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By Megan Muise Staff Writer
Renovations to turn O’Connor Hall into a faculty and classroom facility will take place during the summer of 2016. O’Connor’s repositioning is due to the construction of West Hall, which will be opening in the fall of 2016 and replacing O’Connor as a residence hall. The renovations will result in 45 offices, six classrooms, nine meeting rooms, and 10 seminar rooms. The total cost of all renovations will be $8,316,000. Confirmation of the renovation came shortly after the plans to build a new residence hall were officially authorized during the 2013-14 academic year. Framingham State University collaborated with the Division of Capital Asset Management and the Massachusetts State Building Authority to create a master plan for the University’s campus. Glenn Cochran, associate dean of students and director of residence life, said, “Conceptually, there is a goal to create master plans that keep academics in core parts of the institution physically so that auxiliary things like parking and residence halls ring the center of the academic activity. “It wouldn’t make sense to put a parking lot where O’Connor is since it’s a prime location for there to be core academic activity there instead,” Cochran added. He said that almost all of the furniture from O’Connor Hall will be reused in the new residence building. “To throw out furniture with a 20-year lifespan that students are paying for that has been used less than 10 years is not OK with me. That’s a waste.” Administrators have yet to make a decision about which
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Bernard Ampofo plays in the Game Room’s Ping Pong Tournament.
West Hall on budget and on schedule By Amelia Foley Editorial Staff
The new residence hall, West Hall, is scheduled to be completed and open for occupancy by fall 2016. Administration expect the cost will not exceed the $44 million budget. Executive Vice President Dale Hamel said the West Hall dorm is being paid for by the rent of resident students and that it “is all revenue bond financing, so just like all the residence halls, the residence halls basically
have to stand on their own. The revenue that we take in through rent is needed to cover both operations and department service.” He added this is possible because the University has consistently maintained a 100 percent occupancy over the past few years. Hamel said, “The building authority is pretty good about their projects in terms of a lot of upfront planning, studying and design, so when we get into actual construction their projects are typically on budget and on time.” He added, “It has been a very good construction season be-
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Inside Inspect the Tech: iPhone 6s Review 10
MLB got Utley decision wrong 12
Cancino speaks on “Trans Queer Liberation Movement” By Melina Bourdeau Associate Editor
Imagine waiting in a cell, in solitary confinement at a detention center. You have not seen the sun or talked to anyone for days. What would be the first thing that you would do when you were free? Julian Cancino, a transgender immigrant and one of the founding members of Familia: Trans Queer Liberation Movement, provided one person’s answer when he visited the Center for Inclusive Excellence on Wednesday Oct. 14. Paolo Palomar’s choice, as -See NEW DORM page 4 Cancino described it in his talk, was to protest the system which imprisoned him. Cancino presented a photograph of Paolo with his fist in the air, wrapped from his shoulders to his torso in chains. “There are four chains like the four corners and holding the four chains, there are drag queens,” said Cancino. “High heels and full attire and wigs at the corners. What were you expecting? We’re a queer transgender movement - of course we’re going to do that! The gay Brad Leuchte/The Gatepost
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Editorial Board 2015-2016 Editor-In-Chief Michael B. Murphy
Associate Editors Melina Bourdeau Sara Silvestro
Interim Associate Editor Alexandra Gomes
News Editors Jennifer Johnson Julia Sarcinelli Mark Wadland
Arts & Features Editors Scott Calzolaio Kristen Pinto
Asst. Arts & Features Editor Cesareo Contreras
Sports Editor Mike Ferris
Asst. Sports Editor Matt Ferris Amelia Foley
Opinions Editor Phil McMullin
Photos Editor Brad Leuchte
Asst. Photos Editors Allie Card Darian O’Donnell
Interim Asst. Photos Editor Josiah Bedrosian
Design Editor Brittany Cormier
Interim Asst. Design Editor Shayna Yacyshyn
Copy Editor Bobby Murphy
Staff Photographers Erin Fitzmaurice Allie Gath Amanda Martin
Staff Writers Dan Flahive Jen Fortin Sarah Griffith Maria Hornbaker Tessa Jillson Colton Madore Arianna Miller Bailey Morrison Megan Muise Albert Rivera
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Gatepost Inter view Deputy Chief of Police John Santoro By Julia Sarcinelli News Editor
What is your work experience and educational background? This upcoming Saturday will mark my fourth-year anniversary here at the University. So I’ve been here as a Deputy Chief since then. Prior to coming here, I served as a police officer in Methuen, Massachusetts for over 20 years. While there, I worked in various roles. … I served as the Emergency Management Director assigned to city hall, and prior to that, I was in detectives. Prior to that, I was in patrol, and then prior to 20 years ago at Methuen, I was a police officer at other places as well. I currently hold a master’s degree from Western New England University. … It’s a master’s in criminal justice administration. … My bachelor’s degree I got from Hesser College, which is now Mount Washington University. I received a bachelor’s there, and two associate degrees, and I got an associate degree at Johnson and Wales College. … So I have three associates, a bachelor’s and a master’s. What is your job description and responsibilities? I’m second in command of this police department. …On a day-today basis, I oversee operations … or when the chief is out sick, I take command of the police department, or when he’s away, but dayto-day, I oversee operations which is … the daily functions of a police department, like the patrol. I oversee training. I oversee the medical side of the department because I’m also a licensed EMT … so I oversee emergency management of the department, and for the most part, the University as well, which is huge. Recruiting, hiring, retention, training, a whole bunch. Can you describe your recent Trilogy Award from the FBI LEEDA program?
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What did you do during the LEEDA program? … I did executive first, then I did command and then I did supervisor training. So there are approximately three-and-a-half to fourand-a-half days, so it adds up to about 100 hours all together. … I’m the first one here at the department to complete any of the training and I’m the first one to complete all of the trainings and part of me going there was not only to learn this leadership mentality and management styles they show us there, but it was also to examine it and check it out for sending some of our future members of our department … in order to take those and apply them in a way to do my job on a regular basis. … It’s just really to substantiate and solidify what you do and give you those tidbits and direction and guidance for things in the future.
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What is something students might be surprised to know about you? Something surprising a lot of people don’t know about me is I grew up in the restaurant industry and I’m a trained professional chef. I’ve owned restaurants, and my family currently owns a restaurant now. … And most recently, probably within the past almost five years, I’ve taken up acting and I’ve appeared in several films. Most recently, we just wrapped on “Ghostbusters.” I have a small role, as a police officer nonetheless, in the finale and a couple other scenes. … It’s one of my passions, especially now that my twins are off at school. This is my true passion, here, but I guess one of my alter-egos is acting. What advice would you give to students? I think education is very important and never should be underestimated or underrated. … Who knows when it may come up for you, and in the end, it keeps your mind active and sharp, so I think going to school is all worth it. Whether you go to a community college or an Ivy League school, whether you go fulltime or part-time, whether it takes you four years to complete your degree or 40, education is very important. … For living on a college campus, be safe and do the right thing and don’t give in to peer pressure.
Police Logs Saturday Oct. 10
12:45 - Union Parking Lot - Trespass tow. 1:50 - Towers Hall - Alarm (Trouble). Area secured. 15:08 - Church St. Parking Lot - Suspicious activity. Checks OK.
Sunday Oct. 11
8:35 - Towers Hall - Medical. Transported to hospital. 10:44 - Athletic Field -Disturbance. Advised.
