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Student work hours on campus to be capped at 20 per week

By Julia Sarcinelli News Editor The pilot program for limiting the number of hours students work on campus to 20 per week will start in Fall 2016, according to Assistant Dean for Campus Engagement Rachel Lucking.

Full implementation of this Student Employment Policy is anticipated for the fall of 2017, she added.

The jobs included in the pilot, according to interim Vice President of Enrollment and Student Development Lorretta Holloway, are: • Resident assistants • Archives assistants, curriculum assistants, circulation assistants, periodicals assistants and reference assistants for the library • Foundations peer mentors for First-Year Programs • SEALS mentors for the Health and Wellness Center • Work study/student interns from Career Services -See 20-HOUR POLICY page 5

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Students Tremain Bell, Sohail Kapadia and Leroy Powell enjoy BSU’s Throwback Party on Saturday, Feb. 20.

VP of Enrollment and Student Development finalist Lorretta Holloway speaks at open forum

By Julia Sarcinelli News Editor

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As a finalist for the job of Vice President of Enrollment and Student Development, Lorretta Holloway, who currently holds the interim position, answered questions at an open forum Wednesday, Feb. 17.

She is the second of three finalists to meet with the community. The third, Kara Kolomitz, will speak at an open forum Monday, Feb. 29 at 1:30 p.m.

Holloway was a professor in the English department for 15 years teaching at the undergraduate and graduate levels. She has also taught high school students in the College Tomorrow program.

Chief of Staff and General Coun-

Lorretta Holloway is the current interim vice president of enrollment and student development and is one of the finalists for the position.

sel Rita Colucci said Holloway served on 15 committees across campus through the years and has worked in the K-8 system. Her current research is in international preparedness for college writing.

Holloway introduced herself as a first-generation college student.

“That was something that both of my parents wanted for me. I know that was something my grandparents wanted for me.”

She said her grandfather was a great influence on her, and he “was and still is probably the smartest person I’ve ever met in my entire life.”

Holloway said whenever she is upset or wants to quit something, she thinks of the opportunities her grandfather lost because his father died while he was in eighth grade, -See HOLLOWAY VP OPEN FORUM page 4

Inside “Locked into the label” Dr, Temple Grandin speaks at FSU event 8

Movie review: “Deadpool” 11

Women’s basketball continues to roll in MASCAC 12

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FSU to purchase Warren Conference Center and Inn

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The site includes the Warren Conference Center and Inn, which will continue to operate and bring in revenue for FSU.

By Phil McMullin Editorial Staff

By Dan Flahive Staff Writer Framingham State University is in the process of purchasing the Warren Conference Center and Inn, located in Ashland, from Northeastern University, according to Executive Vice President Dale Hamel.

Although conversations about the purchase of the site - which is over 100 acres - began three years ago, they intensified last year when Northeastern put the property on the market, said Hamel. He anticipates the deal will close this March.

According to Hamel, the Center will be purchased for $8 million. Four million dollars will come from a General Obligation Bond, $2.5 million is included in a recent supplemental bill that was passed in November, and the last $1.5 million will be a borrowed by the University as a revenue bond.

The University is only obligated to pay debt service for the revenue bond, so “essentially, what we’re on the hook for is $1.5 million” which will be paid over a 20 year period, said Hamel.

He added that subsequent to the purchase, the plan is to sell the barn and silo area of the Center’s grounds to the town of Ashland. The town would acquire 1.5 acres of land for $290,000, which would ultimately bring the University’s debt service down to $1.2 million.

Hamel said the site will continue to operate as a conference center and inn. The operation of the center will bring in revenue to the University, which will help pay for the purchase of the land. FSU will also benefit financially from less expensive field trips and conferences.

There are many opportunities for the use of the new land for the University, including First-Year Programs and sports teams, which would guarantee equal playing time for both men’s and women’s sports and help the University address Title IX issues

in athletics. The center includes tennis courts and soccer fields.

Kim Dexter, Title IX coordinator at FSU said she is not currently aware of the possible uses of the site by the University to be in better compliance with Title IX. Title IX is a federal law that prohibits sexual discrimination in educational environments and programs that receive federal financial assistance, according to the University’s website.

“In general though, the acquisition of properties of this type outside of our main campus would not greatly impact our current responsibilities under Title IX, responsibilities which already extend across all of our properties and programs including offcampus and satellite programs,” said Dexter.

Carey Eggen, the Title IX coordinator of athletics, also was not aware of how the Warren Center may possibly be utilized, and redirected ques-

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The Warren Center hosts many events, including weddings and corporate banquets. tions to Dexter.

Director of First-Year Programs, Ben Trapanick also did not have any information about how the Warren Center land may be used for events such as the Wet Feet Retreat.

“I have no information about the purchase or what the university has planned for its usage. I am not personally familiar with the Center and what facilities it has,” said Trapanick in an email.

Margaret Carroll, dean of science, technology, engineering and mathematics [STEM], wants her department to use the land for a biology course as well as a new limnology course, which will teach students about fresh water lakes.

The center is located on a reservoir next to the Ashland State Park and the Warren Woods, which Carroll called “a beautiful upland property in excellent condition” which would make for a “great field site.”

Carroll added the biology department owns canoes, which they hope to store at the center.

Marc Cote, dean of arts and humanities, said the Communication Arts department might use the center to teach event planning. He added studio art courses could “go for a day of sketching or painting.”

According to the Warren Center’s official website, the center is named after Henry Ellis Warren, who invented the telechron - the first electric clock. After his death in 1957, Warren’s wife donated some of the property to Northeastern. A decade after the initial donation of 40 acres, the Warren Benevolent Society donated the remaining 104 acres to Northeastern.

The Warren Center was initially a “summer camp for handicapped and underprivileged children.” In 1992, Northeastern transformed the -See WARREN CENTER page 5

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A portion of the land, which includes a barn and silo, will be sold back to the town of Ashland for $290,000.

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Gatepost Interview Joseph Coelho Assistant Professor of Political Science

By Jessica Duff Staff Writer What is your background and what led you to the field of political science?

I’m from here - I grew up in Massachusetts. I went to several undergraduate programs but ended up with my master’s and Ph D. going to Northeastern in Boston. When I was there, I took courses in international politics and I got to take courses in post-Soviet and post-communist countries. So, taking those courses, I kind of really fell in love with the idea that all these countries, when I was in grad school, are undergoing these really huge political, social and economic transitions. … So I started studying Russia and southeastern European politics when I was a grad student. But then I took a class in the former Yugoslavia, where not only did they go through all of those transitions, but they also went through ethnic war, civil war, genocide and ethnic cleansing. It was this huge conflict in addition to all these other socio¬economic processes going on at the same time. It was really interesting to me and so I did my field research in the Balkans.

