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FY 2011 budget proposal discussed at Board of Trustees Meeting
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Editor-In-Chief Last Thursday, FSC administrators met with the Board of Trustees to update them on next year’s fiscal budget and the status of FSC’s ongoing capital projects. They also discussed the search for a new vice president of academic affairs and the development of a new mission statement. Senior Vice President of Administration, Finance and Techonology Dale Hamel said Governor Deval Patrick’s most recent budget proposal was “very good news.” The initial FY 2011 budget, based on the preliminary state proposal from three months ago, would have had a very significant cut in state appropriations about 7 percent, or $1.4 million,
and would have required a number of considerable reductions to FSC’s operational budget, he said. “The good news that came out yesterday from the release of the governor’s budget is the fact that he is proposing a levelfunded appropriation for higher education. “It doesn’t lend really strong information to us in terms of what number we can rely on for what we’ll see in funding,” he added, “but I’d rather see a ‘supposed’ level-funded budget for higher education than one in the amount they had provided the department of higher education three months ago.” Though Hamel said he is “very confident on most of the
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FSC graduate program operates online and internationally By Rakel Hjaltadóttir
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Beginning of the new dorm construction.
How “The Catcher in the Rye” influenced FSC students
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Assistant News Editor According to Dr. Scott Greenberg, associate vice president of academic affairs and dean of graduate and continuing education, there are 1,372 students matriculated in FSC’s graduate degree programs. This includes 832 graduate students enrolled locally and 540 enrolled in the school’s International Education Program abroad. According to Danielle Donovan, acting director of operations in the division of graduate and continuing education, most of these students are enrolled in the master of education program. In spring ’09, 413 students received master’s degrees from FSC. Two-hundred forty-seven of those were oncampus students and 166 were students at international campuses. The division of graduate and continuing education (DGCE) at FSC is expanding, with 23 different graduate degree concentrations. In addition to the FSC campus, the program has 26 international satellite campuses. FSC offers master’s degrees in areas such as business administration, nursing, counseling psychology, and food and nutrition, along with two post-baccalaureate and eight graduate certification programs. Nancy Proulx, director of professional development
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programs for educators, said, “There are over 70,000 public school teachers [in Mass.], and almost a million students. These teachers, for the most part, have a master’s degree, but in order for them to continue teaching, every five years they have to renew their license. … Here at Framingham, we’ve tried to make an effort to support our education students who are out teaching in the field, but we also want to support all Massachusetts teachers with high quality professional development.” DGCE has partnerships with many institutions offcampus and offers a wide variety of opportunities for teachers seeking to renew their licenses. According to Proulx, these partnerships serve approximately 4,000 teachers and offer over 300 courses in 23 school districts. “It’s a very big program and it’s very helpful to teachers to be able to do this.” A one-credit online professional development course for teachers is also offered as a renewal program. “These are taught by on-campus faculty and we also bring in some faculty from outside. Last year, we had about 480 students participate, and these would be teachers, school nurses, a whole variety of people,” Proulx said. According to Greenberg, there are over 1,000 stu-Continued on page 3
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for a cargo airline in Miami, called Aero Air - I was interested in aviation. But after working in that industry for a while, it wasn’t for me. It wasn’t the best match. I switched to the financial services industry and became a private pilot, so I got to do what I love by flying, but I wasn’t working in the industry. … The airline really owned your life, so it wasn’t a good match for what I was looking to do. ... I was teaching adjunct before I got hired here full time. I taught and did some guest lecture pieces, too. I guest lectured at Harvard, Boston College, Suffolk University and I taught adjunct at Southern New Hampshire University, the Harvard summer school and UMass Boston.
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-Continued from page 1 ham State College.” “one stop” department, said Donovan. “[Students] come Fahey said, “In a lot of the countries they’re in, there here for advising, they apply here, they register here, dents in the graduate and continuing education program they call us for assistance, questions taking online courses. In the master of and they apply to graduate through us. education program, the curriculum and We’re like a little college within a colinstructional technology concentration is lege.” solely offered online. Many students are coming back to Greenberg said online classes are a FSC for their master’s degrees, after convenient alternative to those in a classhaving earned their undergraduate deroom setting. grees at the college. “I think that says “I think we’re living in a day now something about our faculty,” said when everybody pretty much has a comGreenberg. puter and is not afraid of using it. … I Kelly Knox graduated from FSC’s think convenience is a huge bonus. You undergraduate program in ’08 with a can do your homework at eleven o’clock major in sociology and a minor in psyat night. People have schedules that aren’t chology. She has not yet matriculated necessarily nine-to-five schedules,” he into FSC’s graduate program, but desaid. cided to take some prerequisite classes Donovan said, “I think a lot of people before matriculation. She said, “Frammight assume that an online class is easy. ingham State is just very convenient. I … It’s actually as difficult or challenging live a couple miles away, so for now, because of all the written work. You have it’s a great option because I am so fato put yourself out there in writing, not in miliar with the campus.” person. … It’s pretty challenging.” Knox said she has had good experiFree academic advising is available for ences with the staff at DGCE. “When I both undergraduate and graduate students called, the woman whom I spoke with at DGCE. According to Donovan, last was so helpful in getting me registered year, the division saw and advised “over and answering my questions.” 