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then my actual plaque is awarded in Memphis in April. I don’t know if I’ll be attending because school will still be in session, but if I don’t attend, they will ship it up here to me. … FBI has several levels of training. The highest level of training they have for non-FBI agents … is the national academy, which is a very selective process, and it’s an eightmonth program, but I didn’t go to that level. The next level down is called LEEDS, and then the next level is LEEDA. So basically, what they do is they take the best of the national academy and they take it on the road, because for the national academy, you have to go to their headquarters and you live there Monday through Friday for eight to 10 weeks. ... LEEDA takes the actual classes into local communities, so it’s easier for the police officers, executives and leaders to get there. … So they focused it down on the key, key things, which are the three levels of the supervisor institute, the command level institute and the executive level institute.
For my award, I have a lapel pin, a pin to wear on my uniform, and
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12:28 - Linsley Hall - Stolen property. Report taken. 16:32 - McCarthy Center - Alarm (Trouble). Checks OK. 18:03 - Towers Hall - Arrest. 1 arrested.
Tuesday Oct. 13
9:15 - Maple Commuter Parking Lot RMV Violation. Citation issued. 10:33 - Maynard Rd. Parking Lot - MVA. Information exchanged.
Wednesday Oct. 14
12:28 - Salem End Rd. - MVA. Turned over to FPD. 14:04 - 100 State St. - Stolen property. Report taken.
Thursday Oct. 15
11:36 - Framingham State Police Department Stolen property. Report taken.
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SGA to sponsor Kindness Celebration Carnival in November By Alexandra Gomes Interim Associate Editor
The Student Government Association approved seven funding requests, including the Gaming Club’s fifth annual Last Night on Earth party and SGA’s Kindness Celebration Carnival, totaling $8,663.40. Members also moved to repurpose $3,000 from the Week of Kindness speaker account to the Kindness Celebration Carnival account. SGA requested $2,235 for its Kindness Celebration Carnival on Friday, Nov. 13. Social Events Coordinator Jack Capello said the money would go toward novelties for the carnival, such as carnival games, a photo booth and furry friends. SGA approved the request. The Gaming Club requested $1,794.15 for its Last Night on Earth party. Vice President Matthew Baran said the party is “a celebration of our club, and we invite people from all across the campus to come in and enjoy food and games and other activities with us.” Shirts for the event will cost $1,169.86, decorations will cost $312.29 and Sodexo catering will cost $302. The party will be held Friday, Nov. 13 in Club Room IV. SGA approved the request for $1,494.15. SGA approved two funding requests from the Chemistry Club totaling $2,115 for its trip to see the play ‘Copenhagen’ in Cambridge and its Museum of Science trip. Treasurer Douglas Perkins said the play is about a conversation between Niels Bohr and Werner Heisenberg in Copenhagen during World War II. The play is on Sunday, Nov. 15. Twenty tickets for the play cost $400, and transportation cost $373.75. Tickets will be on sale in the Game Room, on a first-come, first-serve basis. Students will initially pay $5, but will get the money back on the bus. SGA approved the request for $473.75, and not the full $773.75 originally requested because the club already had $300 in its funds. The Museum of Science trip will be on Friday, Dec. 4. Perkins said the trip has been “pretty successful” in the past. “This time, they’ve got Pixar’s film-making process as one of the new events you can go to there, so it should reel in even more people who aren’t really interested in science.” SGA funded 50 tickets at a cost of $1,262.50, which will be on sale in the Game Room. These tickets are also refundable, and students will get the money back on the bus. Transportation cost $373.75.
SGA approved the request for $1,641.25. SGA approved the Equestrian Club’s travel and conference request for $474.20 for the Equine Affaire in West Springfield. The Affaire will take place on Saturday, Nov. 14. Club President Rachel Holland said the Affaire is “a large horse expo. There are live horses there, demonstrations, exhibits, boots and professionals. … There’s something for the new people who aren’t really familiar with horses and there’s stuff for people who are really into it, like me, who have been doing it for a long time.” SGA approved the History Club’s request for $455 to fund a bus ride for their Walk the Freedom Trail event on Saturday, Nov. 14. Club President Andrew Mades said the trip will consist of walking the Freedom Trail from the new State House to the Old North Church, lunch at the Quincy Market and admission into the Old State House. Students can sign up for the event in the Game Room. The Craft Club’s request for $96 for their Cozy Kittens event was approved by SGA. Jack Capello, club treasurer, said the event is for the Week of
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Kindess, during which participants will be making blankets for cats and dogs for a local shelter. The event will be held on Monday, Nov. 9, and is open to the public. SGA reviewed Her Campus Framingham’s constitution, and accepted it as seen for the first time. Her Campus Framingham is an “organization to provide an online hub for Framingham State students by providing content that is a source of entertainment and which highlights campus news, events, students, faculty, alumni, campus photos, fashion and lifestyle,” according to the club’s constitution. The club belongs to a larger organization called “Her Campus,” and will serve as the Framingham chapter. According to Hercampus.com, the site “features national Style, Beauty, Health, Love, Life, Career, LGBTQ+, High School, and Real World content supplemented by local content from 290+ campus chapters nationwide and in seven countries.” In other news: • SGA will be participating in the Giving Tree event. • The October 20 meeting will take place in North Hall Commons. • Footbridge construction is on hold, but MassDOT has fixed the dimmed lights on the opposite side of the bridge. • The Week of Kindness will take place Nov. 9-13. • The “You Rock” award was given to Kyle Rosa.
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President Dan Costello and Parlimentarian Tim Liuzzo join SGA in reviewing the Her Campus Framingham constitution.
Free legal counseling now offered to students By Jennifer Johnson News Editor
Melinda Stoops, associate vice president of student affairs and dean of students, announced Photo courtesy of Rodriguezstern.com in an email on Oct. 5 that there is now free legal counseling available to students. Craig C. Stern, an alumnus and former hockey player who graduated in 2007, will provide free legal advising to students. He is currently a founding partner in a law firm in Framingham, which will allow him to be available on campus once a month. Stern was recently chosen to be on the FSU Alumni Association Board of Directors. According to Stern, this past August, he was informed that there were multiple students, including student-athletes, who were homeless during winter and summer breaks. “As a former FSU hockey player, this resonated with me, and as an attorney, I knew that many of the issues these students faced were not simply monetary in nature, and most of them probably needed some degree of legal counsel as well.” The Alumni Association Emergency Grant Fund is a resource that is available to students who are suffering economically and in need of assistance. However, Stern recognized that there may be issues students are having that are not necessarily related strictly to money. In regards to how much attention the program has received thus far, Stern said he was “shocked by the number of students who signed up in such a short period of time.” Stern added Rita Colucci, university chief of staff and general counsel, as well as Stoops have been vital in “getting this program off the ground.” Stern said that, generally speaking, universities with law schools offer free legal clinics to students, and “most are overseen by practicing attorneys, but the law students are usually the ones giving the advice.” He noted that he hasn’t heard of any free legal counseling -See LEGAL COUNSELING page 5
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cause of the weather …There haven’t been any issues with delays.” The campus will gain 75 beds with the completion of West Hall, which will have 316 beds. West Hall will be replacing O’Connor Hall, which has 241 beds, and is scheduled to be turned into offices and classrooms by fall 2016, according to Hamel. Freshman Kelechi Obika is a current O’Connor resident but said he isn’t upset it’ll be gone next year. “I like it, but I wouldn’t live in it two years in a row.” Hamel said that even with the new beds available, the common rooms in Towers will still be used as temporary housing for students. The new dorm will not have air conditioning because “it’s a lot of money that directly goes toward student rent,” said Hamel. “On average, we get about seven days a year that are above 80 degrees while we are in session.” Hamel said there won’t be any additional food outlets in the dorm because “that’s an additional cost that would be reflected in rent.” Residency will be offered to all students, including incoming freshmen. Hamel said the choice for more expensive rooms was “driven by demand. “What we’re seeing from focus groups we went out and did with students is there was an interest in this type of smaller shared restrooms at a slightly higher cost than the floor-bathroom configuration,” said Hamel. Freshman Katie Kelly said, “I would much prefer the conjoined bathrooms. I was going to pay to live
in North, but having that other option would be great.” Glenn Cochran, associate dean of students and director of residence life and student conduct, said West Hall has “an awesome design.” The main entry level will be the second floor, said Cochran, and will have mailboxes, a security desk, a kitchen area and a “living room with a fireplace and a lot of comfortable seating areas.” The majority of the rooms in West Hall will be conjoined doubles, which will share a common bathroom, along with a few singles and “different configurations of doubles,” said Hamel. The rooms will cost the same as conjoined doubles in North Hall, which cost $4,140, according to Framingham.edu. The singles will cost about $375 more a year than a standard double, said Hamel. There will be no suites like the ones in Linsley or North halls. Cochran said the conjoined rooms have “a privacy benefit,” and are “double secured.” Every pair of rooms will have a private conjoined bathroom. “You have a buffer from the everyday footsteps. People talking softly, and other things you hear from the hall, will be lessened by having the buffer zone,” said Cochran. Freshman Ricardo Damas said, “I’m excited to see what it’ll look like inside.” Common rooms will replicate the ones in North Hall, said Hamel. “We were fortunate enough to have North Hall in existence for a few years to figure out what worked nicely and things that we would have done differently, and I think the lounges at those knuckle areas work out well.”