I studied at Bosnia, Herzegovina, Macedonia and Kosovo, which used to be a tiny province that was part of Serbia. … And so I spent several years doing field work there, studying how countries emerge from civil war and achieve some sort of level of democracy and free markets. …

So that’s the case of my research.

Obviously that’s related to political science. … Since I’ve completed my doctoral work at Northeastern, I’ve been going to Kosovo almost every year in the summer. … I’ve been to some pretty interesting places and met some really interesting people.

For instance, I drank macchiatos and coffee with a war criminal that was indicted by the Hague. He ordered the execution of hundreds of women and children. So he’s responsible for murders, and he was in the Hague for two years. He’s out already. … He was just so calm with himself and I’m like “This guy’s a murderer!” … So as a scholar and as a teacher, I take those experiences from abroad and try to bring them to my classes.

What is your proudest achievement?

What is one thing your students might find surprising about you?

So far at the school, I would say model UN and taking my students to do the competition at BU. They competed against Harvard, Brown, Yale and all the top Ivy schools. I was very proud of them - they did a really good job. … It’s just a really good way for students to take their FSU education outside the classroom and learn about this material a different way. … The one that my students did at BU was called Cri-

Probably the biggest thing for me was, before I did this whole academic thing, I was a musician. I was in a post-punk band. I toured and traveled a lot with my band. I won’t say the name of the band for the sake of embarrassment. … I think that was the most shocking thing people could find out about me.

When I was doing the band with my buddies in my young twenties ... in the back of my head I was like, “Yeah. We’re going to make it.” But really deep in the back of my head I was like, “We’re not going to make it. So I’d better go to grad school.

Make sure that, when this ends, I have something to do with myself.”

A lot of my friends who live in New York and live in Brooklyn - hipster town - still live there and are still working in bars. It was like, I just can’t see myself still doing that in my mid-thirties. I was glad that I took the academic route while I was doing the band thing and studied hard and got scholarships and now I’m a professor, which is something I never expected I was going to be in my twenties.

So what were you like as an undergraduate?

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sis Model UN. It’s a little bit different. In this thing, students were not countries. I had fifteen students in my class and they gave each of the students a person or a role. Some students were businessmen or oilmen. Some students were the leaders of a rebel movement or a terrorist organization. They’re put into this room with other schools and role players. The BU people did a great job. The students there created these scenarios. Your character could die - they came in with masks and cut the throat of one of my students. Pretend, obviously. So they killed off his character, right in the middle of the game. It was intense.

I was a mediocre student. I got really into my studies by my junior year. My freshman and sophomore years, I didn’t know what I was doing. I was really lost. I was switching from major to major. … It just took a while for me to get used to the whole process. I’m trying to tell my students who are struggling freshman year and sophomore year, it just takes a while. It’s a learning curve. You learn how to be a better student as time goes on.

If you could give one piece of advice to your students, what would it be?

To be open-minded, to be flexible and to be daring. Get out of your comfort zone. That’s my most important advice. … Or once you’re done with school backpack around Europe or do something that takes you out of your safe zone.

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Holloway VP open forum - Continued from page 1 which required her grandfather to drop out to take care of his family.

“When I really get angry and mad, I have to think about my grandfather, who clearly had a reason to hate people and didn’t hate a soul on the planet,” she said. “That story to me really encapsulates the kind of person I am …why I’m tough in some ways, and why I’m patient in other ways.”

Colucci asked Holloway about her experience with college readiness.

Holloway said she was president of the parent association and chair of the city-wide parent planning advisory council in Worcester and looked at what families needed to know about preparing for college from the perspective of both a parent and a professor.

She added she started participating in a parent advocacy program in Worcester and found some parents’ questions were “on things I automatically thought most people knew, and they just didn’t know. They didn’t know about placement tests. They didn’t know that so many students have to do remediation. They didn’t know what kinds of courses that people needed to take.”

Working as a liaison for student and parent orientation was important to help families understand what kinds of expectations college professors have along with answering questions from parents, she said.

Holloway was also chair for the Gifted and Talented Advisory Coun-

cil for Massachusetts and looked into the struggles gifted students have going into college.

“They don’t necessarily know how to study well,” she said. “They don’t know how to fail because they’ve never failed. … They haven’t been challenged creatively or content-

Holloway said there is a need for higher education to “embrace” not just students, but their families as well. From her own experience, Holloway said when she was applying to college, she took out loans because her family didn’t have much money and some years, they were on Wel-

about.”

She added if the University is going to service students, then offices should think about family needs and what parents should know to help their children in the application process who might not have the knowledge otherwise. Additionally, offices

“It’s really looking at student schedules and looking at what are some of the structures we have on campus that may impede [student] involvement.”

- Lorretta Holloway, interim vice president of enrollment and student development

wise heavily so they, too, have sort of struggled with college readiness.”

Scott Greenberg, associate vice president for academic affairs and dean of continuing education, asked about the retention of first-generation students, adding, “I’d be interested from the perspective of your own personal experience, as your perspective as a tenured faculty member and your perspective from nine months in this position.”

fare.

“I always do the ‘mom test’ when I go into an office, or when I make a phone call. ‘Is this the kind of person that would be helpful to my mother if she went to ask a question?’ ‘What kinds of things did she not know to ask?’ I think about the types of scholarships I could have applied for and we could have received because we had no money that we had no idea

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Holloway is the second finalist to attend an open forum with the FSU community.

The third finalist, Kara Kolomitz, will be on campus Monday, Feb. 29 for a forum.

need to make families feel comfortable.

Dave Stender, associate director of Residence Life and Student Conduct, asked what skills Holloway will bring to the position. She said working with a wide range of students from high school to the graduate level helped her see different skills and needs students have.

She added she was very involved as an undergraduate, including being on the ice hockey team and being an RA. Since coming to teach at FSU, she has worked with SILD as a chaperone, which she said helps her see the importance of connecting student affairs and academics.

An audience member asked Holloway, “Specifically, how do you see those experiences helping you in this position and conversely, how could that impact negatively your abilities in your position?”

Holloway said sometimes hiring from the outside allows for “new blood” to help see things in a different way, and working with people in a different capacity and position could also have its difficulties.

