had credits for.

Crespo said career advising “really saved me,” and made him realize that to succeed, one can’t be

“Gaining an experience of power when you are only learning those positions of power from men is challenge for females,” Maseda said. “Women and men bring different qualities and attributes to leadership positions.”

Crespo said the biggest obstacle for him was the language barrier, he said. Coming to the United States at the age of 16 from Ecuador, he said it was a shock to be in a new country where he couldn’t readily

“We should all be proud of our heritage ... whoever you are.”

-Eduardo Crespo, CEO of Hispanic Market Solutions

standing yourself and the world around you” and honoring your commitments.

“If you made a commitment to come to Framingham State University and you don’t graduate, don’t blame anyone else,” Crespo said.

“No excuses. Find help. Find mentors and know your environment. ... There are many resources in the University you can use.”

Crespo called this intuition, knowing “su interno,” which is Spanish for “one’s inside.” It’s a sentiment that he realized while in college.

“I was lucky enough to have a mentor in college,” he said. Crespo recounted how a counselor in the career office explained to him that

afraid to ask for help.

When asked if they faced any challenges on their way to corporate success because of their gender or ethnicity, Ruiz explained as a Puerto-Rican woman on the Chamber of Commerce, it’s often challenging separating her family life from her work life.

“Being in the chamber, it’s not always off at five in the afternoon,” she said. “It sometimes goes into the night. That’s been one of my biggest challenges - making sure to know where your boundaries are, knowing the time for family and the time for business.”

Maseda said gender played a big role in a number of her previous leadership roles.

communicate. Once Crespo mastered English, he didn’t face many racial problems. Crespo, however, did note that many Latinos in the U.S. face a number of economic and social challenges.

“Keep in mind that if your parents or grandparents were born and raised in this area, they have a social network that is lot more extensive [than Latino immigrants] ... By not having the wealth or the knowledge, nor the connections, we are and continue to be at a disadvantage.”

To combat this, Crespo emphasized the importance of education.

Upon reflection, Ruiz said if she were to do it all over again, she would spend less time worrying

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about understanding where she fit in culturally, and focus more on achieving her goals.

“One of the things I would have really moved forward with is not holding back on who I identified myself with, whether it was being American or being Latina.” She added, “That tended to hold me back a little bit, because I wasn’t sure where I actually fit or where I belonged.”

Being half American and half Colombian, Maseda said she has started losing connection to her Hispanic roots since she moved to New England from Miami. It’s a change Maseda says she is not happy about.

Maseda said one of the reasons she wanted to participate in the event was because she feels Latino culture is not celebrated in New England. “In Miami I was celebrated for being Latin,” she said “Coming up here, I’ve lost it.”

Crespo said students should never hide their cultural background in the name of conforming to one centralized American culture.

“There is a tendency in society nowadays for people trying to be assimilated into a culture, which in reality should be multicultural,” he said. “We should all be proud of our heritage ... whoever you are. Don’t let anybody confuse you or convince you that you need to be like somebody else just because the majority may happen to be that way.”

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Thank you, Papi

By Mike Ferris Sports Editor With runners at first and second and two outs, Cody Allen delivered to Travis Shaw.

Shaw got under the pitch and flied to right.

Indians right fielder Lonnie Chisenhall routinely got under the fly and put it away for the final out.

Cleveland won the game 4-3 and the ALDS 3-0 and just as quickly as Shaw flew out, David Ortiz’s career was over.

The 2013 World Series MVP waited for the Indians to conclude their celebration on the field before coming out to thank Red Sox nation one last time.

The moment was emotional to say the least.

The man who had appeared a superhero in so many postseason games couldn’t gather himself enough to address the Fenway faithful as tears welled up in his eyes.

Instead, he saluted the crowd one last time, tipping his cap, and walking off the field in his Red Sox uniform one final time.

David Ortiz was my favorite player growing up, he won me over when I was a little kid, watching the Red Sox come back from 3-0 down against the Yankees.

The moment when he hit a walk-off homerun in Game 4 is one I still watch and still get the chills watching.

I thought I understood the pain of being a Sox fan, the pain and disappointment my parents were always overcome with watching the World Series drought, but it was Ortiz that was responsible for me never really having to go through that agony.

The slugger went on to have a tremendous career, rounding it out hitting .286, with 541 career homeruns, 10 all-star appearances, a World Series MVP, an ALCS MVP and who knows, maybe a regular season MVP after this year’s voting is done.

