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O’Connor Hall and future residential housing options were among the developments discussed at a Jan. 25 Capital Master Plan meeting in the forum. With the authorization of the 2008 Higher Education Bond Bill for “Education and Teaching Excellence,” issued by the Department of Higher Education, Executive Vice Kelsey Loverude/The Gatepost President Dale Hamel said that a “Center for Education and Teaching Excellence” could project. possibly be developed as part of the O’Connor repositioning project. Chan Krieger NBBJ Architectural Firm Consultant Michael Dembowski said an addition to O’Connor Hall will house this new The school is currently contracting with academic center, and will also offer additional an organization called CCS Incorporated, classroom space. He said the addition would headed by Lindsey Humes, the company’s make the building fully accessible by incorpovice president, to help in the design phase of the fundraising campaign. - Continued on page 4 Flanagan announced that the university hired a new executive director of advancement and alumni relations, Eric Gustafson, from Anna Maria College in Paxton, Massachusetts, where he was the director of development. He will be working with Humes on the fundraising campaign plan, said Flanagan, until the summer, when “we will sort of take the training wheels off and we will undertake this hard work and activity on our By Keir Cullen Janey EDITORIAL STAFF own over the next couple of years. “It is far too early to talk at this point Framingham State University placed about the dollar value of the campaign. in the top 20 percent of national colleges That’s precisely what we’re studying in this and universities deemed “military friendly - Continued on page 3 schools” by G.I. Jobs Magazine. The study, which was published in September, surveyed over 8, 000 schools. There were about 100 student veterans on campus last semester. big-budget seasons,” which made it difPublisher Rich McCormack said, in a press release to FSU, “You should take great together. pride in this honor ... The competition for Liuzzo also emphasized the importance our 2012 Military Friendly Schools list was of the paper trail, which will help SGA stay organized and keep track of how much is stringent criteria to a higher benchmark. being allocated and to which clubs. Each Your school is among the elite.” club, he said, will have its own divider in a In an e-mail to students, trustees, alumni binder to further organization efforts. and colleagues, President Timothy Flanagan According to Liuzzo, CollegiateLink said, “Framingham State is proud to be listed will be updated constantly so SGA is aware of how much is left in their funds, tunity.” but it will take some time for the results to Vice President for Academic Affairs Lin-
President updates university on “plan of plans” By Kerrin Murray NEWS EDITOR By Kathleen McDonough INTERIM NEWS EDITOR This Wednesday, Feb. 1, President Timothy Flanagan hosted the second All University Meeting of the year to update faculty, staff and students on FSU’s progress and plans for the future. The last All University Meeting took place on Sept. 15, when Flanagan put in place a plan for “four Ps” - philanthropy, people, planet, and planning. “Today is in the form of an update of where we have tion to those four Ps, and where we hope to be by the time May 20 rolls around at the end of the semester.” According to Flanagan, the philanthropy
aspect of the plan includes the university’s in its history. He said that in order to “prepare ourselves as an institution to the point where we can undertake a major fundraising campaign … it will involve a couple of important components.” These components include leadership from both inside and outside the university, developing a compelling case for why the university deserves supcial support and “the most important piece of it” - a plan. “We have a couple of benchmarks in mind in the year 2014. On Jul. 3, 2014 to be exact, the university will celebrate its 175th anniversary, and we intend to mark that important anniversary in ways that are consistent with the work on the campaign,” said Flanagan.
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SGA passes new budget policy By Zack Comeau EDITORIAL STAFF SGA passed an amendment to its constitution Tuesday which affects the process by which clubs are allocated funds. Vice President Molly Goguen and Senator Larry Liuzzo proposed a new “event-based” budget system. According to Goguen, the presentation was meant to be a response to questions asked by the members at a previous meeting. “Over the last two years, we have been working toward getting an event-based budget system,” said Goguen. “This is
there, but we’re not quite there yet.” According to Goguen, the new budget procedure would be more effective than current policies because it would help SGA know “exactly how much money is going into and out of our account.” While Goguen said they will keep track of their funds on CollegiateLink, they will also “really stress” a paper trail. There will be written documentation of all funding given to clubs under the new policy. According to Liuzzo, the current system was not effective, so a change “needed to be made.” Last year, he said there were “major breakdowns between mini- and
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GP: Do you have any advice for students?