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The top floor of West Hall “will be a big lounge with lots of glass looking out toward the hills past Route 9, which is going to be an awesome space, and can be used as a movie theater room.” - Executive Vice President Dale Hamel
The ground level will be equipped with “a nice big game room area, laundry, and also a program space,” said Cochran. The program room will be similar to the alumni room, and will have stacked seating so it can be set up theater style, or moved around for floor activities to be held. The top floor, said Cochran, “will be a big lounge with lots of glass looking out toward the hills past Route 9, which is going to be an awesome space, and can be used as a movie theater room.” Sophomore Kara Abate said, “It’ll be nice to have a new dorm on campus.” Sophomore Margaret Nee said, “I don’t want to live there because it’s on that giant hill. I always walk down there and I hate walking back up.” Hamel said, “We’re on a hill which makes making this place accessible pretty difficult.” The architects planned out stairs that go underneath the building to get to the Maynard parking lot. The stairs will provide access two stories up from the parking lot. There will also be an external elevator for students to use. At the top of the stairs, there will be “a number of walkways that meet ADA requirements that then will get students up to the Ecumenical Center,” said Hamel. Junior Kaitlyn Gordon said, “I think it’s clutch if you’re parked in
the new Salem End lot.” The new dorm also reduced parking in the Maynard lot, but Hamel said the addition of the Salem End Road lot “more than made up for the lost spaces that were taken by the footprint of the new dorm.” West Hall is positioned in front of the Helen Heineman Ecumenical Center, which was built in 1871. Hamel said, “The shape of the dorm, in many ways, took into account the Ecumenical Center to be able to retain its views. There was a lot of discussion in terms of how this building was configured.” Junior Andy Dabney said, “It doesn’t bother me, frankly,” referring to the placement of the new dorm. Warren Fairbanks, associate vice president of facilities and capital planning, said the Ecumenical Center is protected by the National Historic Registry. Cochran said, “There were big areas where they did soil nailing. They put big pieces of steel bars that push down to create a grid that helps hold all the earth in place to prevent washing out and things like that.” Senior Colleen Schroth said, “I think the placement of the new dorm makes sense. They utilized the space they had in a smart way.” Junior Samantha Crosby said, “I think it’s good to have a new dorm and to see the campus growing.”
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Construction of the new dorm, West Hall, will be completed by Fall 2016.
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available at schools without law programs, similar to the one that FSU is now offering, but that does not mean they don’t exist. “I want students to know that they don’t need to hide or sugarcoat anything during our meeting. Any communication we have is completely confidential,” said Stern. According to Stern, common issues among students are landlord/tenant, workers’ compensation and civil/criminal issues. However, “nothing is off the table.” Stern said, “I don’t treat students any differently than I would a client in private practice. I take pride in my professionalism and ability to develop successful client relationships, which are built on honesty and mutual respect. From there, I am confident that I am a positive influence on students.” According to Stern, students who plan on meeting with him should bring any paperwork that they believe may be helpful. “For example, if a student is having a problem with their landlord, I want them to bring in the lease agreement and all communications, such as voicemails, text messages, emails and letters they’ve had with this landlord.” Stern noted that there are other affordable resources available to students depending on the issue a student is facing. According to Stern, there are lists of attorneys who take cases at a reduced rate at most bar associations, such as the Massachusetts Bar Association and the Boston Bar Association. Stern has assisted both students and alumni of FSU in recent years and said, “It is always very rewarding to help out fellow Rams.” Senior Jenny Frazier said, “‘Free is for me’ is the overall thought process of most college students. I feel like many students will take advantage of this free service.” Senior Philomena Nessralla said, “I actually think that’s pretty cool that it’s being offered to college students because, personally, I would have no idea what to do if I was to be in a situation where I needed to go to court for any legal matter, and it’s comforting to know that someone is there to guide us in the right direction.”
departments will be moving into O’Connor once the renovation is completed. Their main goal is to expand in order to accommodate more students, according to Cochran. “You want to be easily accessible as public higher education. … Getting that available to more people is definitely part of our mission,” said Cochran. The renovated O’Connor Hall will feature seminar and meeting rooms as well as small classrooms located on the upper floors of the building. David Case, resident director of O’Connor Hall, said, “Talk of turning O’Connor into an academic building has been going on since 2008 when I was a student here, but there wasn’t any real confirmation of it happening until the 2014 spring semester.” Case said the renovation of O’Connor is “bittersweet.” He added that he can’t imagine that the O’Connor atmosphere could be replicated on campus due to its small size and personable residents. “In O’Connor, there is not only a large variety of students, but you’re really able to get to know who’s living with you. There’s a real sense of community and home here,” Case said. Many students living on campus also find the repositioning to be disheartening, especially those currently living in the residence hall. “It’s honestly pretty sad,” said junior Jesse Lawlor. “O’Connor is a great place to live, and I’ve made so many friends here.” Junior Jennifer Holden, who has been an O’Connor resident for two years, believes that the
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Construction work for a new elevator has already begun in O’Connor Hall. renovation doesn’t make much sense in terms of current student needs. “Instead of making a whole new residence hall at the bottom of a hill, they should’ve made a parking garage. … It would have been way more beneficial [to students] than another residence hall.” Senior Danielle Macioci said, “I lived in O’Connor my sophomore year. The room was much bigger [than those in] a lot of the other buildings on campus and the atmosphere was great. The new building is going to be mostly suites, and students are going to have to pay extra. That’s not fair to those who don’t have any other choice as to where they want to live.”
Commuter student Nicole Wexler, a junior, thinks the idea of expansion is good for the University. She believes that the University’s attempt to make FSU a better place to live in turn makes it a more viable option for future incoming freshmen. “I think that it’s great that Framingham is trying to expand with all the new academic and housing buildings. … It shows us that Framingham is really trying to get new students and create more to offer for all of us already here. That’s what makes FSU such a great school to go to.”
