Volleyball battles Connecticut College
Read to imagine
Football hosts NEFC title game
6th annual Children’s Literature
Will play Salve Regina at Bowditch Field - pg. 14
Festival - pg. 9
Competes in NCAA DIII Tourney - pg. 13
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Veteran services expanded at FSU By Cristina Valente STAFF WRITER
Services Department of the university as the coordinator of veteran services to assist a group of students who sometimes slip under the radar. the FSU community and looks forward to “easing the college process for our veterto “streamline and outline policies and provices. Alexis Huston/The Gatepost
FSU junior Ray Van Liew stepped on stage Wednesday with drag show performer Destiny during Fashion Week. The main goal is to “promote a smooth transition from the military to the academic
Ribbon-cutting ceremony celebrates renovations of Maynard Building
By Alex Shuman EDITORIAL STAFF
FSU students and faculty joined -
the university’s newest Community Education Center, located in the historic Jonathan Maynard Building. than Maynard, whom FSU President Timothy Flanagan said was a “remark-
The town of Framingham also named Maynard Road and the Jonathan May-
nard Historic District in his honor. The Maynard Building has hisschool. State Rep. Chris Walsh said The Maynard Building, located away from campus across the Route ing now houses the expanded English Language Programs (ELP) offered cation.
1915, was leased to FSU in May for $200,000, which covered renovations (see “Community Education Center offers new English language proGatepost). The ceremony was, according to Flanagan, an opportunity to thank the mittee for their hard work in opening FSU’s newest off-campus location. Visitors were also given the oppornard Building, which holds multiple - Continued on page 3
Author Isabel Wilkerson discusses “The Great Migration” By Talia Adry EDITORIAL STAFF
Wilkerson, who came to discuss her
not a part of today’s social context for African-Americans, the shadow of slavery has followed them long after emancipation, and well into the 20th century.
evolved in the South even after the croppers still needed workers to pick
place around the start of World War I millions of African-Americans up from the Southern part of the United States to the North, in what was conpeople in American history.
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Students watch Obama win in Forum By Alexis Huston EDITORIAL STAFF
On Tuesday, Nov. 6, SGA and SILD in the Forum as the results from the 2012 presidential election came pouring in. Although the event ended at 11 p.m., students 20 minutes later, when CNN an-
of Students Melinda Stoops and talked politics.
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African-Americans stayed on their plantations long after emancipation, as they had no other options - things went
With the onset of WWI and the loss of the immigrant workforce, the North -
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elected for a second term as president of the United States. As they anxiously waited for the an-
DPAC. “This was a seeking of a politi-
Although slavery is often considered a thing of the past - a dark, seedy
For right now, Fields is focusing on -
cure the required 270 votes to win. Manning said that the popular vote the Electoral College vote would favor Talia Adry/The Gatepost
Isabel Wilkerson talks about her book, “The Warmth of Other Suns.”
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