I really enjoyed the chance to get to try a lot of new things and be exposed to a lot of new ideas and new ways of looking at the world. In particular, I went to a liberal arts school, and we were forced to take a bunch of classes that I had no interest in at all and resented having to take, and it turned out that with hindsight, some of those did more for me than ones I would have chosen to take. I had to take a philosophy class that was painful, but that was where I learned to write, an economics class that I didn’t want to take and it turns out that I ended up minoring in it, so just being pushed
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I am working on a book that looks at New York City orphanages in the 19th century, and in effect what it is, is that these are children, most of whom have a living parent who can’t afford to keep them, and the ways in which these poor families, middleclass managers who run the institutions and the children themselves all come together and work to use the institution of the orphanage for their own purposes but have to negotiate what exactly that will look like.
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The fact that there are small classes, and so I feel like I get to know my students. Also, the fact that students feel like there is - or my impression is - that students feel like there is a community, and that faculty are approachable and are willing to talk about things that come up, ask intriguing questions, push the conversation and really take ownership of the educational experience. GP: Are you currently working on any projects?
I teach the American history survey, Civil War, Family and American Life, and next year, I will be teaching American Women’s History.
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I was always really interested in what it was like to live at different points in time - what the experience was like to live in a culture that was different from our own. It started with an interest, actually, in novels as a child that were set in different periods, and then it led me to question more deeply what those experiences were like and how people viewed the world differently at different points in time.
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GP: Why did you decide to major in history?
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I did my undergraduate at Xavier University, which is in Cincinnati, Ohio, and then I did my master’s and Ph.D. in history at John Hopkins, which is in Baltimore. I study 19th century American history, particularly families and childhood.
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Plans for the future discussed at All University Meeting - Continued from page 1
design task force, but as the semester goes on, we will get a clearer picture of what the potential is,” said Flanagan. In terms of people, the second “P,” Flanagan said the two objectives from the September meeting were to inventory and set goals for everything the university does for employees regardless of job title. “So, whether you are driving a pickup truck and you are on the custodial staff, or you’re a professor of physics, we want to make sure we have you on our radar.” Associate Director of Human Services Erin Nechipurenko reported that “an overwhelming majority of departments have had a place to participate in professional development activities. However, it appears that some departments have done so on a more regular basis than others.” Dean of Students Melinda Stoops introduced a campaign, called “Live Safe,” for which she is now recruiting faculty, staff and students. The campaign recognizes that college-age students take risks and engage in regrettable behaviors, but will “focus on safe choices, bystander intervention, and helping other people make safe choices.” The campaign, which is “really about behaviors,” will roll out in the fall. The planet was the third “P.” Flanagan discussed the school’s sustainability initiatives and progress in meeting the Climate
Action Plan goals, such as the opening of a green building, North Hall. Flanagan said that although it was a “gigantic battle” about to eliminate of trays in the cafeteria a few years ago, and “we thought the world was going to end.” Two classes that have gone through the dining halls without trays “all seem to have survived.” Warren Fairbanks, director of facilities, updated the forum on where the school is in terms of planet initiatives. He said that the school has already “made some great strides on the hard side of it,” the technical aspects of the Climate Action Plan including measuring green house gas and carbon dioxide emissions, reducing energy consumption, cutting down on water use and recycling, which Facilities has been pushing forward. the next step, which is a change in the “social” and “behavioral” aspects of the Climate Action Plan. Fairbanks said this is changing the way people act “like turning off the lights when you leave the room, putting on a sweater and wearing short sleeve shirts in the summer.” According to Fairbanks, FSU is a leader, ahead of a lot of other universities in energy lion conservation project, of which $2.7 million was given to the university by a grant from the commonwealth. Flanagan said that the strategic plan-
ning process is important because it brings together all aspects of the university’s improvements. The last strategic plan in 2008 move the campus forward,” said Flanagan, which the university has improved upon in the last few years. However, one of the recommendations from the last strategic plan was to create a new mission statement. New vision and mission statements were created by the FSU community based on a “set of bedrock principles that will help to support the strategic plan going forward,” said Flanagan. “Our last strategic plan was highly conspicuous by the complete and virtual absence of an academic plan, which is more than a little ironic in an academic institution,” said Flanagan. He added that the Division of Academic Affairs drafted an academic plan over the last eight months “that will really drive the rest of the university going forward.” Flanagan said that the university has input from the community to “think about strategic planning 2.0,” but that they “desperately need more faculty to get involved in the budget planning committee.” Dale Hamel, executive vice president, discussed the process of strategic planning to “develop functional plans, weave them together as a cohesive whole and identify priorities.”