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O’Connor Hall will become faculty offices and classrooms in Fall 2016.
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Welcome to the space cram The administration has dedicated an enormous amount of money and space to increase the amount of academic classrooms and faculty offices on campus. These additions were a necessity for our growing community; however, student clubs and organizations continue to be overlooked. The administrations’ neglect of clubs and organizations is not a recent issue. In 2006, when the McCarthy Center was renovated, about 550 square feet of club space was lost. Both students and faculty signed petitions asking for the administration to review the blueprint of the McCarthy Center renovations to make more space for student groups and organizations. These petitions were published in the May 12, 2006, issue of The Gatepost. Student space has decreased with the growing student population. As more clubs form and more students join, it has become apparent that there are not enough clubrooms available for student use. There are 53 CollegiateLink-registered clubs and organizations on campus. This does not include the clubs that are trying to be established. Student clubs such as the Pride Alliance and Vagina Monologues share the same space at adjacent times, forcing one club to cut its meeting short in order to allow the other access to the space. With the new construction of several classrooms and office space for faculty in O’Connor Hall, there should be more room for clubs available on campus, particularly in the McCarthy Center. There are three classrooms on the fourth floor of the McCarthy Center that could be dedicated to club use. Conveniently, these rooms are located on the same floor as two clubrooms, the offices of SGA, SUAB, The Gatepost and the WDJM radio station. Club Room III, which is located on the fifth floor of the McCarthy Center, is an embarrassment. The room – adorned with garishly mismatched furniture including multicolored tables and chairs, a piano and couches from the student lounge - could be put to better use. We at The Gatepost have ourselves had issues with club space, particularly when it comes to our Thursday night copy-editing sessions. Rooms that The Gatepost has rented out specifically for Thursday nights are often filled with other clubs and students trying to find space to meet. While it is wonderful that classroom and faculty spaces are gaining 45 offices, six classrooms, nine meeting rooms and 10 seminar rooms because of the renovations to O’Connor Hall, co-curricular organizations are still being neglected. We at The Gatepost hope when Fall 2016 rolls around, and new classrooms are available for use in O’Connor Hall, that the administration will make the wise decision to convert the three classrooms on the fourth floor of McCarthy to clubrooms for the benefit of organizations in need. Student involvement is vital to not only students’ success, but to the community’s as a whole. We hope the FSU administration will choose to invest in that success.
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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OCTOBER 16, 2015
Free legal counseling levels the playing field The decision to establish free legal counseling for students on campus provides a service to those who may not be able to afford expensive legal advice when they need it. The service simply makes sense, and I commend the administration for making this a reality. When college students find themselves in need of legal advice, they might not be able to afford it as easily as those who are financially stable. In these cases, the students may feel desperate and hopeless. Hopefully, lawyer and FSU alumnus Craig C. Stern’s free service to students acts as a lifeboat for those contending with the legal system, and students are essentially given a chance to receive help - a chance they would otherwise not have. FSU students are fortunate to have this service at their disposal. It’s something not offered at many colleges. I believe it has the potential to enable students to defend themselves, something they perhaps could not do if they were forced to pay legal fees they could not afford. The service could also potentially keep
students out of jail, which would give them the opportunity to complete their education, earn a degree and enter the workforce with a chance to shine. The program has already attracted more students than expected in a short amount of time, according to an article in the Oct. 16 edition of The Gatepost. I believe this hints that the program’s success won’t just be short-term. Besides saving students a little (or a lot) of money, it gives them a lot of power, in a sense, because they can utilize a service that isn’t generally made available to them. For students trying to defend themselves, having this opportunity to consult with a legal professional - one who is not only established in his field, but is also an alumnus of FSU - can empower them and is something for whichstudents should be grateful.
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Have an opinion about something happening on campus? Send it in 500 words or less to gatepostopinions@gmail.com. Anyone can submit. We look forward to hearing from you!
Tuesday, October 20th MC Forum 6:00-7:30 PM Meet with employers in the human services & non-profit fields! A great way to find a spring internship or full time job! Graduate & undergraduate students encouraged to attend! Refreshments will be served! Advocates Inc. Jewish Family Service American Diabetes Assoc. of Metrowest Ashland Police Department Justice Resource Institute Barton Associates Walden St. School Beacon ABA Services Key Program, Inc. Big Brothers Big Sisters RCS Learning Center Robert F. Kennedy Children’s Community Harvest Project Action Corps. Department of Children and Spectrum Health Families The Endinburg Center Eliot Community Human The Protestant Guild for Services Human Services Framingham Police Department United Way of Tri-County Habitat for Humanity Wayside Youth & Family Metrowest/Greater Worcester Support Network HMEA Inc. Youth Opportunities Horizons for Homeless Children Upheld Sponsored by Career Services & Employer Relations careerservices@framingham.edu
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Mazmanian Gallery showcases student ceramic work
“...sculptural form that might have moments where things are recognizable or familiar but... give the viewer a sense of disorientation.” - Art professor and ceramic artist Keri Straka Brad Leuchte/The Gatepost
By Scott Calzolaio Arts & Features Editor
The Mazmanian Art Gallery’s October show is now up and displaying work from the University’s department of studio art. This month’s exhibit features student ceramic work from both Ceramics and Wheelworking classes. The pieces on display from Ceramics are abstract pod sculptures, and are displayed mostly toward the front of the gallery. The pieces on display from Wheelworking convey the theme of metamorphosis and progress through sets of coffee mugs, bowls and other sculptures. For the pod sculpture assignment, students were asked to take influences from different botanical forms, specifically seed pods, said Keri Straka, art professor and ceramic artist. “They are bringing in all of this visual information and synthesizing it,” she said. “The output of that is this sculptural form that might have moments where things are recognizable or familiar but generally it’s to kind of give the viewer a sense of disorientation.” The sets on display from Wheelworking are meant to show some sort of change from piece to piece. “For example, take the idea of a cup and change or eliminate the function from it,” said Straka. “Or just let the viewer decide from looking at it if there is some sort of story.” Allison Jané, a graduate student, has her work on display from both of these classes. Her bright purple pod sculpture is the first thing that anyone sees upon entering the gallery. This is not only because of its position in front of the door, but also because of how the color stands out against the whiteness of the pedestal it is on. Milkweed, paper bag bush and painted trumpet vine were in mind when creating the repeating, yet individually unique shapes on the sculpture, said Jané. “I like repetitive things. Even in my drawings I like small, repetitive patterns. I mean, I hate it af-
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ter a certain amount of time, but it’s something I’m always inclined to do.” Jané’s Wheelworking piece on display is a set of cups. Each cup shows a wave of bumps as it moves upward into spikes, a design she says has been compared to the aesthetic of a Venus flytrap. “The concept is that these little entities are crawling up,” she said. “It sort of becomes more sinister as they become more conical and spikey.” Also exhibited in the gallery this month are graduate student Erin Feeney’s set of tea bowls called “Sand Band.” The tea bowls contain actual Cape Cod beach sand in an indented ring around each cup. To play off the beach theme, each piece in the set is painted with the colors of the shoreline. “I wanted to create some sort of meaning for this set. My family has a house on the Cape and I took some sand from there.”
