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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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GP: Please provide a brief summary of your resume and educational background.
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went to Brown University for my Ph.D., and was there for GP: What are some of your most interesting hobbies?
Medical - D. Justin McCarthy Center.
esting my hobbies are,
appointment there. Then, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2012
here for eight years now. GP: Why did you decide to major in mathematics?
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kept taking math classes. People thought that it was
to switch my major to math.
ing on a problem which is somewhat related to
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written. My mathematical area is partial differential
couldn’t imagine not taking
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some work on certain types of equations proving properties of solutions to these equations.
a lot of other students who were very serious about their studies. UMass is a very big school, and that really helped to make it
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had smaller honors classes and seminars. A lot of people
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GP: Are there any projects that you are currently working on?
upper-level math classes at the same time as taking psychology classes, be-
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some biking. Those are my main hobbies other than spending time with my kids. And those keep me pretty busy between work and my kids and running, swimming and biking.
ing on being a math major
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Running is my big thing. thons and some triathlons.
GP: Do you have a mentor? If so, who?
work your way up, the classes get smaller.
His name is Walter Strauss at Brown University. He was really helpful on giving me advice on careers and research.
GP: What classes do you teach?
GP: Do you have any advice for students?
Mathematics 1, which is our math for elementary school
is a short time. Pick a major that you like, because the job you get, you’re going to spend a lot of time doing it, so you end up doing something you don’t like, you’re going
Statistics, College Algebra, Calculus 1, Calculus 2, Real Analysis and more of the major classes.
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something you really like and you’ll be happy with that. There’s a difference in the money, but your time is very limited. Also, take advantage of the courses while you are here. Try to learn something from them and enjoy them. Four years goes by fast.
light teaching load and was able to work on some research.
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path do so because they want to teach and work with students. Pressures to publish [their work] and get recognition primarily for only that aspect of one’s career can be discouraging, to say the least.” This was a main topic of discussion during the Day in January, which was highly successful, said Galvin. She added it was one of the days faculty looked forward to most. ideas about teaching and scholarship with colleagues,” said Elaine Beilin,
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CELTSS budget. The center receives $100,000 a year to operate and distribute funds to the faculty, said Galvin. Roughly $25,000 is used for travel, research, small grant writing for faculty and sponsored events, such as the Lyceum Lecture series. Approximately $5,500 is used to hire a visiting lecturer to teach one of Galvin’s courses so she can serve as the CELTSS director.
volved in research, present at conferences and work on the board of the Council on Contemporary Families,” said Rutter. Ben Alberti, anthropology professor and member of the CELTSS advisory committee, was funded by the center to teach and conduct research at Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, the largest college in Argentina.
cant part of faculty development in our institution. We try and raise the amount of funding that goes into it, and we will raise it this year. We have some high
pottery in their museums and taught a graduate course. That trip set me up to get the Fulbright Scholar Program fellowship to live in Argentina for three months. … [CELTSS] lets my world
Students are often unaware of what professors do outside the classroom to enhance their methods of teaching. CELTSS provides an outlet for faculty to improve their teaching skills and pursue their scholarly passions. -
strong interest of mine: cultural foods. riculum, but the Lyceum allowed me to have researched.” While CELTSS was founded on faculty development, the center also benStudents conducting research with a faculty member are considered for funding by CELTSS to go to conferences with a faculty member, said Galvin. Rutter is currently working with sociology major Emily Slora on a research project funded by CELTSS. at Framingham, as compared to other colleges. CELTSS is making this possible,” said Rutter.
the faculty and by the faculty.’ … We wanted to support people’s passions.” CELTSS was founded in November 2007 with the support of Dr. Robert Martin, former Vice President of Academic Affairs.