900 potential students. … Close to 600 Andrew Balboni graduated from Drake McCabe/The Gatepost were for the graduate program. FSC in ’03 with a master of arts in “Over the year, we might’ve taken in Scott Greenberg counseling psychology. He is now a 400 or so applications. … The first step for licensed therapist and also teaches the people when they’re thinking of coming back to the school, is they come in for a free appointment are no avenues for them while they’re there. … We go counseling internship course at FSC in the summer. “You and speak to someone who really knows how to direct in and send our graduate faculty - we use Framingham apply what you learned here, and I monitor that out in the faculty first and then adjuncts. It’s all on-site, not online, community” supervising internships. them,” Donovan said. Balboni said he chose to come to Framingham State for According to Greenberg, “[The program] is seeing which is a big plus for the program.” FSC has 26 international satellite campuses, from his master’s degree, after earning his bachelor’s degree growth specifically in certain fields where the job outlook is very positive. … I think definitely the economy has which students get an FSC education in a different coun- from St. Michael’s College in Vt., because it was close to had an effect, and I also think for many students who are try. There are campuses in Central and South America, as Milford, his hometown. “The class times were flexible. I was working a family business that took the majority of completing their bachelor’s program, if they’re unable to well as Europe and Asia. Greenberg said he hopes to see every graduate pro- my time,” he said. find a job they may choose to go directly onto graduate gram offered full-time in the near future. Currently, only He added that he had planned to earn his master’s deschool.” the master of science in gree from Assumption College, but ended up transferring Greenberg said another food and nutrition is full- to FSC because the class times at Assumption “didn’t area of DGCE that has seen time. “There seems to be jive with [his] schedule. [They] were holding classes at 3 tremendous growth is gradua need for this - not that o’clock in the afternoon. … I came here and I loved it. The “University status helps us attract many ate certification programs. He we would do away with program was great and everything was accessible. said these individuals are “not more students, especially at the graduate the part-time.” “I think [FSC’s DGCE program] is a contending force looking for another degree level. To many international students He added, “I think up there with BU and BC. … And I think you’re getting a program but they’re looking abroad, colleges are considered to be like in this nation overall, better education for your buck,” Balboni added. for a short-term certificate high school.” graduate education will Barrie Westerman, undergraduate and graduate psythat will give them the skills continue to grow … be- chology professor, said the only drawback to FSC’s needed for this particular cause we’re seeing more DGCE program is students not being able to finish their - Scott Greenberg area.” and more people going degrees in a timely manner, due to some classes only beThe international graduto college these days. … ing offered at certain times. ate program has existed for [A high school diploma] Westerman said that because the counseling program over 25 years, according to Joyce Fahey, associate director of international education may have been good enough years and years ago … Now, mostly takes place at night, “They start the sequence evprograms. She said the purpose of the program is to “en- increasingly, people need a minimum of a bachelor’s de- ery other year and if you don’t jump on it the right September - you don’t wait one year, you wait two years. able teachers who are living and working abroad to get gree, and for many professions, it’s a master’s.” Donovan, Greenberg and Proulx all said FSC should “The only thing that makes it difficult in our program an advanced degree from an accredited institution in the United States, so they’re able to earn a master’s degree change its name and become a university. Greenberg said, is we have four-credit courses, which means there is no while they’re at an American or an international school “University status helps us attract many more students, room left for students to take any electives, unlike other especially at the graduate level. To many international schools that work on a three-credit system.” overseas.” Westerman added, “We don’t have a big name … but Greenberg said the international sites collaborate with students abroad, colleges are considered to be like high International Education Programs Inc., and they focus on school … so we don’t get those students. … All it is is we’re just as good. It’s the same quality as the places with master’s degrees in education and international teach- a name change - we have the programs needed to be at the big names.” ing. Students at these sites are “teachers in the American university status.” The division of graduate and continuing education is a schools overseas and they pursue a degree from Framing-
We at The Gatepost would like to extend our sincerest condolences to Samantha Rizzo, a beloved member of our Gatepost family, for the loss of her mother.
Come HEAR the TALK! February 8th Come SEE the DANCE! February 17th Dr. Lisa Eck will present her forthcoming article on the problem of reading Iranian women as individuals, rather than as the consummate OTHER. Performing the “East meets West Politics” of Azar Nafisi’s Bestselling Memoir Reading Lolita in Tehran February 8th, 2010 4:30 pm College Center 216 Everyone welcome! Hosted by GIG – the Gender Interest Group
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SGA co-sponsors SUAB’s comedian event
At Tuesday’s meeting, SGA passed motions to allocate funds to the FSC Cheerleading Club and Amigos Club and to co-sponsor an SUAB event. SUAB scheduled comedian Daniel Packard when he performed at NACA to come to FSC and requested cosponsorship by SGA, as the total cost of the event and travel fees for Packard will be between $3,000 - $3,450. The Health and Wellness Center has already agreed to co-sponsor the event, and SUAB President Rachel Keir said the group is waiting to hear back from other clubs
as well. SGA passed a motion to co-sponsor SUAB’s event, in the amount of $1,000 for their event. A motion was passed to allocate funds not to exceed $2,075 to the FSC Cheerleading Club for the five regional and one out-of-state competition they will be attending. The FSC Cheerleading Club president, Gretchen Heckler, said, “We just found out that we have to take a bus to every competition this year.” She said it came as a surprise, which is why the group was requesting a budget increase. After debate led to a vote by division, funds not to ex-
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ceed $310 were allocated to the Amigos Club. The constitutions of the Debate Club and FSC Design and Development Club were accepted as amended for the second time. In other news: • Budget packets are due Feb. 12 and are available on myFramingham. • Senator of the Month is Danielle Farmer. • Executive Board Member of the Month is Sara Mills.