The set was crafted to keep with the Japanese Wabi-sabi style, an art form and worldview that focuses on the beauty of life’s imperfections, a style Feeney finds difficult. One set of cups on display that are all completely usable is senior Danielle Rieder’s coffee mugs. The set of four starts with a regular sized mug, and increases from there to the size of a cappuccino cup. Inside of each mug, on the bottom, Rieder etched expressive and intricate faces using the ceramics method sgraffito - the Italian word for scratch. As the mugs get bigger, the faces get more and more awake and excited. The first two mugs in the set are painted black, and the faces look dreary. The third mug is a dark blue, and the last mug is a light blue, and the faces are seemingly laughing at the viewer. The mural that takes up the entirety of the back wall actually starts on the wall to the left, and seems to follow the journey of a ceramic plate as it bounces around the massive heart made of handprints in the center of the room. “One of my greåatest influences is definitely love,” said Griselda Duran, senior and creator of the piece. “It’s all about creating love. I feel like today, no one knows how to love, and that we have to remind ourselves to love.” The piece is done directly on the wall in a graffiti style, a form she says she is very familiar with, but a 3D element is added to her piece in the form of ceramic plates hung around the mural. Playing with the graffiti and attempting to incorporate the culture surrounding the art form, Duran decided to claim a definite “fin” to her piece as the word is written on a piece of paper on a pile of garbage can lids, empty spray paint cans and pieces of a broken plate. It is inevitable that Duran’s mural will be painted over, but the temporary nature of the piece is what makes it beautiful to her. “It becomes a moment that me and whatever person saw it shared together,” she said.
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- continued from page 1 flags, the trans flags all over the place. We call these glitter parties. This is to call attention to the inhumane treatment of immigrants.” Despite his humor, Cancino described the risks that people take when protesting, such as losing asylum status or getting deported. “It is putting our bodies on the line,” Cancino said. “This is a violent interaction.” In his talk, Cancino broke down the Familia: Trans Queer Liberation Movement word by word, defining the term and its significance in relation to its goals. The movement is “committed to the collective liberation of every transgender and queer Latinx in the U.S. and beyond. We are here to help envision a new world founded on the principles of self-realization and self-determination,” according to Cancino. An immigrant from Chiapas, Mexico, Cancino described the influence that his homeland had on his core beliefs, which impacted the construction of the movement. “It’s an autonomous, indigenous community,” he said. “So for half of my life I lived in this dream world, if you will, and then I came into capitalism… I came into all these other systems. ... The phrase that we use in Chiapas is, ‘Another world is possible.’ ... I really believe another world is possible because for half of my life, I lived it.” One of the differences between other movements and Familia is that it is not “reactionary.” Cancino explained that Familia aims to proceed with the instructions, “‘come back to yourself, figure out what it is that you want and let us do that.’ Not in reaction to others, but in reaction to your core self. Then, not just about one person, but about everybody.”
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Cancino speaks about the intersectionality of gender and immigration in the Center for Inclusive Excellence on Wednesday. He gave the example of the movement’s use of the words “familia” and “trans.” Familia refers not only to the reclaiming of Latinx heritage through the Spanish word rather than English, but also their stance on immigration. It didn’t matter who the person was, as Cancino explained - everyone was at risk of being put in a detainment center. The trans part of the movement refers to transgender people, non-gender conforming, agender, and non-binary. Gender justice is as important to the movement as justice for immigrants.
Both of these elements are especially important to Cancino. He walked to America, crossing over the border and, as a transgender man, he had a second “crossing from one gender to another.” When describing Zoraida Reyes, one of the co-founders of the movement, who was strangled to death because she was transgender, Cancino said, “She was doing immigrant rights work. For us, it’s an intersectionality. A lot of us don’t think about it - we just do it because that’s who we are. The people who are doing the work need also to be lifted.”
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The Gatepost Mixtape: Music you need to hear
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On•The•Spot INTERVIEWS By Michael B. Murphy Editor-In-Chief
For something off the beaten track, there’s “Kokukou,” an intense split 12” release from Japanese metal acts Heaven in Her Arms and Cohol. The first half of the split 12” features the music of Heaven in Her Arms. Sounding like the violently depressed lovechild of the music groups Deafheaven and Converge, Heaven in Her Arms’ first track, “Kuroi Senko,” is a beautifully restrained postrock instrumental that segues into the ambient “Mayu.” Having just spent two-thirds of their split 12” creating lush, quiet sounds, Heaven in Her Arms delivers a devastating sucker punch with “Shuen No Mabushisa” - an aggressively propulsive track that dizzies you with faster-than-the-hiccups fret tapping and bludgeons you with unreal speed
drumming. With “Shuen No Mabushisa,” Heaven in Her Arms manages to showcase every aspect of their sound all at once: larynx-lacerating vocals, moments of tenderness and beauty that flit around the jagged edges of violent guitar riffs and post-rock theatrics. On the other side of the split 12” are three tracks by Cohol. They take over the reins of the heavy metal attack that Heaven in Her Arms started with the pummeling “Fumo No Chi.” Unlike Heaven in Her Arms’ intriguing sonic journey from quiet to loud, Cohol’s side of the split begins strong, hits a major roadblock midway through, and barely redeems itself at the end with closing track “Sogai.” While not perfect, this quick listen is undoubtedly worth checking out if you’re a metal fan craving something different.
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OCTOBER 16, 2015
Inspect the Tech: iPhone 6s
By Cesareo Contreras Asst. Arts & Features Editor What makes a great smartphone in 2015? Does it need a great camera, all day battery life, a digital assistant? Back in 2007, Apple set the standard for what a smartphone should be and helped change the mobile industry forever. With the recent release of the iPhone 6s, does Apple still have the distinction of having the best smartphone around? I’ve been using the iPhone 6s for the last couple of weeks and here are my thoughts. Hardware The iPhone 6s, like every s model, is identical in form to its predecessor. Although, it should be noted that the 6s is slightly heavier and thicker than last year’s model. Others have reported this is due to the the new 3D Touch display. Apple has equipped the 6s with its new A9 chip and has also doubled the RAM from last year’s model from one gigabyte to two. Never once did I have any real performance issues, save for the rare times the phone overheated. For the most part, the 6s is a very fast and reliable phone. In terms of build quality, the phone feels nice in the hand and is solidly built. Battery life Battery life on the 6s is nothing special. With medium to heavy use, I can usually get through most of the day. On lighter days, I could go a little longer. However, I usually have to charge the phone at around late afternoon on a heavy day or in the evening on a light one. Apple’s new Low Power mode also helps extend the battery, but in my experience, it didn’t make much difference. Camera Apple took the iPhone camera from 8 to 12 megapixels and added a high-resolution 4K sensor, making it a legitimate contender in the photojournalism world and art realm. Its ability to reproduce colors and textures in poor light competes with many DSLRs. In well-lit conditions, the dynamic range, or number of steps between true white and black, is surprisingly wide. In Apple’s built-in camera app, the settings are always correct, in my experience. I tried it out with an app called “Manual,” and at times it really makes me want to throw out all my bulky lenses and cameras in exchange for something I can fit right in my pocket. It does have some drawbacks, though. It doesn’t have an optical zoom. This means it basically crops the image to simulate zooming. The
native focal length is quite wide though, along with the aperture (f/2.2), which means it can let in a large amount of light and increases its ability to isolate the subject. The front-facing camera is not as high quality as the back camera, but, by nature, it does not have to be. The resolution is only 5 megapixels, but that’s more than enough for quick selfies and Snapchats. In addition, there is a new feature called Retina Flash, which switches the screen to all white and boosts the brightness three times above what can be used normally to act as a flash. The 6s camera also has a new feature that may seem a bit gimmicky to some called Live Photos. This function captures what is happening on the camera three seconds before and after the photo is taken. Overall, it is a very practical and usable camera. The automatic settings are smart; it produces images in practically any condition and fits in your pocket. Software Visually, iOS 9 doesn’t look much different than iOS 8, but this update brings a lot of new features that help refine the user experience. For one, the iPhone is a much more personal and aware device. Siri now can now be activated even when the display is turned off with a simple “Hey Siri,” although that feature is a little hit or miss. In addition, the phone now recommends apps for users to check out depending on the time of day and when a certain action is taken. For example, when I connected my phone to my car’s au dio via Bluetooth, a little pop up for Spotify appeared on my lock screen. Easily the most talked about feature of the iPhone 6s is “3D Touch.” Since the screen is now pressure sensitive, applications have started taking advantage of this new hardware feature. For example, in Apple Mail, if I press down lightly on an email, a little preview window pops up, giving me a quick “peek” into the email. By pressing harder I can “pop” it open. “3D Touch” is pretty cool, but at the same time, a little gimmicky. Many developers haven’t really taken advantage of it yet, so it will take time before it becomes a killer feature, if it ever does. Value The iPhone 6s is an expensive phone - that can’t be disputed.Even if one does pay for the phone in monthly installments, you still end up paying a very high cost. The base model is $650. I picked up my 64 gigabyte iPhone for about $750, an outrageous price in a world where very capable Android handsets can be purchased for less. Motorola’s
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The iPhone 6s is nice but is it worth the price? Moto X starts at $399, and if one were to bump up the storage to 64 gigabytes, the phone would still be $250 cheaper than a 64 gigabyte 6s. Even with the iPhone’s great camera, the same great app selection, and great customer support, I find it a little hard to justify why
anyone should pick up this phone over a cheaper Android, unless of course you already have a deep investment in Apple’s products. [Editor’s Note: The iPhone 6s camera was reviewed by Brad Leucthe, Editorial Staff.]