However, she said it is sometimes positive to hire someone with experience of the institution because “in some ways, people know what they’re getting,” adding she is very honest and straightforward.

English Professor Elaine Beilin asked what Holloway has enjoyed about working as the interim vice president of enrollment and student development. Holloway said she likes how she never knows what to expect.

Holloway added she likes feeling as if she is making a difference and has been impactful.

Margaret Carroll, dean of STEM, asked, “If I give you my magic wand right now, you get to change something. What do you think would be the first thing you would fix?”

Holloway said she would fix any misperceptions there are between student affairs and academic affairs, adding there are misunderstandings about what the departments can or -See HOLLOWAY VP OPEN FORUM page 6

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20-Hour policy - Continued from page 1 •Supplemental instruction leaders, academic success peer tutors, peer subject tutors, work study/student interns, Diverse Scholars program, Musterfield/Generation One mentors from CASA “We tried to get a cross-section of different types of employment opportunities on campus,” said Lucking, adding this includes positions that are student leadership paid jobs.

Holloway said, “The goal is not about enforcement of the policy, but rather a testing the best way to uphold the policy.”

According to Holloway’s presentation to SGA senators and eBoard members on Tuesday, Feb. 9, Lucking was appointed chair of the Student Enforcement Task Force.

The task force was created in Fall 2015 by the executive staff, who spoke about possibly limiting oncampus University work hours during the summer of 2015. Some of the responsibilities of the task force included looking up general employment regulations, IRS codes and labor laws, according to Holloway.

Lucking said, “We are taking feedback and figuring out the best way, and what works on this campus, and making sure that we’re following the codes but that we have the protocols in place to uphold it.”

The task force included one student and six staff members from different departments on campus, according to Lucking. She added there were originally two students, but one dropped the task force due to scheduling conflicts.

Lucking said, “One of the pieces we did was research what other universities had for policies and the 20 hours kept coming up as kind of a standard.”

The task force found research that said the IRS applied “the 12-20 rules,” which puts credit hours over work hours, according to Lucking.

Holloway said recently, other universities and colleges were coming under scrutiny for “abusing workers” by having students work jobs that could have been performed by full-time employees. She added, instead, they have been hiring student workers in an effort to “save money” as opposed to giving students the opportunity for professional development and experience.

She added, “There’s this idea that we have a lot of students who are ba-

sically slave labor and are working … a lot of hours. And also a big conern is, ‘You’re working a lot of hours how is that going to affect not only your health but your school work?’”

Junior Colleen Jenkins finds the policy “very inconsiderate” to students who work full-time in order to support themselves.

She added, “Overall, it makes me feel like the school isn’t considering the needs of the students.”

The final report from the task force stated there are currently 668 students with on-campus university jobs, and of those, 106 had two jobs and 140 had more than two jobs, ac-

Warren Center into the Warren Conference Center, and has continually made additions and improvements since, according to the website.

The center now hosts corporate and social events, such as weddings, according to the website.

Northeastern received the land on the condition that it would be used for “educational and open space use,” said Hamel. That contract expired, however, and Northeastern had the opportunity to sell the land to developers for a higher price.

Hamel said state Sen. Karen Spilka was “very beneficial” in getting fund-

thing like internships, peer mentors … we really want it to be evident that students are here to pursue their degree.”

Exempt jobs would have to be related to academics, such as notetakers. According to Holloway, right now, the University does not know what jobs those would be specifically because there aren’t any records of job descriptions to have as evidence for exemption.

“So, if the IRS comes to do an audit for us, we really don’t have anything to say. We really need to be showing that we’re doing due diligence and that we’re keeping on track with

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Jobs that will be part of the pilot program include periodicals assistants for the Henry Whittemore Library, peer mentors, supplemental instruction leaders and residence assistants. cording to Holloway.

The report also stated 36 students work 25 to 29 hours per week, and 46 students work 30-plus hours per week.

Holloway said initially she and other hiring managers thought the number of students working more than 20 hours a week was much larger and the impact would be more serious “Based on the way we do our crediting system, that kind of fell in line with the rest of our standards, so that’s where [20 work hours per week] came from,” she said.

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Although the number of students negatively impacted is reportedly smaller, Holloway said she also had to work through school to support herself, so she understands how some students need to work more than 20 hours per week. The pilot phase can help administration “figure out ways to help these students.

“Is there something that we could be doing to help them? Do they need to work 30-plus hours a week? Are there ways for us to think about helping them organize their jobs better? … What kind of services could we provide?”

Sophomore Andrew Maldonado

ing for the purchase and “speaking with Northeastern about their acceptance of the idea.”

In an article by the MetroWest Daily News, Spilka said it is important to keep the Center as it was intended. “As an Ashland resident, I know how important it is to the town to keep the Warren Center as a place of learning as Henry E. Warren intended when he gave the property to Northeastern,” said Spilka. “The center is a jewel for Ashland.”

The administration of Northeastern wants to continue booking the facility without the consent of the Framingham State administration,

said, “I feel like most students don’t work more than 20 hours, anyways, but if their financial aid was approved then they should be able to work as much as they want.”

Holloway said, according to IRS codes and FICA regulations, some jobs may be exempt from the 20hour rule.

According to Lucking, jobs which can be exempted will have to be vetted by the general counsel office.

She added, “One of the things we would be looking at are those positions that are tied to something that’s academic in nature. So some-

these things,” Holloway added.

Residence Assistants (RAs) would be exempt from the 20-hour limit because the job description says they work 23 hours per week, according to Holloway.

She added they are looking at categorizing RAs differently to allow them to work more than one job.

“One of the things that is a positive outcome of the pilot is we’re actually looking at how we’re classifying jobs in ways that we haven’t done before.”

Holloway said her depart-

according to Hamel.

“If we’re buying the property, we should probably get first choice of the use of the land,” he said. Hamel added the booking issue was minor and is confident the two universities will come to an agreement.

“We’ve had a lot of issues, so it’s really good to be down to one.”

Junior Ryan Fallon said, “I think it’s a really great idea. It seems like it will really help academically, and it’s going to help the school financially. Overall, it’s a pretty good investment.”

Senior Sara Silvestro said, “I want to see what will happen there. I want

to see if they have events or have students from other colleges come there and possibly network with other students. I think that would be extremely beneficial.”

Freshman Gerald Meuse said, “I’m all for it. It will be beneficial for us to have a new place to go and get hands on.”

Hamel said he is looking forward to the possibilities the center will provide. “It’s an asset that will be of use to the University for a long time.”