FSC, Consigli Construction hold community meeting By Amy Koski News Editor
In a community meeting held Jan. 25, Consigli Construction Co., Inc. and college administrators updated the FSC community about plans for the new residence hall at the school. Jeff Navin, the project executive, said the new residence hall is expected to be a five to seven story building, complete with 410 student beds in suite-style rooms, a “Grab ’N Go” snack bar, geothermal walls and rain harvesting. The anticipated schedule for the project is to start construction on Mar. 8, 2010, to complete foundations for the building by May 27, 2010, to complete the structure by Sept. 7, 2010, to complete construction by July, 1, 2011 and to have students occupy the building by Aug. 11, 2011. John Oliver, project superintendent, said neighbors to the college can expect to see dump trucks, fences, excavators, cranes and workers in hard hats while construction is underway. He said they can expect to hear drilling, beeping, engines, compressors, grinders, screw guns and small tools. Oliver shared some facets of the logistics plan, or “how we’re going to complete this project.” He said the construction equipment will be confined to
the working space, Adams Road will be the primary access point with State Street only utilized if absolutely necessary and there will be a walkway with blinking safety lights for student foot traffic. The company wants to move pedestrian traffic away from the construction site, he said. Consigli even arranged a new bus stop for a young female resident of Adams Road so she doesn’t have to walk through the construction. Matt Rymanowski, the project engineer, presented the site management plan. Goals are to minimize community disturbance, analyze major activities, work from 7:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., to mitigate dust and noise, to recycle materials and to maintain indoor air quality controls. A neighbor concerned with the “workmen’s trucks” being parked without any controls as to location of the vehicles was assured that the workers will be parking in Maynard or the back of the Maple lot. Among concerns expressed by community members about the construction were the fact that students park on Maynard and other streets that intersect the campus. Two neighbors said the Framingham Police Department and the FSCPD both avoid issuing parking tickets to violators. One community member said, “I just want to make sure that you really keep that Maynard Parking lot so that they are not parking on all the streets - Maynard Road, Church, I mean, it would be a nice treat to make sure all
DGCE lounge opens in Hemenway Hall
By Amy Koski News Editor
This week, the Division of Continuing and Graduate Education opened a new lounge in Hemenway Hall 210. The lounge will be open 12:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. and on weekends. Graduate Program Assistant Jaclyn Dorr said, so far, the traffic into the lounge has “been a little slow,” but that
“some instructors [brought] their students over, [which] was nice.” She said DGCE wanted to give the graduate students “a place to call their own. “All in all,” she said, “it’s been very positive.” Richelle Harrod, a graduate student working towards an M.Ed. in Spanish, said, “I think they have invested seriously in the graduate students and graduate program.”
The Framingham State Arts and Humanities Series presents The Devil’s Wedding Two “married” dance pieces, one looking east, one looking west… Performed by the Prometheus Dance Company of Boston Wednesday, February 17th, 7:30 pm Dwight Performing Arts Center FREE with a student I.D. Diane Arvanites and Tommy Neblett, Co- Artistic Directors of Prometheus Dance, drew inspiration from Azar Nafisi’s memoir, Reading Lolita in Tehran, to choreograph a piece titled “Devil’s Wedding.” Performed by an all female cast, “Devil’s Wedding” explores the tension between tradition and modernity for Islamic women in the East, while the second piece planned for the evening, “La Giornata Omicida,” features “five cookie-cutter women in a romping, stomping tour de force that veers between a celebration of girl power and a critique of the ideals of feminine beauty” in the West. -- Co-sponsored by the English Department, Women’s Empowerment, the Hilltop Players, and the Dance Club.
the workers are down on Maynard Road. It would be appreciated.” FSC President Timothy Flanagan said, “If you were to petition the town to put a ban on parking on Maynard and State streets, I’d be the first to sign it.” A man who has lived in the neighborhood surrounding FSC for many years asked if Adams Road would be closed at all, and added, “You folks have done a wonderful job in your building [projects].” Eric Thiboutot, the project manager, said Adams Road will be closed the second or third week of April, hopefully one half at a time, in order to lay electrical work. After the meeting, Assistant to the President for Public and Governmental Relations Peter Chisholm said, “The new residence hall is being built at an interest rate that is the lowest interest rate they’ve [Mass. State College Building Authority] ever built a dorm for. ... It’s three and a quarter percent and because of legislation that was supported by Speaker Deleo and the House of Representatives - we had a meeting with him, and he agreed to back us with it, and then the Senate approved it as well. “Because of this particular piece of legislation passing, the room fees in here for the new dorm are going to be somewhere around $150 cheaper per year per student than they otherwise might have been, which is, of course, going to result in the savings of students over the life of the bonds, of millions of dollars.”
We at The Gatepost would like to offer Sara Mills our most heartfelt sympathies for the loss of her mother.Our thoughts are with you and your family during this difficult time.
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Martin: Mission statement is a work in progress “half” transferred into an academic building, and the rest the mission statement” to make it more contemporary and measures,” he noted the new proposal includes a number may remain a residence hall. unique to the college. of assumptions that may not necessarily come to fruition. Flanagan said a meeting for the new dorm was held Martin said he hopes to keep the mission statement He said it is still important to consider other potential last week, to which over 400 neighbors of the college concise enough that people will take the time to read sources of revenue for FY 2011, such as increased enroll- were invited. it, while still “communicating as accurately as possible ment and student fees. According to Flanagan, Consigili Construction briefed what is special about the institution.” He said he wants According to Hamel, FSC administrators have asked the campus community about the timeline for construc- to “highlight features which we think are important to specialists from Maguire Associates, a higher education tion of the residence hall at the meeting, and gave a de- a Framingham State education or experience,” such as consulting firm, to help them review FSC’s capacity for tailed presentation on the new residence hall itself. student success, independent and collaborative learning potential increases in enrollment numbers. Hamel said the Neighbors expressed their concerns about the traffic and the opportunity to complete a capstone experience. preliminary reports were very positive. [Editor’s Note: Both the old mission “We need to maintain enrollment at this statement and the revised edition can current year’s level,” he said, but when the be found on page 9.] new dorm opens in fall 2011, FSC will see Martin plans on seeking approval “a more dramatic growth in enrollment.” in late spring for the new mission Hamel also said the fact that FSC restatement, and invites the FSC commains the least expensive state college munity to provide feedback about the gives administrators room to raise fees, changes. “and yet not have a negative impact on poFlanagan announced results of the tential demand for our product.” He added fall 2009 graduate