But Ortiz was more than that, he was more than just a baseball player.

There was not a moment that he didn’t have that joyous smile on his face. He loved the game no matter what.

Every time I went to Fenway, Ortiz was out in centerfield during warmups smiling, laughing and goofing around with an opposing player.

During the bombings at the Boston Marathon, Ortiz gave us a moment we’ll never forget, addressing the crowd, putting political correctness aside and speaking with pure emotion.

“This is our f****** city, “ he yelled out, letting us all know that it’d be okay, that we’d get past it.

He led the Red Sox to the World Series that year with a grand slam in the ALCS that I again will never forget.

Ortiz appreciated the game and loved playing the game and that was part of what made him so special as a player.

Ortiz is the greatest designated hitter we’ve ever seen play the game, he’s cemented himself in the Red Sox Mount Rushmore, his jersey will be retired and he will without a doubt be a Hall of Famer.

It would have been special to see the Red Sox win one more title, a farewell to Big Papi, but Ortiz didn’t need it, he’s done everything there is to do.

He’s given Red Sox fans so many great memories, so many smiles and so many laughs and for that I say thank you Big Papi.

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Rams slump continues, drop fourth in a row

Amanda Martin/ THE GATEPOST Framingham State defender Johance Liverpool plays a pass in a game played earlier this season.

By Matt Ferris Sports Editor The Rams traveled to Westfield on Oct. 8, to take on the Owls in a MASCAC battle.

After a scoreless first half, the Owls got on the scoreboard first. In the 69th minute, Brodie Keene got his head on a free kick from Kory McGilvray and snuck it past Rams keeper Corey Davidge to make it 1-0.

Westfield would add another goal to the lead just eight minutes later. In the 77th minute of play, it was Legend Mu’min who collected a pass from McGilvray and ripped a shot past Davidge to make it 2-0.

Framingham would counter just 40 seconds later. After an Owls defender was called for a hand ball in the box, Jeffrey Braverman stepped up and ripped a penalty kick just inside the post to cut the deficit in half at 2-1.

In the 81st minute, Westfield would add one more goal to put the game out of reach. Kieran Moriarty sent a one timer from just outside the box into the back of the net to make it 3-1.

The Rams lost the game despite outshooting the Owls 24-7.

Davidge made two saves for the Rams on five shots faced while Westfield goalkeeper Marc Patnaude stopped nine shots.

The loss drops the Rams to 5-7 on the season and moves them to 2-2 in the conference.

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UMass Boston added to the lead about 20 minutes later in the 31st minute of play. The Beacons sent a cross into the box that got deflected by a Rams defender into the goal to make it 2-0.

The Rams responded in the 62nd minute to cut the deficit to only a goal. A Beacon foul about 25 yards out set Simon Appiah up for a free kick. Appiah ripped a shot just inside the post and past the keeper to make it 2-1.

The Beacons would answer just two minutes later in the 64th minute. Marcelo Cunha received a pass off of a corner kick and one timed a shot into the back of the net to make it 3-1.

Mohamed Kenaway would add two more insurance goals for the Beacons late in the second half. In the 80th minute he received a pass and one timed it into the net making it 4-1 and in the 82nd minute he ripped a shot on net for his second goal to make it 5-1.

In the 87th minute, the Beacons would add one more insurance goal to make it 6-1. Edmilson Barros received a pass and sent a shot into the back of the net for the final goal of the game.

The Rams were outshot by UMass Boston 23-21. The Beacons won the corner kick battle 7-6.

Davidge made 12 saves in net for the Rams.

Aidan Carter made seven saves for the Beacons.

The loss drops the Rams to 5-8 on the season.

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Framingham State hosted No. 4 UMass Boston on Oct. 12 in a nonconference match.

The Beacons started the scoring early with a goal in the 12th minute. Guilherme Barbosa gathered a loose ball at the top of the box and ripped a shot into the net to make it 1-0.

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Women’s soccer snaps six-game skid, uses double OT to beat Wentworth

By Liam Gambon Staff Writer On Saturday, Oct.8, the Framingham State Rams hosted Westfield State.

The Rams came into the matchup at 3-7 and were shutout in their last two games and also were in the midst of a five-game losing streak.

The Rams allowed a goal to Westfield State at the 41 second mark of the game off the foot of Kate Matroni.

The Rams were outshot in the game 12-11 with four of their shots being on goal compared to Westfield’s five.