-See 20-HOUR POLICY page 6

Editor’s Note: Alexandra Gomes, Associate Editor, contributed to this article.

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Holloway VP open forum - Continued from page 4 cannot do.

“If I could wave it and make it so people really knew that people in SILD knew what faculty members did during the day and if faculty knew what people in SILD did during the day, I think that would really solve a lot of the issues.”

Director of First-Year Programs Ben Trapanick asked Holloway what some of her “points of emphasis” would be during her first year should she be hired.

She said she would like to start developing a strategic enrollment plan, working with Jeremy Spencer, dean of enrollment management, and faculty members to look at the retention rates of FSU students from certain communities.

Holloway said, for example, if there are FSU students from the same community who are consistently not succeeding as well in math, then Framingham State could go to those communities’ high schools and see how to help them improve their students’ math skills.

She would also like to see translators available for campus tours so that families speaking languages other than English can participate as well.

A reporter from The Gatepost asked Holloway how she would increase student involvement on campus, and about the new 20-hour work policy for students.

She said, “It’s really looking at student schedules and looking at what

are some of the structures we have on campus that may impede involvement.” Holloway added the University needs to create a culture where student involvement is the norm.

Holloway said another challenge will be convincing incoming students there are things to do on campus. “Increasingly, students are very passive, so they wait to be told [what there is to do],” she said, adding social and civic engagement is important. Students need to suggest specific ideas in order to prompt changes.

When asked to comment on a new policy that will limit students with on-campus University jobs to 20 hours per week, Holloway said there is a pilot program to test the policy to see what job descriptions can be exempted according to IRS rules. She added that right now, the administration doesn’t know which jobs could be exempted “because we never paid attention.”

Colucci asked what Holloway’s five-year plan would be as the vice president of enrollment and student development. Holloway said she would like the office to be more transparent to help students. She added even if offices get calls that aren’t related to their office, staff and faculty should know whom to call.

“The goal is for a one-stop answer. … The only way for us to get closer to that one-stop answer is for everybody to know what other people are doing,” she said.

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Holloway was previously an FSU professor for 15 years before taking on her current position of interim vice president of enrollment and student development.

20-Hour policy - Continued from page 5 ment will create a database of all student employees in the pilot. If a student goes over the 20-hour limit the hiring manager and student will be contacted.

She added students will not be fired, and they are looking for “if there is a particular pattern,” such as certain offices or students consistently going over the limit.

“One of the things that I’ve said to staff is that our students are adults.

They have to take ownership. And that’s one of the reasons why in the pilot and new policy, there is that online form that you fill out and you acknowledge that you know about the policy,” said Holloway, adding there could be serious reasons why students need to work extra hours and that is what the meetings would be for.

She added the policy is not only to keep track of student work hours, but to ensure students know their rights as workers.

Freshman Ashley Merola said she works a part-time job off-campus, and said the limit could be beneficial. “I think if hours are limited it will help students focus more on balancing school and personal life, and maintain a healthy lifestyle.”

Holloway said, ideally, there would be someone in charge of student employment, but right now, it can’t be afforded.

Freshman Sydney Chase said, “I understand the priority of academ-

ics on campus. However, I think that more students would now look for work off-campus. It doesn’t personally affect me as much, but I know people who rely on 20-plus hours a week.”

Holloway said an obvious concern would be students who go off-campus for work. “We have no power or influence over what Chipotle is doing with their workers,” she added.

“It would be figuring out what kinds of things we can do for these students.”

Senior Christo Wisdom said, “I get that they want students to focus more on school, but some students have bills to pay off on cars and credit cards. Those students will just look for work off-campus.”

Freshman Jillian Poland said, “I need to work more than 20 hours a week to afford payments for school.

It would be hurting me much more than it would be helping me.”

Holloway said, “Part of my attitude about college is that it’s not just a place where you’re learning content information. It’s a place where you’re having four years of professional development, and I’m also thinking about ways to ensure that students understand their rights as workers.”

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Limiting student work hours concerning The administration recently announced that student workers’ hours will be limited to no more than 20 per week starting in the fall of 2017, and the pilot program to test out the policy will start next semester.

What prompted administrators to limit how many hours students work on campus?

Apparently, they weren’t in compliance with IRS codes and FICA regulations.

However, Lorretta Holloway, interim vice president of enrollment and student development, said at an SGA meeting the decision was also based on concerns for student health and academic success. She said she was worried working too much could negatively impact their schooling.

Additionally, administrators have observed other universities coming under scrutiny for “going over the edge with the law,” she said.

We at The Gatepost understand the administration needs to comply with the law, but we are concerned about how this will negatively impact students.

According to Holloway, the report from the Student Enforcement Task Force found there are currently 668 students with on-campus University jobs. The report also stated 246 students had two or more jobs. Thirty-six students work 25 to 29 hours per week, and 46 students work 30-plus hours per week.

Although this may seem like a small percentage of FSU’s total population, the convenience and reliability of being able to work on campus is at risk for everyone.

Instead of students staying on campus and contributing to campus life, there is a high possibility of them leaving FSU student jobs behind for work at other companies, such as stores at the mall and the many businesses on the Route 9 strip.

The fact is students have to pay for college.

Many students cannot rely solely on their families to pay for their tuition, food, books, housing, health insurance, living expenses, clothing, transportation and much, much more.

They have to work.

We at The Gatepost believe the implementation of this policy will greatly inconvenience students. First of all, several student workers will now be competing for offcampus jobs in the area, and some of these businesses are not keen on hiring college students due to their class schedules or lack of experience. Additionally, many students do not live in the area during breaks.

Secondly, students will be spending more time commuting to and from off-campus jobs, and many of the jobs offered on campus allow students to spend time studying while working, which is not a luxury offered by most off-campus jobs.

There seems to be a worrying lack of understanding about students’ needs.

Let’s be real here: it makes us wonder whether the real worry is the issue of the academic success of students, or is it Mr. Taxman knocking on the administration’s door.

However, the administration is right in deciding to conduct a pilot program to see which jobs can be exempted and also come up with ways to assist students in balancing their jobs. Holloway’s office will create a database to keep track of which students work more than 20 hours a week.

When that happens, the hiring manager will be contacted and the student will be notified. She pledged students will not be fired.

A positive outcome of this limitation could be the opening up of more jobs for other students, as hours that used to be covered will now be available to others.

Another is, of course, not being sued by the IRS. If the administrators’ true concern lies with student workers, then they should develop programs to support students who need more than 20 hours per week not just to pay for student bills, but to survive.