placement survey, that as other state colleges raise fees in rea study of FSC students and what they sponse to their reduced budgets, FSC will are doing six months after graduation. maintain its reputation for having the lowFlanagan said the hiring of stuest price. dents after graduation “is in a bit of a Chris Hendry, vice president of college decline” - down to about 88 percent, advancement, said annual giving to the with a 13 percent decline in students college is another means of increasing revemployed full time. He said this is unenue. “There are a number of really strong surprising given that the class of 2009 indicators of a better financial year for us “graduated in one of the worst hiring from a fundraising standpoint,” he said. economies” we have seen. All in all, he said, there has been “better “Nevertheless,” Flanagan said, we follow-up and follow-through on getting have a “very high percentage of our our pledges actually in” along with “conMay graduates who are employed” siderably” more gifts. For FSC, he said, and moving on to graduate school, it is “a positive story in a bad economic which is encouraging. He noted that time.” the number of students moving on to Hendry also updated the board with a graduate studies has increased from Drake McCabe/ The Gatepost progress report on Jonathan Lee, the colDr. Dale Hamel, senior vice president of administration, finance and technology 12 percent to almost 14 percent. lege’s new associate director of grants and Flanagan also addressed the colsponsored research. lege’s search for a new dean of admisSo far, Hendry said, a total of 17 grant applications are and noise the project will create. Flanagan said the college sions. He said the position is essential in terms of attractin the process of being completed, totaling about $7 mil- is coming up with ways to resolve these concerns, and ing students to FSC during this economic downturn. lion. “At this point, we have only been formally denied Consigili Construction has already “taken a lot of these Nick Figueroa, the previous dean of admissions, who from one.” neighborhood issues under consideration.” was hired in 2008, is now working in the Division of Hendry said Lee has done well in “engaging more corHamel noted the two federal stimulus-funded projects Graduate and Continuing Education. porate and foundation support on campus,” and hopes he - the College Center cafeteria expansion and the library Susanne Conley, vice president for enrollment and can increase the college’s revenue significantly. renovation - are both on schedule to be completed. The student development, also discussed the importance of In terms of capital projects, Hamel discussed both the scope of the library project, however, may be reduced, he recruiting students to FSC in a poor economy. She said Hemenway Hall project and the plans for the new resi- said. she has encouraged faculty to get involved in the recruitdence hall. Rita Colucci, director of human resources, discussed ing process, as the attentiveness of faculty influences Hamel referred to the Hemenway science lab facility the progress of the executive search for a new vice presi- students’ decision-making in terms of which school they expansion, which would modernize FSC’s laboratories dent of academic affairs. The position will be available choose. and expand FSC’s science program capabilities, as the at the end of this academic year when Dr. Robert Martin Conley and Flanagan both discussed the college’s efcollege’s “highest academic priority.” retires. forts to aid in Haitian relief. Flanagan thanked the Student As it stands, the project has been pushed back due to Colucci said an executive search firm has been hired Involvement and Leadership Development staff for coorthe lack of capital funds available for Massachusetts pub- to help seek out potential applicants. Flanagan, however, dinating participation by student clubs. He also thanked lic colleges. will be responsible for making a final decision. the Human Rights Action Committee and Global Change President So far, Colucci said, Initiative memTimothy Flaabout 15 applications bers in particunagan said he have been received, and lar. and Hamel are she expects more to come Conley said “The good news that came out yesterday in the process “There are a number of really strong indicators in as the Feb. 15 deadline the Helping of launching a approaches. from the release of the governor’s budget is the Hands for Haiti major advocacy of a better financial year for us from a fundraisAccording to Colucci, relief effort has campaign to get eight to 10 candidates fact that he is proposing a level-funded appro- collected more ing standpoint.” the remodeling will be brought to campus than $1,100 for priation for higher education.” of the science in early March for camthe Red Cross - Chris Hendry laboratories pus tours and prelimiand Ameri- Dale Hamel back on to the nary interviews. By early can Partners in capital plan. He April, she hopes to have Health. said the project the number of candidates Flanagan is essential for narrowed down to three. The finalists will also discussed the progress of the college’s Climate Acprogram growth and that he is working with local legisla- be brought to campus to participate in open forums with tion Plan and energy-saving initiatives, particularly the tors to generate support for the project. students and faculty. now completely “trayless” cafeteria and the week-long He added they would be traveling to Washington, D.C. When asked by a board member if FSC faculty were “shutdown” of the college over break. to seek potential opportunities to acquire federal fund- given preference over other applicants, Colucci said, “No, The “shutdown,” which took place during the week being for the project. [Editor’s Note: Flanagan, Hamel, I don’t think so.” She explained that the process was open tween Christmas and New Year’s, saved about $7,000 in and Peter Chisolm, assistant to the President for public and all candidates would be treated the same, regardless energy costs, Flanagan said. He called it “very effective” and governmental relations, went to Washington, D.C. on of whether they are currently employed by the college. and said administrators are “planning on making that a Wednesday, Feb. 3 to meet with the Massachusetts Office She noted, however, that FSC faculty are free to apply regular fixture in our college calendar.” of Federal-State Relations, Congressman Markey, Con- for the position. Flanagan announced that undergraduate commencegressman McGovern, the Director of Federal Relations of Martin discussed the latest changes to FSC’s updated ment will take place on May 16 at 2:00 p.m. on the Town the American Association of State Colleges and Univer- mission statement at the meeting. “The most important Green. “It will be here before we know it,” he said. “It sities and Senator Kerry’s senior appropriations staffer.] thing that I want to share with you is that this is a work in is not on Memorial Day Weekend.” The commencement Hamel said the construction of the new residence hall progress,” he said. speaker has not yet been announced. is still on schedule, but the initial plans for the repositionAccording to Martin, the revamping of the mission Graduate commencement will also take place on May ing of O’Connor Hall might be altered to increase overall statement is in response to the strategic planning commit- 16 - it will be held at 10:00 a.m. in the school gym. revenue for the college. He said O’Connor may only be tee’s study, which “recommended that the college revisit -Continued from page 1
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ARTS & FEATURES
If a body catch a body... in the wake of j.d. salinger’s passing, students express what “The Catcher in the rye” means to them By Spencer Buell Assistant Arts & Features Editor