The strategic plan will be presented to the Board of Trustees in May and will cover
the planning process on Feb. 15 and a date to be announced in May. There will be two more All University Meetings on March 26 and April 30 before the presentation of the strategic plan to the Board of Trustees.
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appear, which is why SGA is implementing written records. Goguen said that as far as CollegiateLink is concerned, the process would ultimately stay the same. “I’m sure clubs can tell you that the accounts aren’t always updated immediately. It is a little bit of a process, but not a process that we as SGA can change.” Under the new system, Goguen said she believes there is “no reason why this can’t work if we stay organized.” She also said to SGA as they plan events, and clubs can request multiple events in one meeting. A survey of club presidents at Monday’s Presidents’ Council meeting showed that clubs were not happy with the current that they are “very overwhelmed when tryvance,” said Goguen. The new budget system would also make for smoother transitions from clubs’ e-boards from one year to the next. In the past, clubs had to plan a budget year a full year in advance. Under the new policy, each club would be allocated a lump sum of $300 at the beginning of the fall. These moneys are for funding events clubs may hold at the beginning of the year before they appear at an SGA meeting. Goguen said that money can be spent as long as it applies to the club’s mission statement and follows SATF guidelines. According to Liuzzo, if a club wanted to plan a number of events but didn’t want to take up senate time on Tuesday nights, there would be an “event senate meeting” one Friday every semester, or once every month. “Clubs would come and propose events and have all the information needed and we can pass them there,” he said, which is “one solution we thought would help.” If a club wanted to hold an event at the beginning of the year the cost for which would exceed the amount of the lump
sum, a committee serving over the summer would meet and decide as usual during the school year, said Liuzzo. For any event under $300, that club would go to FinCom and request money for an event, and “FinCom would pass it then and there,” said Liuzzo. “They go through the processes.” FinCom will use a checklist for every club requesting funds, ensuring that clubs come prepared and that the request follows SATF guidelines. and can be altered. According to Goguen, club sports and organizations will essentially stay the same, as far as big budget matters go. Publications, however, are not clearly clubs or organizations, but have stressed
pens now. Liuzzo and Goguen also said that under the new policy, clubs would come better prepared to senate, which would lead to shorter meetings. At FinCom, requests from clubs under $300 will pass “right then and there” so senate doesn’t have to see them, which would reduce the length and stress of regular senate meetings. Goguen also proposed placing a limit on how many clubs can come to senate at any one meeting to help control the length of meetings. CollegiateLink, she said, will still be used by clubs to submit requests for fundthe agenda through CollegiateLink. SILD, she said, “will be used a resource to make
“Over the last two years, we have been working toward getting an event-based budget system. This
status under the new policy. If the policy fails, said Goguen, SGA mester and “treat it exactly as we treat it now.” Some members asked about the 10 years required to become an organization. According to Goguen and Liuzzo, an organization can “downgrade” to a club at their will, but can always reapply to become an organization. Bruce suggested adding a clause to the amendment, indicating that the guidelines for becoming an organization can be overBruce also suggested an amendment which would allow for an emergency meeting over the summer for e-board members of SGA in the event a club requests additional funds for the beginning of the school year. Senator Nathan Stowes’ motion to pass carried with three opposed, and Senator Melissa Keene’s formal amendment to accept the revisions passed with four opposed.