As Holloway put it, we don’t want students “destitute in the street.”

Letter to the Editor The Gatepost of Jan. 29 featuring Christa McAuliffe’s legacy was a beautiful issue and well-done, especially as you were under-thegun to include the Thursday night anniversary remembrance event.

Copies were shared with many alumni at our Executive Board meeting and at a recent alumni event.

Some of the Independent Association of Framingham State Alumni Board members knew Christa and her family and still keep in touch.

I took particular note of the editorial, especially since it advocated keeping Christa’s memory alive. Many current initiatives could point to her for inspiration. She was inclusive, ahead of the curve and troubled teens would find their way to her doorstep. She also inspired students by pointing out that she might be an ordinary person, but she was getting to do something extraordinary and that they could, too.

Chosen from over 11,000 applicants, Christa’s enthusiastic and earnest down-to-earth personality gave the “bounce” NASA was looking for to promote interest in the space program. She also boosted the teaching profession and inspired many to go into teaching. Probably no other alumna has been on as many national and international magazines, newspapers and websites as Christa was and is. She is the subject of numerous books,

documentaries and a made-for-TV movie.

Schools, scholarships, fellowships and other awards are named after her, as well as an asteroid and a moon crater. She also received the Congressional Space Medal of Honor.

At more than 40 Challenger Learning Centers around the globe, including the one at FSU, the legacies of Christa and her crewmates have educated over 4.4 million students.

Given all that and more, I hope that Christa Corrigan McAuliffe and her legacy will not be diminished to the point of “Christa who?” as more time goes by, especially at her alma mater.

A hometown girl, a commuter, a good, not outstanding student - Christa made history following her dream as she observed: “What are we doing here? We’re reaching for the stars!”

As alumni know, the education and experiences at Framingham State provide the means for students here to follow and realize their dreams, too. Hold tight to the fact that if a 37-year-old high school social studies teacher and mother of two could get into the space program, what life goals of yours can come true?

Debbie Regan Cleveland Executive Director Independent Association of Framingham State Alumni

What we can learn from Scalia When the Marxist revolutionary Che Guevara was face-to-face with his executioner, he said to the man about to kill him, “Shoot, coward. You are only going to kill a man.”

Moments later, Guevara was dead.

Revolutionaries come from all different backgrounds and hold ideologies ranging from anarchy to totalitarianism. Some are violent, and others are peaceful.

Whatever you say about an individual, the ideas of the revolutionaries push society forward. They are the wheels that move our civilizations into new ages. They shape our hearts, our dreams and our nightmares.

Revolutionaries make society stronger, even when they’re wrong. They challenge beliefs and force society to reflect on its values.

Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, who died this week, was the advocate for ideologies that many members of our society - including myself - find reprehensible. For example, he argued against affirmative action, gay marriage and Roe v. Wade.

Scalia was committed to staying true to

the founding fathers’ original meaning of the constitution, often arguing unpopular viewpoints and facing harsh criticism for his stances.

Nevertheless, he kept fighting.

He was brave in the face of scorn and unwavering in his beliefs. In this way, he was no different from other revolutionaries. I firmly believe that many of Scalia’s stances were counterproductive for America. But he had one very admiral trait - his courage.

There is something we can learn from every individual. While the history books will ultimately decide how he is remembered, Scalia’s death is a reminder to be strong in the face of aversion and to always take a stand for what you believe in. If we all had Scalia’s courage, we could change the world.

Phil McMullin Opinions Editor

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Op/Ed submissions reflect the opinions of their authors only and do not necessarily reflect those of The Gatepost or its staff.

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“Locked into the Label” Temple Grandin on how to unlock potential from different minds

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By Michael B. Murphy Editor-In-Chief Though she is now a professor of animal science at Colorado State University, an author of ten books and the subject of an award-winning HBO film, there was a time when Dr. Temple Grandin could not speak and her doctors recommended her to be placed in an institution.

Diagnosed in late 1940s Boston with severe autism at the age of two, Grandin’s grim future of institutionalization was avoided due to her mother’s defiance.

However, Grandin still faced great uncertainty as a young child.

It’s an uncertainty many young people who have been diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) face even today.

“When I was three, I was really bad,” Grandin told the full-capacity audience in DPAC on Tuesday.

However, due to a well-structured home and a daily educational routine, Grandin was able to overcome the stifling limitations of the autism label.

“I can’t emphasize enough the importance in getting a really good, early educational intervention,” Grandin said.

Now one of the world’s most renowned experts on cattle behavior and livestock equipment design, Grandin credits set meal times, being taught how to shake hands and waiting her turn as vital to her development as a young autistic learner.

“Kids have got to learn how to know when to take their turns,” she said. “I was taught with board games.”

Though it was important to reduce her “deficits” through repetition and encouragement, Grandin said the most impactful aspect of her early educational intervention was the emphasis placed on her innate talents.

Though public awareness about ASD has increased as diagnoses of this developmental disability have con-

tinued to rise over the last several decades, Grandin said many educational systems and educators themselves have often failed in their attempts to address the issues facing those who have been labeled with the disorder.

“Too much emphasis on deficit and not enough emphasis on what they’re good at,” Grandin explained. “When you give labels, kids tend to have uneven skills. Good at one thing; horrible at something else.

“Let’s build up on the things they’re

ing would cease when she engaged in shared interests with her fellow students.

“The more you get out and have experiences, the less likely you’re going to sound like a tape recorder,” she said.

“You got to get these kids out and doing things,” she added.

Another challenge for those labeled with developmental disabilities, Grandin said, is that many schools treat them as if they all have one type of mind.

ing the mastery of algebra as a core requirement in many schools has hindered many students from ascending in their educational careers.

On pattern thinkers, Grandin said, “This is your mathematician, the computer programmers. [They] think in patterns, not pictures. These are the kids who will do origami and may become engineers.”

The key to unlocking greatness and true innovation, Grandin suggested, is strengthening these individual types

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good at,” she added.

The elimination of many handson courses, such as “cooking, sewing, woodworking, theatre and music,” in educational institutions over the years, she said, has had an adverse effect on many students who have developmental disabilities.

Educators “are now realizing putting those things back in may be a really good idea,” she said.

“My mother was always trying to push me to try new things and always encouraging me to try lots of different art. Gave me plenty of time for creativity and experimentation,” she recalled.

As a student at Dedham Country Day School, Grandin said hands-on courses and participating in shared interests with her fellow students had a profound influence on developing necessary social skills.

