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Parking, dining commons expansion discussed at Board of Trustees’ meeting By Kathleen McDonough NEWS EDITOR President Timothy Flanagan revealed this year’s short-term goals for the university and announced recent news about FSU at the Board of Trustees’ meeting last Tuesday, Sept. 11. Flanagan said the year is off to a good of institutional health are in the right direction.” He added that he is impressed with the and good citizens,” and the work of the current students who helped to make the transition smooth for new students. The strategic plan, developed in the spring of 2012, helped to generate conver-
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Vice President of FSU’s Ultimate Frisbee Club Matthew Donchin springs to make a catch.
Suspect in August shooting near campus arrested By Kerrin Murray ASSOCIATE EDITOR The Framingham State University Police Department [FSUPD] used the FSU Alert system on Saturday, Aug. 25, to notify the community of a shooting 2.2 miles away at 10 Richardson Circle. FSUPD Chief of Police Brad Medeiros said Framingham Police indicated that the
as Gregory Sweets, 28, of Framingham.
and was armed and dangerous - carrying a 9 mm 40-caliber handgun. The shooter was described in the FSU gerous black male reported to be in a neighborhood surrounding campus.” In a press release on Sept. 4, Middlesex
individual was later apprehended on Sept. 8 in a motel in Tewksbury, Mass. by the regional SWAT team.” Leone said Framingham District Court Judge Robert Greco ordered the defendant to be held on a $50,000 cash bail under the conditions that he is also must submit to random drug screenings, refrain from contacting both the victim and any witnesses and have no weapons in his possession.
the alleged shooter as Damon Johnson, 26,
victim and his girlfriend allege the defenweapon. According to police, the victim and the defendant had an altercation the night before. The victim was transported to the hospital where he was treated and released.”
He was later arraigned in Framingham District Court on the following charges: -
years and how we want the institution to be a different place in 2017,” said Flanagan. Flanagan highlighted three major concepts which guided the development of the strategic plan: expanding opportunity, developing community and promoting student success. a broad phrase, Flanagan said that keeping costs low for students is an example of
the danger there is that no matter how good we are, we’re going to get to a point where we’ve priced ourselves out of the market. For the students we are attracting to Framingham State, there is a difference between $17,700 and $18,100 because that $400 really matters.” panding opportunity,” Flanagan said FSU
arm without a license, intimidating a witness, and receiving stolen property.” Leone said the alleged shooter, Johnson, is expected to reappear in court on Oct. 9 for his next hearing. Medeiros said FSUPD took the necessary precautions by securing a perimeter to more than $2 million annually, plan courson Salem End Road and State Street, even es to help students graduate in four years and though there were only a few early arrival look at the employment marketplace to make students and staff on campus. A short-term view of priorities and goals for the year in relation to the strategic plan didn’t have a full school,” said Medeiros. has a new nomenclature, ABCDE: Academ- Continued on page 4 ic program development, Building (as seen in the new addition to Hemenway Hall), Capital campaign and cost containment, Diversity and Environment. Flanagan said a goal of cost contain-
Students, volunteers reach out to Framingham’s immigrant entrepreneurs
By Spencer Buell EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
As part of the nationwide, week-long Welcoming America initiative, six FSU students joined community organizers Tuesday on a good will trip to downtown Framingham. After coffee, bagels and a group presentation in the Alumni Room sponsored by FSU’s Committee on Diversity and Inclusion and the Sociology Department, the student volunteers teamed up with local, state and national advocacy groups to en-
courage business owners to sign a pledge to promote communication in Framing-
Welcome Here” on their windows. The event was the result of collaboration between the Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy coalition (MIRA), Framingham Downtown Renaissance and Welcoming Framingham, a community branch of the national Welcoming America organization. Their goal, said FSU Sociology Professor Vincent Ferraro, was to make the town more friendly for its diverse residents.
at the center of a lot of public rhetoric, and the debate around immigration has often been marred by misinformation,” Ferraro tunately, the result has been to create distance and distrust” in many communities such as Framingham. tive is to bring together community members outside of rhetoric and outside of politics to provide space for get to know one - Continued on page 4
the environment goal, he added that North A new Student Services Center was created over the summer, combining the Financial Aid, Graduate Admissions, Registrar’s these organizational changes will provide a ness of being a student becomes invisible, so they can go about the academic work of being a student.” The university will now be putting much - Continued on page 3