- Molly Goguen, SGA vice president In other news: that they wish to be viewed as organizations, as they may need to pay for things in advance, Goguen said. “It’s something we can talk about as a senate if we decide to pass it,” said Goguen. According to Liuzzo, to be considered an organization, a club must have been active for at least 10 consecutive years, hold annual events and productions and have subcommittees or subdivisions. This ensures that a club is strong and that e-board members transition well, he said. Ten years would allow for two full -board transitions. Every organization, said Liuzzo, will have an individual contract that must be followed that senate will implement and work with at a budget meeting. If organizations fail to follow their contracts, they will lose their status as organizations, he said. If a club does not spend all of the funds allocated for an event, they will roll back into SGA’s unallocated account, as hap-
sure clubs are spending money how they should.” According to Liuzzo, the new budget policy is an effort to serve the “students, campus and clubs and to strengthen the bond [SGA] has with them” because clubs will be interacting with SGA regularly. Some concerns were raised about the new policy in discussion after Senator Nathan Stowes made a motion to accept the constitutional amendment. Senators Keyona Bell and Terri Deluise raised the issue that “mini-budget season” is only two weeks away, and SGA would have to vote on which clubs would be considered organizations. President Hannah Bruce suggested that SGA can make amendments to the policy as needed, SGA will vote on which clubs should be organizations. She also said there will be a meeting on Monday at 1:30 at which SGA will inform clubs of their
The Colorguard Club’s request for a new constitution was accepted as amended and revised. The Film Club’s request for a new constitution was accepted as amended and revised. The Criminology Club’s constitution was accepted as amended and revised. Framingham State University Ski and Snowboard Club was allocated $1,215.00 to fund three trips this semester. The Chess Club was allocated $492.93 for equipment. SGA will sponsor two blood drives this March 26, and the second on Wednesday, April 11. The Bone Marrow Drive will take place on Wednesday, April 18.
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da Vaden-Goad said that in her year and a half at FSU, she has noticed that information for student veterans has always been use. She said, “Universities should be as considerate and helpful as we can be. … We should never stop trying to look for ways to be more thoughtful and more responsive.” by how appealing FSU’s website is for student veterans. She said, “Issues related to student veterans are right on our home page, which is not the case with lots of schools.” FSU’s Veterans’ Brochure states, “Here at the Veteran and Servicemember Resource Center, our veteran staff bring their own military experience to their commitment to provide you with quality assistance and guidance throughout your academic career. Each staff member personally understands the transition that veterans go through, whether attending school directly tive duty.” The brochure explains that student veterans, servicemembers and dependents of disabled or deceased veterans attending FSU also allows student veterans to receive a full tuition waiver. National Guardsmen are entitled to receive a full tuition and fee waiver issued by the state. Army, Coast Guard and Air Force Reservists are entitled to tuition assistance. The Veterans Education Assistance Imallow Massachusetts veterans to attend public colleges and universities without having to pay tuition or fees. This applies for undergraduate and graduate school programs. According to the U.S. Department of Veterans’ Affairs, the majority - 58 percent - of Massachusetts student veterans and their dependents are enrolled at state community colleges and state colleges and universities. Approximately 32 percent of
student veterans and their dependents are enrolled at community colleges, 15 percent at the University of Massachusetts and 10 percent at state universities. About 71.9 The Mission Statement of the Veteran and Servicemember Resource Center promotes a “smooth transition” to the FSU environment from the military. Support is made available by the Veteran and Servicemember Resource Center. Student veterans’ representatives work as peer mentors
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weekly meetings. who assist student veterans with resources and information. military transfer credits, veteran resident status, academic accommodations, withdrawals due to deployments, referrals to on and off-campus service providers and scholarships. Dean of Students Melinda Stoops explained, “This award was something we applied for. We responded to questions related to our policies for admissions, transfer credit, withdrawals and readmission. We also provided information about campus resources for veterans - including our Veteran and Servicemember Resource Desk, the veterans’ lounge and the FSU Veterans’ Association.”