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Rye’ is forced on kids” in English courses, it is more substantive than much of what is widely read today. Undeclared freshman Matt Reilly, however, argued that the book lacks structure. “It doesn’t have meaning,” he said. “Its meaning is life has no meaning.” Although it is not one of his favorites, American literature Professor Mark Seiden recognizes the impact “Catcher” has had on young and old readers alike. “It rips the surface off the world,” said Seiden. “It shows the cruelty and the craziness of the whole human exploit. That’s what’s scary. That’s what grips people. “Wow,” he thought when he first read the book, “someone’s telling the truth.” Seiden respects Salinger’s ability to let his pessimistic, phonydetecting, but altogether fragile main character describe his journey
n the wake of J.D. Salinger’s death last week, the FSC community reflected on “The Catcher in the Rye,” the American author’s epic novel about adolescent loneliness and disenchantment. “It was a good insight into the struggles of being a teenager,” said freshman elementary education major Jill Michniewicz. “There are a lot of people in the world, and there is so much that we don’t know about them.” For Michniewicz, Holden Caulfield, the story’s cynical narrator, is a fascinating depiction of the human condition. For others, Salinger’s character is less interesting. “I found him annoying,” said Drake McCabe/The Gatepost Joe Clover, a sophomore and communication arts major. “I don’t remember much [of “The Catcher in the Rye”], but I remember I didn’t like it. I read the first few chapters and put it down.” For Kim Arkerson, a senior postbaccalaureate history education major, Salinger’s narration in the book makes for a difficult read because of its emotional effect on the reader. “It’s a little gloomy and depressing,” she said. This, however, does make the book stand out, she Left: A student in the Whittemore Library checks out an old edition of “Catcher in the Rye” added, calling it “different” and Right: One of the rare photos that exists today of the novel’s secluded and celebrated author, J.D. Salinger. “a unique book.” Maureen Wall, a senior business administration major, showed a more casual yet comical appreciation for the novel. “It was a good book,” she said, “but it wouldn’t make me kill John Lennon or anything,” a reference to Lennon’s murderer Mark David Chapman who was obsessed with “The Catcher in the Rye” and carried it with him on the night of the shooting. Senior communication arts major Matt Gorczyca had a peculiar comparison to make between “The Catcher in the Rye” and the “Twilight” series. A fan of Holden Caulfield’s voice in the novel, Gorczyca says “character development is huge.” He feels that the Twilight and Harry Potter series, despite their massive popularity, do not appeal to him due to the lack of this character development. “If you can’t feel what the author is feeling,” he believes, “the book is not worth reading.” He added that, although “‘The Catcher in the
through New York City. He describes Holden as “a delicate bloom ... [and] an orchid in a greenhouse,” with the same vulnerability he said characterized Salinger. Seiden encourages students to pay tribute to Salinger’s writing career by appreciating his other works, including “Franny and Zooey” and “Nine Stories.” While “The Catcher in the Rye” is his major accomplishment, Seiden stated the book provides only a glimpse into the career of someone he calls “a beautiful writer.” Salinger died on Wednesday, Jan. 27 in a small town in New Hampshire, where he moved immediately following “The Catcher in the Rye”’s publication in 1951. Love it or hate it, the book has maintained its notoriety, and over the last 59 years has sold over 60 million copies around the world.
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FSC student anxious to help devastated Haiti this summer
By Amanda Lefebvre Assistant Arts & Features Editor ou have to see it to believe it.” Her senior year of high school was the first time junior psychology major Colleen Poulin saw Haiti, really looked at the faces of sick and helpless families - she was taken aback by such desperate living conditions, at all that they didn’t have. And now, hearing about how the earth-shattering quake tore up the nation, her connection to them grew even stronger. Poulin was traveling as a student helper with the founders of Forward in Health, a non-profit organization based in Gardner, who coincidentally were her neighbors. The husband-and-wife team, a doctor and a nurse, took their first trip to Haiti 10 years ago. This is when their idea to found a clinic began, inspiring professionals and student volunteers from back home. And every summer since, she would go to povertystricken regions and for about five or six days to work eight hour days at medical clinics. But since Poulin does not have any medical training, her primary duty was to play with the children. “Some of them would walk like five or six miles, and they would have to wait all day, so we would play with all the kids,” she said. Her favorite part of being on the job in Haiti was reaching out to the children, especially the terminally ill babies at various orphanages at or near the clinics. They do not often get the kind of love and affection which orphans elsewhere might. Thus, Poulin showered them with toys, supplies and the simple comfort of being held. “There was once one child that the nurse held all day, and then that night she passed away. The nun called and said that because the nurse held her, she was sent to heaven. … They are just so appreciative of everything.” Thus, it’s no wonder that they were, and still are,
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Junior Colleen Poulin helps out at orphanages and clinics in Haiti. decimated, and in the blink of an eye, their world, and Poulin’s world, completely changed. “The kids were starving, so we put a medical team together in five days. They went down the Tuesday after and they brought food, they brought medical supplies - they were the only medical presence in that area since the earthquake.”
ONVERSATIONS
“‘Among School Children’ by Tracy Kidder. It’s from a teacher’s point of view, and was nice to see her struggles ... help her students.” - Kelsey Flanagan, junior
so desperate for any kind of relief. Of her contacts in Haiti, no one was injured, save for a few “cuts and bruises … but they’ve all been affected,” she said. The Haitian directors of a relief group whom Poulin worked with in Haiti owned an orphanage that was
Poulin, after the quake, immediately sensed the hopelessness of an entire population. “I cried. … It’s already so bad that you can’t imagine it being worse, and you always think of, ‘What if it happened here?’ If it happened here, there would have been people looking right after it happened.” From her perspective, “helping is necessary,” and she is taking this “major devastation” as a blessing in disguise. “As bad as it sounds, at least now people know about Haiti.” For their trip in July, the group is looking forward not only to assist them with medical care, but with “rebuilding” some of the hardest hit areas. “We’re just going to go down and do whatever we can.” “If I wasn’t in school right now, I would be there right now,” Poulin insisted. After she graduates next spring, she plans on living in Haiti for a few months to get her own organization in place. Forward in Education, she hopes, will serve as a school house on the clinic grounds. “We are all human. We are all here, to live and have a good life, and it’s just unfortunate that some people don’t have that opportunity.” Poulin stressed that everyone, at some point, should volunteer to do something, even if one can’t go to a whole different corner of the globe to contribute. “I think [volunteering] changes you as a person. It makes you more generous and understanding, and you see yourself in a different light so you can see other people in a different light.” In the meantime, all that Poulin can do is sit, wait and pray that others are just as willing to donate and care for those less fortunate. “It’s rewarding, eyeopening, emotional. … You want to save them all. You know you can’t, and I think that’s the hardest part, but you have to realize that what you do … does change lives.” If you are interested in donating to this cause, or if you want more information, please visit ForwardInHealth.org.