FLU CLINIC FOR THE FSU COMMUNITY The FSU Health Center will be holding flu vaccine clinics on:
Tuesday, October 20th from 8am -‐ 12pm & Wednesday, October 21st from 11am – 3pm
In the McCarthy Center – Alumni Room RM 309
• Please bring a copy of your insurance card • There is no copay for the flu vaccine
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Campus Conversations
Tell us your best cheesy pick-up line.
By Bobby Murphy & Darian O’Donnell
“What’s cooking, good looking?”
“Your eyes are as blue as my toilet water.”
-Tyler Cashin, sophomore
- Max Goneau, junior
“I thought my Tinder GPS was broken because when I saw your profile pic I thought it was set to heaven, because you look like an angel.”
“Can I borrow your number because I lost mine? - Elayna Smolowitz, junior
- Ross Grenier, sophomore
“If I could rearrange the alphabet, I would put U and I together.”
“Are you a magician? Because when I looked at you, everyone else disappeared. ”
- Doug Murphy, sophomore
- Jace Williams, sophomore
Edited by Timothy E. Parker October 16, 2015 SHOWN THE DOOR By Kenneth Holt ACROSS 1 C, F and G 6 “Ristorante” course 11 Corn container 14 Many payments 16 “Gimme ___!” (Auburn cheer start) 17 Vacationers’rip-off 18 Explosive initials 19 Relaxing vacation location 20 Castaway’s signal 21 Short tail 22 Fall mo. 25 Miscalculate 27 Pale descriptor 29 More lush, in a way 32 Starchy plant 33 Canoeing spot 34 Carpenter’s spike 36 Believer in karma 39 “... happily ___ after” 40 God of Muslims 42 From ___ (at a distance) 43 Bookkeeper’s entry 45 Ashort note 46 Light metallic sound
47 “On ___ mark, get set ...” 49 Roman silver coin 51 Postulates 54 Round Table address 55 Always used by a poet? 56 Large amounts 57 Faux ___ (blunder) 59 Watch closely 61 Money maker, in sports 62 What a star may take 67 Yon maiden fair 68 They link the Lower 48 69 Radius setting 70 Focus fiercely 71 Midnight activity, often DOWN 1 Old-style computer screen 2 Sign before Virgo 3 Feathered six-footer 4 Pre-Christmas purchases, for many 5 Mushroom stems 6 Apt anagram 7 Aardvark’s entrees 8 Young cod 9 Group of cups and saucers 10 Cleo’s slayer 11 Be ignited 12 Invalidate, like a marriage Last issue’s solutions:
13 Snazzily dressed 15 Bygone empress 21 Mark with minute grooves 22 Eyeballed amorously 23 Desire greatly 24 Captivate completely 26 Ruled territory 28 “Open wide” word 30 Considering marriage 31 Makes angry 35 Cripples 37 Move rhythmically 38 Insistent one 41 Stocking stockers 44 Rum ___ Tugger (“Cats” character) 48 Evangelist’s exhortation 50 “No-tell motel” meetings 51 Kind of wave 52 Angrier 53 Nick name? 58 End of the road? 60 And others, for short 62 USSR successor 63 Before, to Byron 64 Had a bite 65 “Leave It to Beaver” oath 66 Clairvoyance, telepathy, etc.
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Ferr or Foul?
Utley was right By Mike Ferris Sports Editor Baseball is on the verge of becoming an endangered sport because it lacks the excitement and contact that a lot of other sports have. In recent years, baseball has taken collisions at home plate out of the game, while also limiting pitchers from brushing players back or throwing high and tight. The reason cited for these changes: safety. On Saturday, Chase Utley became the latest victim of the MLB’s attempt at becoming a safer game – yes, I called Utley the victim here. In the bottom of the seventh inning Saturday, Utley hit a single to centerfield, which moved Enrique Hernandez to third. With one out and runners on the corners, the Dodgers were destined to score as long as Howie Kendrick didn’t hit into an inning-ending double play. Kendrick hit a groundball up the middle that could have been two and Utley did what any player in that situation would’ve done. He slid into shortstop Ruben Tejada, taking him out and preventing the double play. This allowed the Dodgers to tie the game at two and ultimately sparking a four-run inning. Unfortunately for Tejada, the slide broke his leg, ending his season. MLB Chief Baseball Operator Joe Torre suspended Utley two games for his “illegal” slide. Not only was Utley’s slide legal, but it was the play of the game. Utley did nothing out of the ordinary. He slid in a manner that allowed him to still be within reach of the bag. His slide was a little late, but not so late that he would’ve completely missed the bag had he been sliding into it and not to the right of it. In fact, if Mets fans want someone to blame for the injury, Daniel Murphy is your man. The Mets’ second baseman and Tejada are just as responsible as Utley. In football, there is a term called a “buddy pass.” This is when the quarterback throws a pass that leaves a receiver defenseless and vulnerable to a big hit. Murphy’s feed on the double play was the equivalent of a buddy pass. His flip turned Tejada around forcing his back toward the runner. While the feed was poor, Tejada made it worse by still attempting to turn and throw. A shortstop in this situation had to have known that the runner was going to try and take him out; it’s what ball players are taught to do from the time they’re kids. The smarter play would’ve been to get out of the way and accept that, with the poor feed and Utley coming, a double play was out of the question and for that reason the Mets’ middle infield is just as much to blame as Utley. As for this being the play of the game, the Dodgers went on to score four runs in that inning, and had that double play been turned, they score zero, probably lose Game 2, and fall two games down in the series, a comeback that is almost insurmountable. ESPN analyst Tim Kurkjian said on a Baseball Tonight segment that Utley didn’t just have the “goal” of breaking up the double play, but a “responsibility” to do so. Utley did everything he should have in that spot, and while the rule will probably be changed next year, it hasn’t changed yet, and the veteran was within the rules of breaking up double plays. It wasn’t a dirty play; it was a hard-nosed play and the NBA equivalent of a hard foul. In the regular season a hard foul is frowned upon, just as this slide would be, but in the playoffs, intensity and emotion rise and hard-nosed plays become part of the game. Maybe the Mets would know that if they made the playoffs more than once every nine years. It’s too bad that the play resulted in an injury, but the bad feed from Murphy, the broken leg and unrealistic optimism of Tejada, mixed with Utley’s responsibility, made the perfect storm and made Utley look like the bad guy for making the right play. Utley was right in appealing his suspension and the MLB ought to overturn it.