The game consisted of 25 total fouls, 13 coming from the Rams and 12 from Westfield.

Both keepers recorded four saves but Framingham State keeper Keyonzia Gagne-Lamoureux allowed one goal to Westfield State keeper Natalia Falcone’s none.

The Rams were shutout for the third straight time and dropped to a six-game losing streak.

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The Framingham State Rams finally ended their six-game losing streak with a 3-2 victory in the second overtime.

Senior Michaela Hyland got the Rams onto the board first with a score off a Wentworth turnover in just the first 27 seconds of the game to take an early 1-0 lead.

At the 18:54 mark, Sophomore Hannah Kane put a shot on goal that was saved by Wentworth keeper Christie Fleming and then tapped in off a second attempt from senior Angela Pallotta to

increase the Rams lead to 2-0.

At the 26:12 mark, Wentworth scored its first goal of the game off the foot of freshman Sidney Brogan.

In the 83rd minute, Wentworth seemed to have tied the game up but the goal was negated due to an offsides. With just 3:27 left in regulation, the Leopards scored again to even the score with the goal coming from sophomore Madyson Reno.

During the first overtime, the Leopards had a perfect scoring chance called back due to an offsides.

At the 102:12 mark, the Rams freshman Jill Smith sent a pass in to Almstrom who onetimed it inside the right post from the top of the box to score her second goal of the game and also the game-winning one in the second overtime.

Gagne-Lamoureux made 10 saves for Framingham State while Fleming made five stops for Wentworth. The Leopards outshot the Rams 2115 though still came up short in the end.

The Rams will look to get familiar with the winning ways when they travel to Salem State for a matchup with the 3-9-1 Vikings on Sat. Oct.15.

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Tess Gorman plays a long ball for the Rams in a game played at the beginning of the season.

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Field hockey falls in three straight, including OT thriller

By Richard Tranfaglia Staff Writer The Framingham State Rams lost in overtime to the Mount Ida Mustangs Oct. 6 by a score of 4-3.

The Rams struck first as Meaghann Ackerman ripped a shot off from a penalty corner from Bailey Donelly.

The Mustangs tied the game up at the 18:26 mark when Lexi Minicucci picked up a deflected pass off a Rams defender and sent it to the back of the cage.

About three minutes later, a scrum in front of the Rams goal resulted in a score for Patty Ryan as she pushed a defender out of the way for the loose ball. The score was 2-1 going into the half.

After scoring opportunities from both sides, Framingham State’s Sydney Buono converted off a pass from Jillian Kokernak to knot the game up at two.

The Rams pulled ahead in the 61st minute as Donelly started the play off with a penalty corner and ended with a tip-in-goal off the shot attempt

by Ackerman.

A little over two minutes later, the Mustangs answered with a short-side goal from Minicucci to send the game to overtime.

Just 17 seconds into overtime, Melissa McNamara sprinted down the middle and split two

defenders to score the game-winner for Mount Ida. Mount Ida outshot Framingham State 19-13 with an 11-7 advantage in shots on goal. Rams goalkeeper Haley Duggan made seven saves and Mustangs goalie Grace Ryan recorded four saves.

Framingham State falls to 2-10 on the season.

Framingham State lost to Southern Maine 4-0 on Oct. 8.

The only goal scored in the first half was the Huskies’ Kaitlin Hilton converting off a pass from Maggie Redman.

In the 38th minute it was Hilton scoring again to make it a 2-0 game. Jennifer Poulin extended the lead for the Huskies at the 54:16 mark.

The final goal of the game was scored by Leanne Reichert with Tayla Smedberg getting credit for the assist.

Every goal was assisted in the win for Southern Maine. The Huskies outshot the Rams 19-4 on the day. Duggan recorded eight saves while Elizabeth Amadei saved all four shots she faced for Southern Maine.

The Rams fall to 2-11 on the season and 1-7 in the Little East Conference.

The struggles continue for Framingham State losing to Worcester State 5-0 on Oct. 11.

Worcester State’s Kayla Quinn was a force in the game, scoring four of the five goals. She scored the first goal of the game coming at the 19:30 mark getting the ball passed the right side of Duggan.

Just two minutes later, Quinn shot the ball on net and Jessica Wilding gathered the deflection to send it home and extend the lead.

Later in the first half, Jolane Thibault sent a backwards pass to Quinn who put the ball in the back of the cage for her second goal.