What book inspired you the most growing up?
“‘Drive’ by Larry Bird. It inspired me to say, ‘If you want something, you have to go get it.’”
“‘Number the Stars’ by Lois Lowry. It’s a beautifully written story that made me want to be a writer.”
- Steve Wing, junior
- Millie McTigue, senior
“‘Stranger in a Strange Land’ by Robert A. Heinlein. It gave me a different perspective on the world.”
“‘High Fidelity’ by Nick Hornby. It’s a satire on modern society, and it’s very funny.”
- William Hassinger, junior
- Andrew Irwin, junior
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FSC Club Profile
By Krysta Davis Assistant Arts & Features Editor
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s music thrives in college students’ lives, Framingham State College’s student-directed radio station, WDJM, amuses those who can appreciate music and entertainment. “We’re about fun and freedom,” says Matthew Gorczyca, a senior at FSC and president and general manager of WDJM. As general manager of WDJM, Gorczyca has the responsibility of running weekly meetings for the radio station focusing on upcoming events, training hours and future measures. He also likes to keep people up to date on what's going on in the club and around campus. Students who participate in the radio station are assigned different positions on the executive and general boards, where they can help manage shows and upcoming events on campus. No experience is necessary to join the club, and training to run the equipment used is provided for those who need it. Working behind the scenes at your own college radio station is a perfect opportunity to gain experience in this field, Gorczyca believes. “It gives students hands on experience with the equipment, especially because many of our members are communication arts majors.” You may have heard WDJM playing throughout FSC’s College Center or recently at Midnight Breakfast. According to Gorczyca, the club intends to set up online streaming in the future. The plan to broadcast their radio shows online their radio shows with a quick link through the Framingham State College Web site. The club also plans to co-sponsor with FSC’s Hilltop Players at their upcoming dance as well as host their own events shortly to come. Club meetings are held every Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. in CC419. and anyone is welcome. The radio station can be reached by phone at 508-626-4623. “We just want people to listen in to the flip side of college radio,” Gorczyca said. “We have a lot of really awesome people in the club and try to run as close to a professional radio environment as possible.” You can tune into this club’s radio station at 91.3 FM, and hopefully someday, you’ll be able to visit them on their very own Framingham State College Web site, where music and entertainment is just a click away. The radio station features many different styles of programs, ranging from genres of music to talk and discussion. Titles of these shows include “Righteous Rock,” “DJ Soultrain,” “The Animal Mouth Show,” “Classic Rock and Talk,” as well as many others. Even when there is no show, media broadcasts over the channel constantly.
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Students at WDJM are looking to broaden their reach to the FSC community with the addition of online streaming in the near future.
February 5, 2010
The Gatepost Editorial FSC’s mission revision
The point of any organization’s mission statement is to provide a definition for that group, and establish its key goals and values. A good mission statement should be concise, confident and descriptive. It should provide a vision, be distinguishable and, above all, be unique. For over eight years now, our mission statement at FSC has not accomplished these goals. In fact, it is unsuccessful at offering a clear description of what the college stands for. The college’s mission statement, which could easily be misread as a history lesson, is much too lengthy and much too general - offering more description of the MetroWest region than of the college itself. The only section of the statement that even begins to describe FSC is this: “Traditional college-age students, as well as nontraditional students seeking higher education on either a full- or part-time basis, are served and are accorded opportunities to participate in campus life through a variety of co-curricular programs and activities and to develop the necessary knowledge and skills to compete in a global and technological society.” Well, duh. You have just described every higher education institution in the country. The list of “distinctive programs” in the FSC mission statement includes Teacher Education, Nutrition, Biology and Chemistry, Business and Advanced Technology. Try to find a college that doesn’t have most of these “distinctive” programs. Needless to say, when we at The Gatepost heard about the recommendation from the strategic planning committee to modernize the mission statement, we were very pleased … and very hopeful. The draft of the new mission statement is certainly a significant improvement over our current one. We commend Dr. Robert Martin, vice president of academic affairs, and the committee responsible for the new mission statement for their work. The new statement provides direction for the college and is much more specific in terms of what it offers its students. It describes FSC’s programs and educational system in depth, while informing prospective students of what they can gain from an FSC education. However, the mission statement is still lacking one essential element. The new mission statement, which stresses student success, collaborative and independent learning and the ability to create a capstone experience, is still just not unique enough. Even in the revision, switching Framingham State’s name to that of any other college - perhaps Bridgewater State or Worcester State - would, for the most part, serve to describe that college just as well as it does FSC. That shouldn’t be the case. We need to separate ourselves from other colleges, especially in these poor economic times when recruiting prospective students should be a priority. We are proud of our small, state college, and believe that FSC’s unique qualities should be reflected in this document. The mission statement should flaunt our small classroom sizes, our one-on-one faculty-student interactions and our close-knit campus community. It should emphasize our picturesque New England campus, which offers students a scenic view in the spring and fall as they walk to their classes. The mission statement should highlight the convenient location of the dormitories and academic buildings. Students are able to stumble out of bed and dash across campus to make it to their 8:30 a.m. classes. It should draw attention to how secure our campus is. Students can walk back safely from the commuter caf at midnight, without looking over their shoulders. Our campus is special. No mission statement can sum up the way the sight of Edith greeting students as they file into the residence caf makes students feel right at home. However, it should emphasize the closeness among students, faculty and staff and the ties they have to this campus community. These are essential aspects of the Framingham State College experience, and they should be promoted in its mission statement. Lately, it seems as if Framingham State administrators have been so focused on expanding that they have forgotten the intimacy that makes FSC so special. Growing is an important part of moving FSC forward, but it does not define who we are as a college. The closeness of our community defines us. That is what should be reflected in our mission statement, because finally, that is who we are.