active learning environment in the ple who have evolved certain strategies over the years.” The center’s members also form book groups which, according to Gal-
faculty needed more support. So, he created a center where we could meet The Steering Committee, a subcommittee of CELTSS, meets every Thursday morning to discuss funding, a key component of the center. According to Galvin, funds are distributed to faculty for travel research, conference presentations or attendance, innovations in teaching, small grant writing and scholarships in teaching. Professors apply to receive funding, and the Steering Committee reviews the applications and allocates the funds. Dr. Linda Vaden-Goad, Vice President of Academic Affairs, allocates the
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the culture that we bring into the classroom.” This year, one of the CELTSS’ book Kelsey Loverude/The Gatepost
The CELTSS faculty room is located in Hemenway Hall. ambitions for the kinds of things the center will be able to do.” Sociology Professor and CELTSS member Virginia Rutter has received funding three different years for research assistants. -
Teachers Do,” by Ken Bayne. The author came to FSU to speak to faculty about what he wrote in his book, and faculty discussed implementing Bayne’s teachings in the classroom.
of research kind of explode in a way,” said Alberti. Nutrition Professor Janet Schwartz make sure our teaching is at a level that speaker in CELTSS’ Lyceum Lecture series, which highlights the scholarship of a faculty member who has en-
Galvin.
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to join the group. Commuter students make up almost half of the university’s 3,800 full-time
Conley. Fourteen commuter students, including Wheeler, attended the luncheon, which was paid for by Conley’s to Flanagan and Conley, among which parking, student involvement and communication were the most common themes. At the meeting, Conley said she
parking is and that the hill is a killer in the winter.” Flanagan addressed this issue by sioned as a potentially very productive solution for the parking situation,” but that there are many issues that come along with building a garage, such as the loss of spaces while it is built and the cost to the university. He said Worcester State recently built a parking garage on their camthe nut that we have to crack is who
Conley said when she was an undergraduate at Framingham State, she would often park in Maple and walk up the hill to class because she couldn’t
biggest issue for commuters is not knowing the different resources that ing for something and you don’t know
years of just walking up that hill, and yourself out there.” so close and you’re rushing to get to class and the temptation to see if there are any spots in Maynard is there.” Another problem with parking on campus is the organization of the spaces themselves, which often poses a
ordinator, said she sees a lot of frustrated commuter students missing out on information that residents get. to do is step outside their door to get an answer. … The school needs to take
student for four years here in the 80s it feels like.” have the shortest commute of anyone on campus - about 150 yards away objective of the meeting and the group
is as good as it can be.” Both Flanagan and Conley said they hope a strong commuter student advocacy group comes out of the meeting, under the direction of Wheeler. They also expressed interest in meetsemester, or at least once an academic year,” said Conley - to address commuter concerns. Flanagan suggested that the next meeting be shortly after winter break, when the university’s budget is to actually fold [the issues] in and not have to say, ‘Well, that has to wait until next year.’” facing commuter students is the lack of nearby parking spaces on campus. Mike DelSanto, a junior computer science major who commutes 15 minthe biggest issue. There aren’t enough parking spaces, and Maynard is always don’t know where or how they would do it, but they need more parking spaces for commuters.” Travis Paecht, an undeclared freshthere’s so many more people here now.” Becky Tingley, a senior early childhood education major who commutes have to leave really early in the morning to get a parking space, but that’s what you have to do to make sure you get where you want to be.” Cyril Sam, a senior economics major who commutes seven minutes from spot around 9:00 a.m. because it’s in between classes and all the spots are taken. Walking from the parking lot is also very cold in the winter. … Sometimes, it’s dangerous with the ice on the hill, too.” the MBA program who commutes 45 minutes from Newton, said her biggest
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Commuters complain about parking in the overcrowded Maynard Lot. pays for that? Do all students pay for only the students who use the parking garage pay?” Flanagan also said that at UMass Boston, students pay $6 a day to park on campus, which, over a 15-week semester, would cost $450 if students commute 5 days a week - very expensive compared to the annual FSU commuter fee of $50. Two years ago, the university’s parking situation was analyzed by a company which found that even at the busiest, peak times, only 86 percent of the parking spots were taken, said aren’t particularly convenient, like
the mall around 7:00 in the evening the Friday after Thanksgiving as opposed to going to the mall at 2:00 in the afternoon on a Tuesday in July.” Flanagan shared some personal concerns about building a garage on campus that included environmental
parking garage that is attractive - they tend to be ugly. we’re doing the right thing in the year 2011 by encouraging more people to drive from an environmental standpoint. ment concern about whether people are going to continue to be driving to any campus 20 years from now or whether how much online stuff is going to replace face-to-face.”