OCTOBER 16, 2015
Football claims fourth straight win, Wright claims Rookie of the Week honors
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Sean Wlasuk is 23-for-28 on extra point attempts this year. He has 23 total points on the season. By Mike Ferris Sports Editor
After an early start, the Rams never looked back. The Rams struck for the only score of the first quarter with just over 3:30 left, when Matt Silva found Tevin Jones for a nine-yard score. The touchdown completed a seven-play, 61-yard drive, which was highlighted by two 16-yard carries from Jalen Green. Framingham would score again on its first drive of the second quarter. This touchdown again came from the arm of Silva, this time to freshman Napoleon Miller. With a short field, only having to go 46 yards after a bad punt, a Silva pass and Green run set the Rams up at the Westfield 34. From here, Silva dropped back and found Miller for a 34-yard catch and run touchdown. The touchdown was the first of Miller’s young career and gave the Rams a 14-0 lead. The ensuing Westfield drive was quick, a three-and-out, and setup up the highlight of Quron Wright’s day. Following the three-and-out, the freshman punt returner fielded the punt at his own 28yard line and took it 72 yards for a touchdown and a 21-0 Framingham lead, which it would take into halftime. Wright was named both MASCAC Rookie and Special Teams Player of the Week, not only for his 136 total return yards, but also for the 30 yards he added in rushing. Coming out after halftime, the Rams were a bit sluggish, getting shutout in the third and allowing Westfield its only points of the afternoon. With just over four minutes left in the third, Westfield capped a 12-play, 77-yard drive with a Travon Holder 10-yard touchdown run. Cutting the lead to 21-7 at the end of three, the Rams came out firing on all cylinders in the fourth quarter. A drive that started in the third, carried
into the fourth and was complete when Green ran the ball in from eight yards out. The touchdown marks Green’s first of the year. Green followed up last week’s career-high performance with a team-high 23 carries for 135 yards. He is the first Framingham State running back to eclipse the 500-yard mark this year, as he has 501. Trevon Offley, who did not play Saturday, is behind him with 214 yards. The Rams’ final touchdown came with a little under two minutes left in the final quarter. After Wright set the team up at the twoyard line with his 30-yard carry, Silva dropped back and saw Jones with single coverage in the corner of the end zone and fired it to him for six. The touchdown extended the lead to the eventual final, 35-7. Silva finished his afternoon completing 19 passes for 212 yards, three touchdowns and an interception. He still leads the country in passing touchdowns, 23, and is seventh is passing yards, 1,695. Green and Wright added 165 combined rushing yards to the teams’ 364 yards of total offense. Marcus Grant led all receivers with seven catches for 74 yards. He was followed by Jones, who added 4 catches for 52, along with his two touchdowns. The two scores put him at 10 this year, which leads the MASCAC and is fourth in the country. On defense, Greg Peschel came up with Framingham’s lone interception, to go along with his eight tackles. Stephen Beahn added eight tackles. He now leads the team this year with 48. Quentin Jones added two sacks to his season total. He now has seven, while Israel Etienne came up with the first sack of his career. Framingham heads into its bye week on a four-game winning streak, an overall record of 5-1 and sits in first in the MASCAC at 4-0.
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Framingham and Westfield draw thanks to Pallotta’s goal By Melina Bourdeau Associate Editor
The Lady Rams tied their game at Westfield State on Oct. 9. Framingham fought the majority of the first half in its defensive half. Westfield started the game with a corner kick by Lexi Kulik, followed by a shot by Nicole Gay and another corner from Kulik. Framingham’s Sara Sullivan saved every shot on net until the 42nd minute when Westfield’s Amanda Magri scored her first goal of the season. Framingham entered into the second half the same way they started the first – on the defensive, with multiple shots on net in the
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first five minutes. Then the Lady Rams turned the ball over and Angela Pallotta scored off a pass by Michaela Hyland. The remainder of the half, like the rest of the match, remained equally contested. Westfield had seven shots and Framingham had five. After 90 minutes, the teams remained tied at 1-1, leading into an overtime period. There were only two shots in the 10-minute overtime made by Westfield, but neither team scored. In a second 10-minute overtime, neither team maintained possession long enough to get a shot on net, leaving the final score tied at 1-1.
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Framingham suffered a loss of 2-0 against Wentworth on Oct. 14 at home. Although Marissa Miele began the game for Framingham with a shot wide, the Lady Rams shot seven times to Wentworth’s nine in the half. Sullivan had four saves in the half and the remaining five shots from Wentworth missed wide or high. The first half continued to be a battle for both teams, finishing scoreless on each side. Beginning in the second, Framingham attempted to get points on the board from Megan White with a shot wide followed by another from
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Lambrini Varetimos two minutes later. Miele and White tied for the most shots in the game, both with five. The Lady Rams took seven shots in the second half, with a total of 14 for the game. After a foul on Framingham, Wentworth’s Mary Pastorelli took a free kick from 38 yards out soaring over Sullivan, scoring the first goal of the game. Ten minutes later, after a shot was saved from Sullivan, Ali Leach of Wentworth scored on a rebound. The score remained 2-0 Wentworth for the remainder of the half. The next game for the Lady Rams will be on Oct. 17 hosting Salem State at 11 a.m.
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The Lady Rams sit in fourth in the MASCAC, with a conference record of 1-1-2. Marissa Miele and Megan White lead the team in goals with three each.
Field hockey drops two, fall to 2-10 By Amelia Foley Asst. Sports Editor
Framingham State lost to the Fitchburg Falcons in a home game on Oct. 10. The Falcons dominated the first half of the game, scoring two goals, one from Madeline Hoffman and the other from Julia Gimenez. Hoffman went unassisted to the net for the first goal at 16:44. Gimenez converted on a two on one with Rams’ goalie, Rosemary Talbot, and beat her with a shot to the left. At the break, the score was 2-0 Falcons, but they would quickly lose their lead in the second half. Framingham came out strong with Meaghann Ackerman scor-
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ing the first point for the Rams at 42:28 off a penalty stroke. Framingham’s defense was able to hold off the Falcons from scoring and Sharon Sears assisted teammate Cady Kelly with the tying goal at 66:20. The game went into overtime for 1:20. The Falcons got the advantage early with a penalty that allowed Hoffman to score the winning goal. The win is the first in LEC for the Falcons, and it moves them to 1-6, with an overall 5-7 in the season. The Rams are also 1-6 in the LEC and 2-9 in the season. Talbot made a total of 12 saves during the game, but Fitchburg outshot Framingham 26-4.