President of Veterans’ Association Flavio Mendes said, “I believe that Framingham State not only offers outstanding value in its education - be it the quality of the faculty, the small size of classes and the familiar feeling of the campus, but also the school provides pragmatic support to veterans. “FSU, in my experience, will accommodate every reasonable request that student veterans have, without awarding special favors, quotas or privilege. Personally, I believe that all veterans can relate to and agree with a fair treatment, and I can strongly state that none of us are looking for preferential treatment. We seek only that the administration and faculty be accommodating with certain special circumstances that student veterans may have, and I believe that FSU does everything in its power to do so while also being fair to the rest of its student body.” He added, “In regards to the Veterans’ Association, we are a group of student veterans and civilian student supporters. Our mission statement reads: ‘The purpose of the Framingham State University Veterans’ Association is to bring all former and current military students together for academic and moral support, community involvement, and a companionship all military members share. The association is also open to students who may have an interest in a career in the military, students with family members in the military, or any student who has an interest in for their freedom.’ “The association has shown veteranthemed movies, conducted ‘mock boot camps,’ Veterans’ day events, attended student veteran conferences and generally supports any student veteran by having information available to them in regards to the transition to college life. “A personal experience that I can use to illustrate FSU’s commitment to the student veteran community would be an activation that I was ordered to during a time of state emergency. The state had gone through -
their education. I know that they think FSU does a great job to accommodating to their needs.” Siobhan Curran, a junior, said, “It is fantastic that Framingham State was chosen as a military friendly school out of more than 8,000 other state and community schools.” Molly McKinnon, a sophomore, said, “For being a smaller state school, I think this is a great honor for Framingham State and for students - whether or not they are directly connected to the military.” Ashley Hess, a junior, said, “I’m proud that FSU is considered a military friendly school. We have a good amount of scholarships and services made available here for deserve the honor.” The veterans’ lounge is located in room 504 of the McCarthy Center.
In Dwight, these include resurfacing the ing the windows as well as remodeling the locker rooms in the athletic center and creating additional exercise space with the future bookstore relocation to the McCarthy Center. FSU is discussing upgrades to the Maple ties with the town of Framingham, which could include locker rooms and storage for the Loring Arena and a new scoreboard and
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the building. Connected with that development will be the relocation of students from O’Connor Hall to North Hall and future residential housing options. Dembowski presented three options for housing, all of which he projects would provide a total of 348 beds. long residential building, located on Adams Road along the Maynard lot. The second is a similar building along Maynard Road, and the third, a tower on Maynard Road. Both the Adams Road bar and the Maynard tower are designed to have a space which would be more accessible to the public, which, Dembowski said, “could possibly serve as satellite dining, or a community or study room.” A related project is the possible construction of a Maynard Road parking garage. Administrators also discussed future changes which are in the works. These will include the renovation and enlargement of Hemenway Hall and the construction of a new science laboratory. This, combined with the relocation of the Planetarium to O’Connor Hall, is known as the “Science Project,” which was also authorized by the Higher Education Bond Bill. That relocation “will become an integral component of the teaching program located in O’Connor,” said Dembowski. He said there will also be an “expansion of the quadrant - extending the view of it
ties, and my unit and I were called out to assist for about a week. The issue for me was that it just so happened to be the week of midterms. Despite missing all of my tests and papers, all my professors were extremely understanding and afforded me extra time to complete these assignments. In other words, I was not penalized one bit for my military service even though nothing says they had to grant me the extra time.” Students shared what receiving this honor means to them. Zoe Moore, a sophomore, said, “It’s important that all veterans have the opportunity to go to school and receive credit or scholarships that they deserve. I’m glad that our school has done a great job of providing those things to the student veterans here.” Chris Thompson, a senior, said, “It’s impressive that our school has been recognized for the help it provides for student veterans. It’s good to know we are in the top 20 percent and that we offer great services to everyone.” Katy Dreher, a junior, said, “I know student veterans that go to school here and
When discussing Maple Field, Dembowski explained two scenarios. accomplish on its own, which include new box, scoreboard, restrooms, and even an
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from State Street connected to the pedestrian ‘spine’ that moves west-east across the campus.” Expansion of the McCarthy Center was also discussed, starting with overall dining seating, and the long-term expansion connecting with a bridge structure to a new
building where Foster Hall is presently located, in order to consolidate a relocated bookstore, health services and other meeting spaces. Other projects include upgrades to the athletic facilities in Dwight Hall and the
The second scenario encompasses a long-term agreement with the town of Framingham for the use of Bowditch Field for soccer and football games, including new lights at Maple Field, new bleachers, well as public restrooms. Student Trustee Kendra Sampson said, “The expansion is promising, and it’s encouraging to see the administration making like the expansion of dining space in the McCarthy Center and a new parking garage. These are consistent issues that the campus
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Aspiring high-rollers test their luck at Casino Night.