problem for commuters trying to park in the Maynard lot. Michelle Beebe, a senior early childhood education major who commutes
4:30. People are vicious, and getting out of the parking lot can be a mess.” Paul Tieri, a senior biology major who commutes 25 minutes from are really small, both length-wise and width-wise. Watching people trying to park and exit from parking spaces is like watching that scene from that Austin Powers movie where he’s stuck in the hallway in a golf cart constantly switching between forward and reverse.” it annoying when you’re looking for a spot and someone’s taking up two?” She suggested the administration could help solve this problem by putting up signs in the lot urging students to be campus police to enforce parking regulations more aggressively. Commuters are actually able to receive multiple parking passes for no extra charge from Campus Police for whatever,” said Conley. According to Campus Police, 1,235 commuter parking decals have been given to upperclassmen and 196 to freshmen, for a total of 1,431 decals in use as of Dec. 2011. Freshman commuter parking decals are issued separately by Campus Police because they are restricted to the Maple parking lots. Wheeler said that information, such as the availability of multiple parking
that the majority of commuters don’t so some people park illegally in the
because the communication between the school and commuter students is not as effective as it could be.
responsibility for not getting the information out to [commuters], and the commuters need to take responsibility for not attending sessions that would give them the information.” Conley asked if communication from administrators through student eWheeler said he wants to make a commuter manual that has important information clearly outlined in it, as tion” with commuters with newsletters, e-mails, Facebook groups and Twitter feeds. part comes in. People could connect to other people to give a heads up on trafcould tweet to the group that the lot’s full. And everyone could get it on their phone.” commuters would help students who struggle with their daily commute for a variety of reasons, said Wheeler. Gianna Demello, a sophomore psychology major who commutes 15 min-
you’re not there when they call your name, you’re considered absent - even if you’re late! So, it’s a little too strict.” Sinead Doyle, an undeclared sopholy, drive an hour to get here and see a sign on the door of my 8:30 saying it’s sors could give some advance warning so that commuters would know before they waste gas, time and energy.” Matthew Bradley, a junior biology major who commutes 30 minutes to a commuter makes being around for
at the end of State Street and function Maynard lot is full.
coordinator, worked with commuter students the past two years and had the responsibility of facilitating commuter
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RAM TRAM accident results in extensive damage shuttle was leased from the MWRTA. Although an adjustor has not assessed the damage to the shuttle bus
By Kathleen McDonough NEWS EDITOR
ingham State RAM TRAM shuttle bus was involved in an accident at the intersection of Franklin and Maple streets at 6:47 p.m. According to John Santoro, FSUPD tensive damage” to the shuttle bus, a civilian car and a light pole. Lieutenant Tersoni of the Framingham Police Department was the dent occurred off campus, FPD is the
State is responsible for the cost of the repairs, which will be determined by All RAM TRAM shuttle drivers ence on these vehicles before they start also all in the process of getting their Commercial Driver’s Licenses, most of them in the written permit stage. happening again, the vehicle drivers could possibly review defensive drivhicle accident, but it’s something that we need to review and investigate and
Santoro. Campus police were called to the scene to identify the shuttle bus as belonging to the university and to help as outsiders, assisting them,” said Santoro. He said there were no passengers in the shuttle at the time of the accident, but could not release the name of the student driver or if anyone involved was hurt because it was not a campus police investigation. The Framingham Police Department would not release any further information about the incident.
So, that’s where we’re at in that process.” Pictures of the RAM TRAM shuttle accident were posted on FSUPD’s Facebook page after the accident, but the page was completely taken down days after. Santoro said since the recent campus police accreditation, all department policies had to be reviewed.
viewing all of the information from po-
on that, so we had to take it down and we are writing the policy.” When the
to be done based on our policies.” She said her department also needs to follow federal regulations because the
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by the university and the union, but Santoro said it will be back up after that.