In the second half it was all Quinn, completing her hat trick at the 36:01 mark to make it a 4-0 game. She then added an insurance goal in the 51st minute to give her four on the day.

Framingham State didn’t have a shot on goal until five minutes left in the game. Worcester State had a 21-3 shot advantage at the end of the contest.

Duggan recorded seven saves for the Rams and Lancers goalkeeper Kathryn Salemme did not have to make a save in the win.

The Rams move to 2-12 on the season and 1-8 in the LEC. They return to action Saturday Oct. 15 to play Western Connecticut State.

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Football uses big first quarter to hold on against Westfield

By Jose Carrasquillo Asst. Sports Editor Framingham stretched its winning streak at home to three games after a 30-28 win over the Westfield Owls.

After a coin toss and a deferral from the Owls, Framingham would begin its drive from its own 29-yard line.

The Rams couldn’t get much going on their first drive going threeand-out after only a four-yard rush from Stephen Beahn.

Following the punt, Westfield would begin its drive from its own 34.

After two rushes from Phil Cohen and Travon Holder for a collective four yards. On third-and-6, Cohen connected with Evan Garvey for 40 yards bringing them into the red zone.

After a five-yard rush from Cohen, Holder rushed for another six and a new set of downs. Following a five-yard completion to Garvey, Holder rushed for another three yards bringing up a key third down.

On third-and-2 Holder was contained for a one-yard loss bringing up fourth down.

On fourth down the Owls brought in Norman Carrol who connected on a 21-yard field-goal attempt.

Framingham began its drive from its own 34 with an incomplete pass to Napoleon Miller. Following a loss of one from Quron Wright, Adam Wojenski rushed for a gain of 13 and a new set of downs.

After a gain of three from Wright on the ground, Beahn followed up with a 12-yard gain of his own on the ground.

The Owls would commit a defensive offside penalty for a gain of five for Framingham, Wojenski wasted no time and connected with Beahn for a 34-yard touchdown to take a 7-3 lead.

On the ensuing kickoff, Westfield committed a personal foul penalty for 15 yards pinning them to its own six-yard line.

After an incompletion from Cohen, Holder rushed for two yards.

Afterwards on the play, the Owls were called for a holding penalty for four more yards.

Succeeding the penalty, Westfield State couldn’t get anything going with only a one-yard rush from Holder forcing a punt afterwards.

The Rams would keep their hot hand going with a 12-yard rush from Wright to begin their drive from the Owls’ 32. With a new set of downs,

Framingham continued its rushing attack with Beahn and Wright gaining a combined eight yards bringing up a big fourth-and-2.

On fourth-and-two, Wright rushed for a 12-yard touchdown stretching the lead to 14-3.

The following combined five drives neither side could amount to much, punting the ball away trading field positions.

Five minutes in to the second quarter, after the Rams’ Chris Dagg blocked a punt and Jaquan Harris retuned the ball 26 yards bringing the ball to the red zone for the Rams.

Framingham couldn’t make much of the good field position only gaining six yards from Wright on first and second down combined.

When facing third down from the three-yard line, Wright was unable to punch it in, losing four yards on the play forcing a field-goal attempt.

The successful field goal increased Framingham’s lead to 17-3.

Following three-and-outs from both sides, Westfield would begin its drive from its own 39-yard line.

After a two-yard rush from Ryan Wilder and an incomplete pass from Cohen, Cohen would find Wilder for a gain of nine and a new set of downs for the Owls.

On the ensuing play, Wilder would rush for a gain of four yards.

After the play Garvey would rush for a gain of three, but also drew a 15yard personal foul penalty.

Framingham almost caused a turnover with Wilder’s fumble on the next play, but he recovered it himself. Following up on the penalty, Holder gained another three yards on the ground.

After the gain of three, Cohen scrambled for no gain but a penalty against Framingham would tack on an additional four yards.

On third-and-one, Holder converted with a gain of four. After the rush from Holder, Cohen gained another seven yards on the ground but was brought back for a holding penalty against the Owls.

Holder would gain another five yards on first-and-20, on second down Cohen couldn’t complete the pass to Tyler Bevan bringing up a key third down. On third-and-15, Holder would rush for a 20-yard touchdown cutting the lead to 17-11.

From there it was a defensive battle with six straight drives ending with no score change.

Framingham would begin its next drive with a Wojenski completion to Beahn for four yards. Wright would then rush for a gain of 16 moving the

chains.