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A thank-you from Spain
I would just like to express my gratitude for The Gatepost’s online Web site as I sit here in Barcelona, Spain. I love it here and I am having the time of my life, but being a part of our wonderful newspaper is one of the things I miss the most while I am away. I miss being a part of the action - putting articles together, editing, helping with the layout for what will later be printed for all of FSC to read, and everything else that goes along with The Gatepost. Thanks to the Web site I am able to keep up with what is happening on campus, and it reminds me of what it’s like to be there. So thank you, Gatepost, for keeping up with it and putting the whole paper on the site. I might be biased, but you all are so talented and reading all your articles, be it in the news section, arts and features, sports (yeah - can you believe it?), really reaffirms this fact. To everyone writing op/ed pieces, keep writing! They have me laughing out loud most of the time, and when they’re serious, they give me something to think about other than how to conjugate verbs in Spanish. Keep doing what you’re doing! I know for a fact that I am not the only one, and that there are people around the world checking the site every Friday to get the latest. Rakel Hjaltadóttir Assistant News Editor
FSC’s Mission Statement Current Mission Statement “University Learning in a College Environment” Framingham State College was founded by Horace Mann in 1839 as the first state-supported institution of public higher education in the United States for the training of teachers. Located in Framingham, Massachusetts, a community 20 miles west of Boston, the College assists in fulfilling the workforce needs of the Commonwealth with an emphasis on the rapidly growing high technology and service region known as MetroWest. The College integrates liberal arts and science programs with a variety of professional programs at the Baccalaureate and Master’s levels. The College offers distinctive programs in: Teacher Education and Preparation - Programs to prepare teachers at all levels of PreKindergarten through Grade 12 education. Nutrition, Dietetics, Food Technology, Chemistry and Biology - Unique professional programs integrated with foundation sciences. Business and its Applications Across the Disciplines - Programs with special preparation for the new technological economy. Advanced Technology - Programs infusing information technology throughout the curriculum. Framingham State College draws the majority of its students from within Massachusetts and the New England region. Traditional college-age students, as well as non-traditional students seeking higher education on either a full- or part-time basis, are served and are accorded opportunities to participate in campus life through a variety of co-curricular programs and activities, and to develop the necessary knowledge and skills to compete in a global and technological society.
Draft of new Mission Statement
Framingham State College Mission, version 3B Founded by Horace Mann in 1839 as the first public college in America to offer teacher preparation, Framingham State College continues to serve a public purpose. Now a comprehensive college with a wide variety of undergraduate majors encompassing the arts and sciences and applied programs, as well as graduate programs at the master’s level, Framingham State has expanded its vision beyond that of its founder, yet is still dedicated to serving regional and state communities. Our graduates go on to local, national, and global service in a wide variety of careers. Framingham State College is primarily a teaching institution in which faculty engage with their disciplines through instruction, scholarship, and service both to the campus and extended communities. The College is an important educational and cultural center for the Metrowest region of Massachusetts, which also serves as a resource for the education and work of our students. The Framingham State College learning community consists of teacher-scholars, students, and staff dedicated to shared values including student success, free inquiry and the respectful exchange of ideas, ethical conduct, and the belief that diversity in its many forms is essential to the educational experience. The educational and co-curricular environments support student-centered, active learning and provide opportunities for both independent and collaborative learning and a culminating capstone experience. Students work closely with faculty as they learn to gather and evaluate information, to write and speak effectively, to develop their critical thinking and their creativity, to reason quantitatively, and to apply information technology effectively. Framingham State seeks to graduate self-directed and confident students who are prepared for a life of learning, leadership, and work. We at The Gatepost welcome Op/Ed submissions from all members of the FSC community. Please limit opinions to 300 words and letters to the editor to 200 words. E-mail submissions to Gatepost@framingham.edu.
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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Hockey edged by Stonehill By Nenia Corcoran Sports Editor
The Rams were unable to celebrate the fourth power play goal of the peThe Rams faced off at home on As the second period drew to a Wednesday night against the Stone- for long. Just three minutes later, riod off a rebound from Blair Nicker- close, Framingham’s John Sheehan hill Skyhawks for a non-conference Stonehill scored while Framingham son. made several attempts to close the was down a player due to a charge Stonehill would have the last say in gap, carrying the puck down the ice matchup. The Rams began the several times, but he was game struggling to mainunable to connect with the tain the puck in their offennet. The period would end sive zone, and late into the with the score remaining first period, the Skyhawks 4-2. broke onto the scoreboard. Framingham opened The Rams stepped onto the third period looking the ice for the second peto score. They had many riod like a different team, opportunities and several coming out strong and conskirmishes in front of the trolling the puck in ways Skyhawks’ goalie, but the they hadn’t been able to Rams were unable to finmanage in the first. ish their shots. With just Unfortunately, only 13 four minutes left to play, seconds into the period, Nickerson fired a slap shot Framingham’s Matt Lally from the blue line that was issued a five- minute squeezed by Stonehill’s major for hitting from begoalie, cutting the Skyhind, which was quickly hawk lead to only one. followed by a 10-minute As time ticked down, game misconduct. Framingham was franFramingham’s goalie tic for a goal. Several Andy Joyce was able to scuffles in front of the fight off shot after shot as net didn’t yield the point they rained down on him that the Rams so desperthroughout the power play, ately needed. At the final and with only 39 seconds buzzer, a blocked slap to go until Framingham Drake McCabe/The Gatepost shot from center ice sealed was at full strength again, the Rams’ fate, ending the Stonehill’s Dana Borges game 4-3. Framingham State struggled to produce the offense they needed in Wednesday added a second goal to the The loss gives the Rams night’s matchup against Stonehill. Skyhawks’ lead. an overall record of 1-15The Rams quickly retali2. They will return to the ated, however, taking advantage of a called on Charles Vaillancourt, restor- the period, however, when with just ice on Saturday, when they host Westfive-on-three power play. Framing- ing the Skyhawks’ lead at two. under five minutes remaining, Stone- field State at 4:40 p.m. ham forward Eric Walsh ripped a shot Again, however, the Rams retaliat- hill’s Pete Roundy went one-on-one that sailed past the Skyhawks’ goalie ed. With just over seven minutes left with Joyce to score what would prove to put the Rams on the scoreboard. in the second, Joseph Hurley scored to be the game winner.