Often the target of bullying while in high school - classmates nicknamed her “tape recorder” due to her habit of endlessly repeating the same phrases over and over again - she said the teas-

“I’m seeing a lot of educators treating everybody like they’re the same,” she said.

The problem with this approach, Grandin added, is that no two minds are alike.

To prove her point, she presented a Powerpoint slide showing various types of minds. Among the minds detailed were “visual thinkers,” “pattern thinkers” and “verbal thinkers.”

“I’m a visual thinker,” she told the audience. “I think in pictures.”

Despite her brilliance, Grandin said her educational career was nearly derailed due to algebra - an issue that plagues many students to this day.

“I’m seeing too many kids go up against an algebra barrier,” she said.

The reason for this, at least for visual thinkers, is this particular type of math has a little to no visual component to it.

“A lot of visual thinkers can’t do algebra, but they can do geometry. Let them do geometry,” she said.

She added the insistence on treat-

of thinking and having them engage with one another.

An example of a result of different minds coming together and creating something incredible, Grandin said, is the iPhone.

“Steve Jobs was an artist. He wasn’t a programmer,” she said. “Then the engineers had to make the inside of the phone work. That’s different minds working together.”

Grandin said she worried how the bright mind of Jobs may be labeled today.

“He may have been labeled autistic,” she said.

With labels come “gross overgeneralizations,” she said, adding this painting young minds with a broad brush may prevent many educators from finding the next brilliant thinker.

“Einstein didn’t know language until age three,” she said.

“What would happen to little Albert Einstein, Jr. today?”

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Music Review: Deftones give glimpse of “Gore” with new single “Prayers/Triangles”

By Michael B. Murphy Editor-In-Chief

With the release of the new single “Prayers/Triangles,” Sacramento’s alt-metal stalwarts Deftones continue to trek beyond the boundaries of the aural landscape they first mapped on their 1995 debut album “Adrenaline.”

Pulse-pounding, emotional and unrelenting, “Prayers/Triangles” the first single off their upcoming album “Gore” - sees the band continue charting new musical territory. However, as has always been the case with this quintet, the Deftones are less interested in abandoning their previously established sound on past albums for something newer than they are about confronting, conquering and colonizing the new musical challenges that lie on the horizon.

This astounding ability to annex and absorb disparate genre sounds into the band’s ever-expanding and maturing musical mosaic has always been a hallmark of theirs. However, there is a seamlessness, a mastery, with which the group deploys their near-bottomless arsenal of sonic weaponry on “Prayers/Triangles”

that has never been heard from them before.

When debuting “Prayers/Triangles” on the Feb. 4 edition of Zane Lowe’s Beats 1 radio show, frontman Chino Moreno described the track as “very Deftones-esque.”

Moreno elaborated, “That dynamic is there as far as that ebb and flow, those parts that go at your throat, but it also has a soothing quality to it. That dichotomy I think is what makes us who we are - it’s sort of our DNA.” Opening with an intoxicating witch’s brew of bleating, buzzing bass lines and deliberately-paced weighty drum beats, Moreno croons a threatening incantation - “There’s a new strange / Godless demon awake, inside me / There’s a force divine / Terrorizing the angels I keep / While we dream.”

The wickedness doesn’t last long, however, as celestial guitar strings quickly overtake the track, ushering in a bombastic barrage of washedout Shoegaze guitars and anthemic singing, which gives the song flight.

The most exhilarating moment of “Prayers/Triangles” is when Moreno’s vocals soar during the chorus,

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“Gore” will be the first album released by Deftones since 2012’s “Koi No Yokan.” singing “Prayers / Prayers / Laid on the line / You’ll never be free,” as the rest of the band flies like bats out of hell to catch up.

That the frequent tonal shifts in “Prayers/Triangles” are never jarring and abrupt is a testament to how well the Deftones have become at blending different sounds. The Dark Wave vibes of the verses bring to mind “Garland”-era Cocteau Twins and somehow smoothly segues into the Post-Hardcore angular guitar riffs that propel the chorus.

The transition from verse to chorus is just one of several trapdoor moments found within “Prayers/ Triangles.” After the second chorus, guitarist Stephen Carpenter begins to slather the musical arraignment

with thick, Sludge-Metal guitar chugs during the track’s breakdown.

The climactic ending of the song finds the rhythm section crushing everything in its path with violent, Meshugahh-inspired odd-time signature riffs and beats, bringing the 3-minute and 38-second musical odyssey to a breathless and smoldering end.

While only the album’s first single, one can hope the Deftones’ sojourn in this mesmerizing musical realm they have just established on “Prayers/Triangles” lasts through the entirety of “Gore.”

If that’s the case, there’s a hell of an album dropping on April 8.

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Marvel’s Merc with a Mouth stars in middling superhero comedy

By Michael B. Murphy Editor-In-Chief After having accumulated an unsuspected and mind-blowing worldwide box office total of over $300 million in five days, nearly everyone has seen the latest and arguably most divisive superhero film to date - “Deadpool.”

If you are one of the few who have yet to see the film - get outside your cave and catch some sun, you agora-

phobe - you have undoubtedly been told all about it. That the film is either the greatest superhero movie of all time or that it is among the most - if not the most - obnoxious comic book motion pictures of all time.

Well, since I care deeply about you and the hard-earned money you plunk down at your local cineplex, let’s get down to brass tacks - “Deadpool” lies somewhere in the middle of those

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wildly opposing views.

The brainchild of Marvel Comics’ writer Fabian Nicieza and illustrator Rob Liefeld, the irreverent super-powered antihero Deadpool first emerged on the scene in 1991 and has charmed and mortified readers since.

With a reputation for breaking the fourth-wall in his comics - Deadpool is known to look directly at readers and deliver sarcastic commentary about his own stories - the self-titled “Merc with a Mouth” has been wildly popular since his debut. However, what has made the character successful in comic books has proved to be a bit of a roadblock in filmic depictions of the character.

The less said about Deadpool’s first onscreen appearance in the abhorrent cinematic disaster “X-Men Origins: Wolverine,” the better.

However, this time around, actor Ryan Reynolds has been given free rein to give a straight-from-the-comics portrayal of everyone’s favorite potty-mouthed pansexual assassin, and for the most part, it’s a fun time.

Reynolds is clearly having a ball maiming foes, cracking endless genital jokes

and mocking the countless superhero films which have come before.