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The Rams played Anna Maria on Oct. 13. Anna Maria struck first when Nicole Denver scored in the fourth minute with an assist from Kylie Dalbec. Three minutes later, Dalbec scored a goal of her own, giving Anna Maria an early 2-0 lead. Framingham was unable to score during the first half, but Anna Maria scored once more before the break. Jacqueline Lapierre scored the third goal at 30:24 for the AMCATS, ending the first half 3-0, Anna Maria. In the second half Dalbec had her second assist when she connected a pass to teammate Kayla Lapierre, who scored the fourth goal for Anna
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Maria. In the 40th minute of the game, Framingham finally got on the board. Ackerman was assisted by teammate Bailey Donelly for the first point for the Rams. Ackerman scored an unassisted goal15 minutes later. But that was the last chance Framingham would get at a comeback. Denver scored the last goal against the Rams, and secured a three point lead at 62:12, resulting in a final score of 5-2, Anna Maria. With the win, the AMCATS improve to 11-4 and the Rams to 2-10 in the overall season. Talbot made four saves for the Rams before being relieved by teammate Alexandra Ricco, who made one save.
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Volleyball wins three of four on the week By Jen Fortin Staff Writer
Beating Lesley 3-1 on Thursday, the Rams improved their record to 15-4. Set one proved to be a struggle for FSU, losing 25-22, but it came back to win the next three sets, 25-11, 25-16 and 25-12. The Lesley win in the first set was ultimately due to Ciara Bruning’s six service points, with Sarah Hollis’ 2 kills. Framingham State quickly recovered for set two, with Sarah Leonard and Danielle Girard getting a combined 11 service points with two service aces each. The Rams continued to score with consecutive kills by Tessa Neverett, Julia Wan and Alycia Rackliffe, raising the score from 21-10 to 24-10. The match point was won by block from Rackliffe and Wan.
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The second game on Saturday proved to be an easy win against UMass Dartmouth. Winning the first three sets, 25-15, 25-18 and 25-14, the Rams finished the game at 17-4 overall. Rackliffe totaled 10 kills with only two errors and four blocks. DeLoid also had three blocks in the game. Girard led the team with seven service aces. The opposing Lady Corsairs had 17 attack errors on the night, with Eliza Bowes and Megan Ronaghan each having four kills. Bowes also had three service aces out of the team total of seven. In set one, Framingham got an early lead. Leonard raised the
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Set three started out even until Wan pulled the Rams ahead with four service points, two of those being service aces to make it 10-6, FSU. Wan contributed another three service points to solidify the FSU lead to 22-14 and the set was finished with a block from Annie DeLoid. The Lady Rams quickly gained the lead in set four, with Wan again supplying five service points, making it 17-7. Rackliffe had two kills, leading up to the game-ending kills from DeLoid. Framingham State finished the game with a total of 50 kills, 19 of those coming from Rackliffe, nine from Girard, eight from Wan and seven from DeLoid. Leonard led the team with 30 assists while Mackenzie Whalen followed with 14. DeLoid contributed a team-high three solo blocks.
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score to 18-7 with five service points. With attack errors and bad sets on UMass Dartmouth’s part, the Rams won the set with a kill from Neverett. Set two began in favor of the Corsairs, with kills and service aces making it 5-0. Framingham soon caught up with a kill by Neverett to get the ball back, then made three consecutive service aces to gain the lead. The set ended with a serving error from UMass Dartmouth. Girard shined in the third set, getting seven service points to start. After keeping the lead, Girard again got another five points off serves and the final point was achieved through Molly Meehan’s ace.
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Men’s soccer improves to 3-1 in MASCAC By Matt Ferris Asst. Sports Editor
The Rams hosted Westfield State on Oct. 10 in a conference game. The game was very close throughout and remained 0-0 for the first 85 minutes. In the 86th minute of the match, the Rams finally broke through on the score sheet. The goal was scored by freshman Lucas Medeiros, the first goal of his collegiate career. Medeiros received a pass from fellow freshman Ken Stahovish
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at the top of the 18-yard box and fired a shot pass the Owls’ keeper and into the net. The goal turned out to be the game winner, as the Rams earned the victory, 1-0. In the win junior goal keeper Josh Arno had six saves on his way to a shutout, while senior Cory Cardeiro led the Rams with 11 shots. With the win, the Rams improve their record to 5-7 on the season.
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By Jen Fortin Staff Writer
In the first of a doubleheader on Saturday the Lady Rams won 3-1 against the St. Joseph’s Monks. Set one was lost by two points, finishing 25-23, while the others were won by FSU; 26-24, 25-19 and 25-21. With a slow start from the Rams in the first set, the Monks capitalized on a series of setting and attack errors from FSU, gaining the lead 13-7. The Lady Rams were soon to catch up, until the set ended with two kills from Felicia Wachowiak. The second set was made up of back-and-forth kills from both teams. The Monks’ Abbie McPhee got four service points through FSU attack errors to tie it up 24-24. Needing to win by two points, Neverett sealed the win with two consecutive service aces.
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3-1
By Jen Fortin Staff Writer
After winning three straight games, the Rams lost in three sets against MCLA on Tuesday. The set scores were 25-18, 25-22 and 25-16. This loss against a conference rival drops Framingham to 3-1 in the MASCAC. Rackliffe finished with 12 kills and Wan had nine. Leonard contributed the majority of assists with 26 of the team total 31. Girard had 12 digs and Leavens had 10. Wan also completed the night with seven blocks. The team did not have any service aces. The opposing Trailblazers’ Alison Clark had 11 kills and Rachel Mills had 10. Clark also had 17 digs. Courtney Parent had 16 assists with four service aces. Sam Anderson finished
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Set three started out tied until Whalen gained six service points in attack errors from Saint Joseph’s, making it 23-15. Wan also contributed three kills. The final set began with an early lead from the Monks until the Rams tied it up at 17. The game ended with four consecutive service points from Whalen, a kill by Wan and ball handling errors from Saint Joseph’s. Rackliffe and Wan combined for 30 kills and Leonard had 21 assists. Wan also had six service aces and Leonard and Neverett tied at three. Girard had a total of 21 digs against the Monks and Megan Leavens had 14. The Saint Joseph’s Monks left the game with a record of 18-2 and lead their conference 5-0. Framingham State finished the game at 16-4 and 3-0 in the MASCAC.
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the game with four blocks. Set one was back and forth until the Rams were held at 11, while MCLA built up points from FSU mistakes, making it 19-11. MCLA finished the set with two kills from Mills, one from Clark, and another from Margaret Allen. Chanielle Enomoto ended the game with an ace. The second set was led by Parent, racking up six service points to make the score 8-2, until broken by a kill from Rackliffe. The Trailblazers kept the lead to win the set. Set three showed some promise from the Rams until a series of MCLA kills and attack errors from FSU. MCLA kept the lead and finished the game with a kill from Angelica Perfido. Framingham State finished the game with a record of 17-5.
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By Matt Ferris Asst. Sports Editor
On Oct. 13, Keene State traveled to Framingham to take on the Rams in a non-conference matchup. The first half of action was scoreless as the teams went into the locker rooms tied 0-0. Just 18 minutes after the second half restart, the Owls struck first, grabbing a 1-0 lead. Promise Kpee was the goal scorer in the 63rd minute of the game as he sent a long strike past Arno and into the back of the net. In the 75th minute of action, the Owls added to the lead, making it 2-0, when David Villalobos beat Arno and scored the goal. The Owls would eventually add-
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ed one more tally in the 84th minute. Jacob Papanicolaou scored for Keene State, sending a shot into the goal and making it 3-0. Keene State maintained the 3-0 lead for the rest of regulation, and earned a victory over Framingham State. The Owls just edged the Rams on the shot chart 20-18. Arno made nine saves for the Rams and junior Simon Appiah managed four shots, which led the team. The Rams drop to a disappointing 5-8 on the year.
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