Following the rush, Wojenski completed a seven-yard completion to Miller but the next play Framingham was called for a false start penalty. Wojenski would connect with Miller for a 52-yard touchdown.

With the touchdown Framingham extended the lead to 23-11.

Westfield would try to respond quickly on its next possession. After a Wilder loss of two, Cohen found Matt Thall for a gain of 68 bringing the ball to the Rams’ one-yard line.

Wilder would punch it in from there for a touchdown trimming the lead to 23-17.

After the touchdown, Marcus Collin converted the two-point conversion cutting the lead to just one possession.

After an attempted onside kick, Framingham recovered the kick and an offside penalty was called on the Owls for an additional five yards.

With the great field position, Trevon Offley and Wright would each gain three yards to end the third quarter.

On third-and-four, Wojenski targeted Beahn for a gain of 11 yards.

Wojenski would complete another pass to Beahn for 20 more yards bringing them into the red zone.

After a two-yard rush from Beahn, he punched it in for a five-yard touchdown on the next play. The Rams extended the lead to 30-19 with 13 minutes remaining.

Westfield began its drive with a rushing onslaught from Holder for three straight plays converting the first down. Cohen would target Garvey for back-to-back plays for nine yards collectively forcing a thirdand-one.

Cohen would convert on the very next play, but after a rush for no gain from Holder, Cohen was intercepted

by Kenneth Bartolo to end the Owls momentum.

Framingham couldn’t convert the turnover into points punting the ball away after only four plays.

Beginning their own drive from the Rams’ 38, Holder would lose three yards on first down.

Following the loss of three, Holder gained seven yards and an additional two on the next play.

On fourth down, Cohen found Cam Card for seven yards and converted. After a six-yard completion from Cohen to Garvey, Holder gained another six for a first down.

Cohen would throw back-to-back incompletions forcing third-andlong. After a false start from the Owls, Cohen’s pass fell incomplete.

On fourth down, Carroll’s field-goal attempt was blocked and recovered

by Harris at the Framingham oneyard line.

Framingham was then called for an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty.

Framingham was stopped dead in its tracks when Beahn rushed for a loss of one for a safety.

Westfield was awarded two points and received the ball with the score at 30-21.

The Owls, with all the momentum, would try to complete the comeback. On first down, Cohen’s pass was completed to Garvey for only one-yard.

After a false start from the Owls, Cohen’s pass on second-and-14 fell incomplete. Holder almost converted the first down after a gain of 13 on third-and-long.

Coming out of the Framingham time-out Holder rushed for two yards and converted the fourth down. Cohen connected with Garvey for four more yards on the next play.

Cohen’s next pass fell incomplete to Devin Lekan.

On the next play, Cohen connected with Tyler Bevan for four more yards. On a key fourth down, Holder converted with another two-yard gain.

Cohen would try to spread it out but couldn’t with back-to-back incompletions. On third-and-10, Cohen’s pass fell incomplete to Bevan but drew a 15-yard pass interference penalty.

After a four-yard completion to Bevan, the Owls called timeout with a minute remaining. Cohen connected with Thall for 14 yards bringing them into the red zone. On firstand-goal, Cohen connected with Bevan for a gain of four, on second down the pass fell incomplete but Framingham was called for having 12 men on the field.

After the penalty Holder was stopped for a loss of two before Westfield called another timeout.

On third-and-goal Cohen’s pass fell incomplete, after the incompletion Holder punched it in from four yards out for a touchdown. With the extra point the Owls cut the lead to 30-28.

On the following kickoff, Framingham kneeled the ball to end the game out with a final score of 30-28.

Adam Wojenski was named MASCAC Rookie of the Week with 200 total yards for two touchdowns.

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GAME LEADERS: PASSING FSU- ADAM WOJENSKI: 8-17, 137 YDS, 2 TD WSU- PHIL COHEN: 18-39, 195 YDS, 1 INT

RUSHING FSU- QURON WRIGHT: 16 ATT, 66 YDS, TD WSU- TRAVON HOLDER: 32 ATT, 112 YDS, 2 TD

RECEIVING FSU- NAPOLEON MILLER: 3 REC, 69 YDS, TD WSU- MATT THALIL: 2 REC, 82 YDS

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Volleyball drops four of seven, remains unbeaten in MASCAC

By Mike Ferris Sports Editor On Saturday, Oct. 1, Framingham State traveled to MIT for two matches. In the first match, the Rams took on the Wheaton College Lyons.