Despite several laugh-out-loud gags, “Deadpool” often feels vapid and pointless. The film is shockingly simplistic in the story department. The makers of the film also seem to think it’s cleverer than it really is. No, making fun of the fact your plot and the characters of your movie are clichéd as it does during the opening credits does not make “Deadpool” subversive.

That’s perhaps the most frustrating part about “Deadpool.” The creators were clearly competent and self-aware enough to point out how formulaic the movie’s story is, but were too lazy to go the extra mile and, you know, create a film that wasn’t so predictable. It coasts on Reynold’s charming performance and never fully lives up to its potential.

So, if you’re looking for a movie that will revolutionize the superhero genre, this isn’t it. However, if you want a few solid laughs and like cartoonish violence, you’ll be hard pressed to find a better movie to see in theaters right now.

Going to China Students and faculty reflect on trip abroad

By Cesareo Contreras Asst. Arts & Features Editor The 20 FSU visitors had just finished seeing the Beijing Olympic Village, and they were preparing to leave when a crowd of people caught their attention.

“We saw a long line of [Chinese] students,” said Charity Hicks, a senior management major. “They were all staring at us and waving. So we were all like, OK, well, why not? This is a trip - let’s have fun with it.”

What followed, Hicks said, was “really fun and overwhelming.

“All of them pulled their phones out.

Everyone [was] taking pictures left and right. ... One word that they all used a lot was ‘beautiful.’ One of our main hits was Allie with the red hair. ... All the kids were just yelling ‘beautiful!’”

This was just one of many stories heard on Wednesday in the 1839 Room as a few students reflected on a business department-led trip to China which took place during the winter break.

Dr. Sandra Rahman, a professor in the business department, was the trip’s coordinator. The trip was designed for students who took her class, Doing Business in China.

However, Rahman opened the trip to all FSU students, allowing all those interested in China an opportunity to visit.

While there, students visited Chinese landmarks and business centers in Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong.

Some of the sites included the Beijing Olympic Village, Coca-Cola offices, The Forbidden City and Honeywell China.

The speakers included Hicks, junior economics major Austin Howie and junior management major Allie Carroll.

Hicks, who is minoring in Chinese, explained that she witnessed firsthand the importance of understanding the culture of other countries when doing business.

“In order to do business in another country, you actually need to thoroughly understand not only the language, but the culture and how [the people] are. So I think the best way to do that is to submerge yourself within the country itself because you really see all the differences.”

The highlights of Hicks’ trip included tasting a variety of Chinese teas, visiting the Great Wall of China and riding in a rickshaw - a two to threewheeled carriage.

The students said one of the most interesting parts of the trip was how the Chinese people were fascinated by them.

“One of the coolest parts of the whole trip was when we were in Tiananmen Square and people would just come up and ask for pictures of us,” Howie said.

Carroll said a tour guide explained that some of the Chinese citizens have never been to the big city and never interacted with Americans before, so they took pictures of them to show their friends and families.

Additionally, students spoke about how interesting it was to tour Chinese businesses and banks.

Howie added the students also visited the Hong Kong Monetary Authority.

“That was one of my favorite parts of the whole trip because we got to see the history of all the money, the different fraud protections of the money that they have and how they print the money. ... It’s a cool inside look not many people would have,” he said.

After the students gave their reflections, Rahman presented a slide show of her own in which she detailed some of the group’s most notable memories and reflected on the trip.

Rahman said the trip was “an exploration” because it was the first time many of the students visited China.

“A lot of business is the culture,” she said. “Knowing how people live and how they look at things. What they do.”

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(Above) Dr. Sandra Rahmam and Professor Virginia Noon spoke to an engaged group about their trip to China.

(Below) Students Austin Howie, Charity Hicks and Allie Carroll share their favorite moments from their visit.

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Campus Conversations

If you were a piñata, what shape would you be & what would you be filled with?

By Amanda Martin & Cass Doherty

“A big ant filled with watermelon Sour Patch Kids and Swedish Fish.”

“I’d be a turtle, most definitely, and I’d have to say Smarties.”

-Eva Lopez freshman

-Hailey Smith, freshman

“I would be Shrek-shaped and filled with mushrooms.”

“I’d be an elephant filled with curry chicken.”

-Kayleigh Laughlin, senior

-Marquis Knight, freshman

“I think I’d be in the shape of Mickey Mouse ... with Milky Ways and Starbursts.”

“I would be a crown filled with Ferrero Rochers and gold chains.”

-Nyaken Koroma, senior

-Adebusola Ajao, junior

Edited by Timothy E. Parker February 19, 2016 DIET CONSCIOUS ByAgnes Brown ACROSS 1 The ____ and short of it 5 Utterances that attract attention 10 Boat with an open hold 14 Trigger for a tracking dog 15 Scalawag 16 You can see right through it 17 Double dessert?

19 Andean civilization 20 Captures 21 Kowtow 23 June 6, 1944 24 Mets manager Johnson 25 Vampire’s bed?

28 On watch 31 Astronomer Hubble 32 Walked nervously 33 Golf standard score 34 Wasn’t truthful 35 Pivots 36 Altar location 37 General Robert E. ___ 38 Boot in geography class?

39 Separate the strands of, as rope 40 Currently leading 42 Collaborator with Marx

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Point one’s finger at Catamaran canvas Crownlike object Most courageous (Var.) Oil org.

Pin-up’s favorite dessert?

Balloonist’s worry Caste member Midvoyage on the Indian Tacks on Awfully expensive Daily paper staple

DOWN 1 Run with a long, easy stride 2 Valhalla VIP 3 Negative responses 4 Doted-on one, often 5 Noah’s landfall 6 Like Mom’s place 7 Bruised or inflated items 8 Pie you don’t eat 9 Oozings 10 Mineral used as a gem 11 Halloween treat 12 Less than twice 13 Have on 18 Weighed down, as with pack ages Last issue’s solutions:

22 Zealous 24 Rather risky 25 It has four strings 26 French farewell 27 Gland meat, ironically 28 Bank’s safe 29 Relating to the nose 30 Low cards 32 It takes flight 35 They may roar when empty 36 Like theArchbishop of York 38 Persia no more 39 Consolidate 41 Sheep collections 42 Devours heartily 44 Shoe material, sometimes 45 Fast-food restaurant offering 46 Newspaper page 47 Trait carrier 48 “At ___, soldier!”

49 Throw out of kilter 50 Hot or cold beverages 53 Successful at-bat

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Ferr or Foul?