Ram Round-Up Ice Hockey (1-15-2)
1/30 Loss 5-2 vs. UMass Dartmouth 2/3 Loss 4-3 vs. Stonehill
Men’s Basketball (9-9)
1/30 Win 70-64 vs. Fitchburg State 2/2 Loss 71-69 vs. Bridgewater State
Women’s Basketball (10-8) 1/30 Win 57-48 vs. Fitchburg State 2/2 Win 72-63 vs. Bridgewater State
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Men’s basketball drops MASCAC matchup to Bridgewater State By Josh Primak Sports Editor
In a game with huge MASCAC implications, the Men’s Basketball team lost a closely contested game 71-69 to the Bridgewater State Bears this past Tuesday in front of a raucous home crowd.
during the first twenty minutes - clearly charged by the loud home crowd, as well as the importance of the game. But even though Framingham was playing tight on the defensive end, the Bears were still getting the tough shots to fall.
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Despite Almodovar’s efforts on offense, Framingham State came up short against rival Bridgewater. Though they entered the game with just a 9-8 record overall, their 5-2 record in the MASCAC placed the Rams in second place in the conference standings - right behind their opponent. A win would place them just a game behind the Bears - the defending MASCAC champions - and hand them their first conference loss of the season. A nearly packed house and the potential ramifications of the game seemed to hinder both teams in the early going, as some sloppy play followed the opening tip-off. The missed shots led to physical play by both teams down low - catching the attention of the referees. By the 15-minute mark of the first half, Framingham State forward Josue Almodovar, the team’s best offensive weapon, already had two fouls against him. This forced the Rams to place him on the bench for a majority of the first half. With Almodovar on the sidelines, the Framingham offense then relied on point guard Darius Yarrell to find the open man for points and he did just that – with five assists to go along with five points of his own in by halftime. Despite the foul trouble, Almodovar still was Framingham’s top scorer during the first half, with eight points. On the defensive end, the Rams played with extra fire and intensity
The Bears’ tandem of guard Judah Jones and four-time MASCAC player of the week Nicholas Motta combined for 19 of Bridgewater’s 37 first half points on 7-of-11 shooting - including 2-3 from behind the three-point arc. Framingham’s tight defense also led to several trips to the foul line for Bridgewater. With the second half under way, the Rams were able to let their stalwart Almodovar back on the floor for longer stretches of time. With the Bridgewater defense now having to account for Almodovar, Yarrell was able to continue his torrid offensive pace, as he assisted on five of the first six Rams’ scoring possessions. This run by Framingham allowed them to build a six-point lead over the suddenly beleaguered Bridgewater squad. But the Bears showed why they sit atop the conference standings and would not go away. Despite continued defensive pressure from the Rams as well as a loud crowd, the Bears continued to knock down big shots from the field. By the mid-point of the second half, the game had become a back-and-forth affair with the teams exchanging leads several times in a short span. In the second half, Almodovar was able to play big minutes and took the opportunity to put his full talent on
display, dominating the formidable Bridgewater defense. With Almodovar able to attack the rim and Yarrell able to control things from the perimeter, Framingham’s offense was able to keep in tow with the Bridgewater offense - led by their own offensive weapons in Motta and Jackson. While most of his highlights came on the offensive side of the court, Almodovar’s best play of the night was perhaps on the defensive end. Tied at 65 with less than five minutes of regulation to play, the savvy Almodovar reached in and took the ball out of the grasp of Motta and relayed it to Yarrell, who then put it into the hands of a sprinting Royce Veal who put it into the basket for a Framingham 67-65 advantage. After a Bridgewater three-point play put them back in the lead, Framingham once again answered with Almodovar, this time doing the scoring himself to put the team back up by a point. But once again, a valiant defensive effort by the Rams was to no avail, as Jackson was able to find enough space to land a jumper to once again give Bridgewater a slim lead. After a missed three-point attempt, the Rams fouled Bridgewater. As Motta stepped to the line with a chance to finish the victory for the Bears, he was met with the hollers of the Rams’ home crowd, which caused Motta to miss both his free throws. However, the Rams were unable to take advantage of their offensive possession, and when Bridgewater got the
ball back, Framingham was forced to foul. The pressure of the crowd once again rattled Bridgewater, and they were only able to sink one of their free throws to give them a two-point advantage. Framingham frantically tried to tie things up, but with less than 45 seconds to play, they were unable to get that extra bucket, despite several chances. While most of the Rams’ offense came from Yarrell, who finished with 10 points and 13 assists, and Almodovar, who scored a game-high 22 points, the entire team put together a strong effort against the best squad in the league. Other key Rams’ contributions came from Royce Veal, who picked up 6 rebounds, and Roderick Jackson, who had some key buckets in the first half. Almodovar was disappointed by the game’s outcome, and feels the team needs to play better down the stretch. “The team played well. Personally, we feel we gave away both of the games we lost to them. We just have to really learn how to finish games.” But even with the loss, Yarrell is still proud of the team’s overall effort. “There are a lot of positives to take because we showed that we are a team to be reckoned with and we will make our run in the MASCAC conference. We lost at Bridgewater by four, then at home by two, so there’s only one way to go the way I see it. We look forward to seeing them again.”
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Guard Bill Carey looks for space against a Bridgewater defender in Tuesday night’s game.
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Above: Turtles swim in Hemenway Hall. Sides: Comedian Eric O’Shea.
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Above: Debra Rosenberg shows off her violin sculpture. One of the many projects FSC students are working on. Kelsey Loverude/The Gatepost
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Above: Ursula Boynton and her homemade jewelry. Below: Students work in campus labs. Erika Kruger/The Gatepost
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