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Making it work
CELTSS offers faculty support, funding By Heather Waxman STAFF WRITER
While students were on winter break from FSU, 140 faculty members met on campus to discuss ways to improve their teaching. The Day in January, held on January 12, was sponsored by the Center for Excellence in Learning, Teaching, Scholarship and Service (CELTSS). This
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This weekend, Fashion Club held their Make it Work Competition, for which they invited students to create garments using a set of fabrics. Junior Kaitlyn Gonfrade won Best All Around Design and Construction for the dress she submitted.
Commuters meet with president to voice concerns By Kathleen McDonough NEWS EDITOR
Last semester, Ryan Wheeler, a freshman biology major, started a commuter student advocacy board to promote the interests of commuter students throughout the university. President Timothy Flanagan and Vice President for Enrollment and Student Development Susanne Conley, along with Wheeler, hosted a commuter student luncheon on Dec. 7 to discuss commuter issues and advertise the creation of the group.
Wheeler, who commutes from Winchester, said he came up with the idea for a commuter group from attending his freshman orientation last summer when he realized there was nothing started, there was a kind of gap in in-
to park.” The goal of the group is to improve communication and get commuters more involved, said Wheeler, who
ers together more, because when you go into the commuter caf or the computer lab up in the McCarthy Center, [commuters] are kind of away from each other, separated, sitting by themselves.” Wheeler said the objective for the
Emerging University” and included discussions such as balancing scholarship and teaching and engaging students in research and scholarship. Since FSU changed in status from a college to a university, professors’ responsibilities have increased. plies some higher level of scholarship and more publications,” said Bridget Galvin, director of CELTSS. This can be discouraging for faculty, faculty who choose FSU as their career - Continued on page 3
Facilities scraps student artwork By Kerrin Murray
get commuters together to talk about NEWS EDITOR issues,” said Wheeler, but eventually, it became a way to recruit commuters Elise Lefteriou discovered her project, a - Continued on page 4 mannequin named Nips McGee, missing from where it had last been placed in a tree in front of Crocker Hall.
Students balance school, musical careers By Zack Comeau EDITORIAL STAFF
and soul of the hardcore music scene
pectations of opening for one of the better-known hardcore bands in the area, Villain. They let their music do the talking - creating an atmosphere of hostility that is echoed in the lyrics.
to take the stage at Anchors Up in Haverhill, one of the premier venues for hardcore shows in the area. With the walls littered with band provides bands and listeners with a platform where they lose their respective minds.w -
police to report that the mannequin had crowd, has become a victim of the been stolen before she discovered that it had been removed by facilities staff. fering blow after blow from his drumsticks, an attack fueled by his aggression and powered by the muscle mass the mannequin was in a tree in front of gained from spending a good amount Crocker. The grounds crew removed and know anything.”
Muise, sounding like a man plagued by dissatisfaction and resentment. Rob Pironti’s drum set, like the - Continued on page 8
believe that it happened.” She said she worked on the project for Courtesy of Settler
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