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four months. The mannequin had been placed around the campus for a little
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She said she has access to the mannequins through a friend who works at a clothing retail store. -
ing for these two replacements to come heard from me.” Derek Pietras, a senior English
trash.” Art Department Chair Marc Cote
not right.” Erica Banks, a junior business ma-
mannequin to create some kind of sculpture. The mannequin was one of our still life items that we use for
and if it was on campus for over a
one point maybe in the lobby of May Hall.” Lefteriou said she created the mod-
think it’s right.” Lisa Filteau, a senior sociology ma-
comedy to everyday life at FSU.”
cool at all - she [the mannequin] was awesome!” Veronica Higgins, a junior English
derstood with the Facilities Department that they don’t throw away
that person must have worked on it.
basement level [of May Hall] because it is sometimes hard to distinguish what things are and what things aren’t discardable items.” Cote said in order to display artwork outside of May Hall, a student needs to dent may not have known that.” He said when students decide to show their artwork without proper because they are putting something on campus grounds that hasn’t been approved to go in a particular place. … if they care about the longevity [of a work of art].” Lefteriou said she was not sure why the Facilities Department had not contacted someone in May Hall before
That’s wrong.” Danielle Landry, a junior communiwas cool.” Allie Colaianni, ajunior art and edu-
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A poster mourning the loss of the mannequin, Nips McGee. derstand that it is a public institution and that Facilities have a job to do.”
ing things, and she likes to be somewhat of a provocateur with her artwork
make two mannequins to replace her.”
pretty vital student. She has a lot of energy and some good ideas.”
have left it or brought it back to May Hall. That was wrong.” Josh Louissaint, an undeclared have been mad. That’s messed up.” would they do that? That’s bad on their part as a school - especially since it had ish.”
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of my information from the school website which could stand to be a bit for my 10:30 genetics class and it was
cause being right next door, it is so much easier to meet people.” Tim Randall, an undeclared freshman who commutes 20 minutes from
in the McCarthy Center or the game rooms because you can’t just go to the dorm and knock on someone’s door.” Erin Maguire, a senior communication arts major who commutes 20 min-
students are here just for classes. A lot cers and such, are commuters, too. So,
it’s not always possible to provide advanced notice.” Wheeler has some ideas for the future of the group that would help distressed commuter students in situsues together and we could present it in something that could be mailed out to the faculty just to consider. … The group could send out alerts to staff that there’s construction on Route 9, it’s raining - students might be late. volvement from commuters as a ma-
population doesn’t get involved, because they are.” Wheeler also stressed that timing is a huge factor in the involvement of like if [commuters] see there’s something they can’t join because of the timing of the meeting, they don’t even look into other [groups] because they
anything after 2:00 p.m. is ‘dead-on-
the feeling of disconnection, maybe a little alienation, too.” Rachael Cooper, a senior biology major who commutes 15 minutes from
have it before the afternoon or you’re just not going to have anyone show up.” Flanagan added that since many leaves very few hours for things like an evening meeting.” Conley, who had a child in preschool while attending Framingham
could spend studying or just being removed from the ‘college experinot let my inconveniences get the best of me - it really is what we make of it. … Driving to and from school can sure make FSU feel like a public high school.” Jess Claffey, a junior psychology major who commutes 45 minutes from pus because half my time is spent actually commuting to and from campus.” Cayla Luongo, a sophomore early childhood education major who com-
by themselves, have roommates, how far away from the institution they are commuting – things like that.” Seto also commented on the lack
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Student cars parked in the Maynard Lot.
separate from people that live on campus. There’s a tiny bit of alienation and there’s also nowhere to hang out
feel like you miss out on the college experience when you commute and it’s harder to meet people.” Rivers said the biggest struggle for
would love to go to events if they had
place on campus.” She said she plans
to meet people. The only experience is
home, whether they live off campus
like and for a lot of you, it’s running home and running to your jobs and taking care of your life that you have off of this campus.
with a commuter mindset to know that there are people here that really want to help you.”
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