The Rams came out sluggish, dropping the first set 25-20.

The Lyons jumped out to an early 23-18 lead in the first set, before a bad set and a Sarah Leonard kill cut the Lyons lead to 23-20.

An attack error by Mackenzie Whalen gave Wheaton a set point and a service ace wrapped things up in the first.

Framingham came out in the second set with a sense of urgency, nodding the match up at one set apiece with a convincing 25-17 set win.

With the set tied at 16, the Rams went on a 9-1 run to win the set powered by several Wheaton service and attack errors.

Sets three and four played much closer, with the Rams taking both sets by a score of 25-23 and ultimately taking the match three sets to one.

In the third, the Rams got out to a 16-10 lead, but the Lyons cut the lead to 23-22. Casie Thurber’s kill on the next rally gave the Rams set point, but an Alycia Rackliffe attack error brought Wheaton to 24-23.

Finally, Leonard’s kill secured the third set and gave the Rams a 2-1 lead.

The fourth set went back-andforth the entire way. With the set tied 22-22, Thurber’s kill and Leonard’s ace made it 24-22 and gave the Rams two match points.

Wheaton saved the first match point, but with the set at 24-23, Stephanie Martin committed a service ace securing a 3-1 win for the Rams.

Rackliffe and Julia Wan led the Rams in kills with 13 and 11, respectively.

Victoria Anderson chipped a teamhigh 14 digs.

In the second of two matches on Saturday, Framingham took on the host-team, the MIT Engineers.

The Engineers came out firing on all cylinders, holding the Rams to just 14 points.

MIT got out to an early 17-8 lead before the Rams cut the lead to 20-14, but that was as close as Framingham would get as the Engineers closed the set on a 5-0 run.

MIT totaled 17 first set kills to the Rams’ eight.

Framingham played much more competitively in the second set. The Rams jumped out to a quick 2-1 lead in the second set, but that was the last lead the Rams would hold, as the Engineers used a 10-4 run to make it 11-6 and never looked back.

The Rams scrapped back with a kill from Wan, making it 14-12 and an

MIT error making it 14-13, but MIT’s 7-2 run created some separation.

Wan and Rackliffe went on a kill streak cutting MIT’s lead to 21-19, but the deficit was too much to overcome as the Engineers closed the second set on a 4-1 run and took a 2-0 lead into the third.

MIT came out firing and won 13 of the first 15 points in the set. The 13-2 lead was too much for Framingham to overcome as it dropped the third set 25-17 and fell 3-0 to the Engineers, snapping a five-game win streak.

Rackliffe led the team in kills with 15, while Wan followed her with seven.

Megan Gebhard led all players with 17 kills for MIT. MIT moved to 15-3 with the win, while the Rams fell to 11-6.

On Tuesday, Oct. 4, Framingham looked to turn things around and get back to its winning ways at it traveled to Smith.

The Rams came out in the first set and dominated, holding Smith to a mere 10 points.

Framingham got out to an early 18-10 lead, before ending the first on a 7-0 run.

The Rams totaled 14 first set kills to just two errors, while limiting Smith to six kills and forcing six errors as well.

The second set played much more competitively than the first, with the Rams edging Smith by a score of 2522.

The set played back-and-forth until Framingham provided itself a little separation using a run to pull ahead 24-21 and setting itself up with set point.

The second set ended with the Rams winning it 25-22 and claiming a 2-0 match lead heading into what would be the final set.

The third set was dominated by Framingham, as it established control early and didn’t let go.

The Rams jumped out to an early 8-1 lead and then extended their lead even further to 19-6.

Smith went on a small run while down 19-6 to close the gap and make it 19-10, but the margin was too much for it to get any closer.

The third set concluded with the Rams winning 25-15 and winning the match three sets to none.

Rackliffe again led the Rams in kills, tallying 16. She also contributed a team-high 18 digs.

Anderson, Wan and Deirdre Fay all followed Rackliffe with eight digs apiece.

Fay and Thurber followed her with five kills each.

Rackliffe led all players with a kill percentage of 44.1. Smith’s most accurate player was Charlotte Strine at 33 percent.

Framingham improved to 12-6 with the win.

By Jen Fortin Staff Writer The Rams faced Clark University and lost in a 3-1 battle with set scores of 25-22, 25-14, 18-25 and 25-17.

Right side hitter Rackliffe totaled 16 kills and middle hitter Thurber had seven. The Rams totaled 171 kills in four sets, compared to the Cougars total of 176 kills.

Whalen contributed 31 assists and seven service aces with only one service error.

Rackliffe also led the team with 22 digs and Fay had 16. Wan totaled three blocks while Thurber also had two.

For the Clark Cougars, junior outside hitter Marina Ramos led with 17 kills. Setter Rachel Webb had 33 assists. Ramos, Webb and Courtney Pharr each totaled two service aces each.

Ramos again led with 33 digs while libero Mia Cattaneo secured 27. Ramos also had three blocks against the Rams.

After winning the third set, the Rams showed some promise in the fourth after a series of serves from Wan and alternating kills from Thurber and Leonard. FSU was leading at that point, 10-7. The Cougars regained the lead from Savannah Sanford’s nine-point serving series, despite Framingham’s mid-series timeout. Clark won the match against FSU with a kill from right side hitter Ana Mercado.

Clark moves to 13-7 after the win against Framingham.

The Rams faced a tough 3-0 loss against Roger Williams in Saturday’s game. The 13-5 Hawks won the first three sets at 25-19, 25-20 and 27-25.

For Framingham, Wan and Rackliffe tied at nine kills each. Leonard had seven. Rackliffe also accumulated three service aces and 16 digs. Additionally, Wan completed three blocks.

Whalen chipped in 28 assists.

For Roger Williams, freshman Maddie Neuberger led with 11 kills and four blocks. Freshman setter Julia Fields completed 20 assists while Emiley Melillo had 13. Maria Batas had three service aces.

In the first set, FSU showed some potential after scoring four points off of Rackliffe serves, just falling one point short from Roger Williams’ 17.

The Hawks won the set from FSU errors.

In set two, both team battled backand-forth until RWU pulled ahead after a few service aces from Batas and Framingham attack errors.

The Rams led early on in the third set 4-1 before Roger Williams eventually pulled ahead at 15-11. FSU came back and tied the set at 19.

With the Hawks creeping closer to winning the set, the Rams tied it at 23 and then got a 24th point from a ball

handling error from RWU. Katie Thieret’s kills enabled the Hawks to gain the lead until Leonard’s kill tied the game at 25. RWU gained another point from an FSU error and sealed the win with a kill by Grace Kenningham.

In the second game that day, FSU faced Gordon in another difficult 3-0 loss. The Rams struggled with final set scores of 25-21, 25-14 and 25-13.

Rackliffe had nine kills with nine errors and a season high six blocks.

Whalen and Meehan collectively totaled 17 assists.

Leonard led with 13 digs. Alexandra Fish had the only service ace for the Rams in the game.

Gordon’s Jamie Tayfoya had 12 kills with no errors and Karleigh Peterson matched her 10 kills with 10 errors. Setter Renee Cooprider totaled 27 assists.

The Scots totaled six service aces with only one receiving error. Peterson also had five blocks and 6-foot-0 Megan Hokanson had four.

In the third set, Gordon led 19-13.

The Rams fell to a service error, which enabled the Scots to get the ball back and score the remaining six points from FSU attack errors and a kill by Petersen.

Gordon moves to 11-8 on the year and the Rams come back from the weekend at 12-9.

The only win for the week was against conference rivals MCLA. From this, the Rams lead the conference at a 4-0 record. The game was an easy 3-0 win against the Trailblazers with set scores of 25-15, 25-17 and 25-15.

Rackliffe totaled 16 kills and Whalen had 34 assists on the night. Whalen and Thurber both contributed two blocks each.

Leonard and Fay tied at 12 digs and Leonard also had three service aces.

For MCLA, senior Allison Clark led the team with eight kills. Setter Beatrice Lechler had 13 assists. Michelle Laga totaled 14 digs.

Outside hitters, Rebecca Godbout had three service aces and Sam Anderson had three blocks.

In the first set, Framingham gained an early lead from Anderson’s four and Rackliffe’s seven service points.

The Rams continued the trend to win the set.

The third set proved to supply another early lead for the Rams with a score of 7-2 from Leonard’s two service aces. MCLA showed slow point progression for the entire set.

FSU gained the final few points from kills by Rackliffe and Fay and opponent attack errors.

The Rams continue with a 13-9 record while MCLA falls to 10-13 and 1-2 in the conference.

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