Five takeaways from the trade deadline

Rams rout Worcester State

By Matt Ferris Asst. Sports Editor

By Mike Ferris Sports Editor 1.) Nobody bettered themselves enough to beat Golden State, who will repeat as NBA Champions. The Warriors are led by last year’s MVP Stephen Curry and the point guard from Davidson College should repeat as MVP again this year. Steve Kerr’s team is averaging a league-best 115.5 PPG and is the only team with a 3-point percentage that exceeds 40 percent. No one really strengthened themselves enough to stop this high-powered offense and nobody got deep enough to play with the Warriors’ bench.

2.) The only team that will make a run at the Warriors is the Oklahoma City Thunder. Led by one-time MVP Kevin Durant and back-to-back ASG MVP Russell Westbrook, the Thunder can score with the best of them and gave Golden State a game in early February. This rivalry is beginning to bud as Curry called the Thunder out before beating them 116-108 on Feb. 6.

While the Thunder are well-equipped to take a shot at the defending champs, their bench isn’t deep enough. The addition of Randy Foye from the Nuggets could be the piece OKC needs but likely it isn’t quite enough.

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Lauren Donahue enters the ball into the post in a game against Bridgewater State (above).

Donahue brings the ball up in a game earlier this year (below).

3.) The Cavaliers didn’t do enough at the trade deadline to win the title this year. While it’s likely to repeat as Eastern Conference Champions, Cleveland didn’t make a big move because it got too greedy. The asking price for Kevin Love was extremely high and no one was willing to go one-for-one with the Cavs.

Had Cleveland lowered its asking price a tad, it could have acquired several assets worth the same cap space. After signing a five-year, $113 million deal, Love has been slightly less than worth that, only averaging 15 points and 10 boards this year.

4.) Danny Ainge doesn’t know if he’s playing for the future or contending for a title now. By not making a move Thursday, he made the direction the Celtics are going very clear - playing for the future. Boston is in third place in the Eastern Conference and is just one piece away from really contending. The East is Toronto, Cleveland and everyone else, but Love could have put the Celtics into that top tier.

Instead, Boston got greedy with the pick they acquired from the Nets in the Garnett deal and refused to part ways with it. Holding on to the pick would make sense if the team was playing for the future, but they’re playing for now if they move the pick, which may not even pan out.

Framingham State hosted Worcester State in a MASCAC game on Feb. 17.

The Rams started the game on a 16-0 run, with all five starters registering at least one point on the run.

The first quarter ended with Framingham on top 20-4.

The Lancers fought back in the second quarter but were unable to make up any ground on the Rams.

The 16-point lead would hold going into the half.

Framingham added to its lead in both the third and the fourth quarters.

The third quarter started with a minor comeback from the Lancers before the Rams took advantage of Worcester’s turnovers. Framingham turned the Lancers over nine times in the quarter and went into the fourth up by 21 points.

The fourth quarter was much of the same. The Rams again took advantage of turnovers by forcing eight more. Framingham added five more points to its lead and won by a margin of 26 points over the Lancers.

Sarah Palace led the way for the Rams, scoring a game-high 19 points and adding five rebounds.

Alycia Rackliffe had her 14th double double on the season as she scored 13 points and had 11 rebounds.

Raegan Mulherin scored 11 points for the Rams and grabbed six rebounds.

Monta Connolly grabbed 11 rebounds to go along with her seven points.

Quinn O’Connell came off the bench to score 10 points.

In their win, the Rams shot 40 percent from the field and 31 percent from 3-point territory. They scored 30 points off of the 28 turnovers they forced.

Framingham improved to 17-6 on the season and 9-2 in the MASCAC, still trailing Westfield by a game.

The Rams will host Fitchburg State on Feb. 20 in their regular season finale.

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5.) The saga in Phoenix is over and Washington was a benefactor of it. Last summer, Marcus Morris was traded from Phoenix to Detroit so the Suns could go after free agent LaMarcus Aldridge. After Aldridge signed with San Antonio and everything simmered, the Suns were without Marcus Morris and this left his twin brother Markieff, also on the Suns, fuming. Markieff has since been nothing but trouble for the Suns, demanding trades, inciting teammates and openly expressing his displeasure with Phoenix. A trade was imminent and the Wizards acquired the better half of the twins, who may play a pivotal role for John Wall’s team. Washington is only 2.5 games out of the playoff race, but Morris could be the key to them getting right into the hunt.

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- Born on June 19, 1978

- One-time Olympian

-Has two children, Malaika and Max

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Panthers knock off Rams for second time this year

By Amelia Foley Asst. Sports Editor The Rams traveled to Plymouth State on Saturday, Feb.13 for a MASCAC matchup.

The game got off to a fast start as Ryan Callahan scored in the second minute of the game, giving the Pan-

thers an early lead.

However, the rest of the period continued on slowly as neither team was able to convert on any plays and ended 1-0, PSU. Tyler Colacchio put the Rams on the board early in the second period when he took advantage of a power play only 36 seconds in. Richard Hill

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assisted the goal.

Unfortunately, this would prove to be the only goal of the game for the Rams. Josh Woody and Dan Dupell scored two more goals for the Panthers creating a two-point deficit.

In the third period, Andrew Wigg scored for the Panthers at 14:58 and Tim Perron scored in the last minute

of the period, making the final score 5-1, Plymouth.

The Rams were outshot 28-14 but were able to convert on 1-of-2 power plays while the Panthers were only able to convert on 1-of-4.

Adam Calabrese made 23 saves in net.

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The Rams huddle up as they approach the end of their regular season (right).

Richard Hill (10) fights for a lose puck along the boards (below).

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The Gatepost Player of the Week

National Performance of the Week Semyon Varlamov

Tony Alexandre Alexandre had 25 points and eight rebounds against MIT, while collecting a double double - 20 points, 14 rebounds- against Worcester.

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Varlamov made 43 saves in Colorado’s win at Detroit and bounced back after a rough outing to make 32 saves against Montreal.

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Agree to Disagree

Matt Ferris

Antonio Brown is the best wide receiver in the NFL...

Coach K is the greatest coach in the history of college basketball...

Steph Curry is the best player in the NBA...

Kansas is the best team in college basketball right now...

Kevin Durant is currently better than Russell Westbrook...

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Name that Athlete Answer: Dirk Nowitzki, Forward, Dallas Mavericks

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Book talk by Dr. Jonathan Martin Recently, popular discontent with the political status quo has been fueling an upsurge of progressive movements and campaigns—including the fight for a living wage, Black Lives Matter, climate change activism, the presidential campaign of Bernie Sanders, and more. Could the United States be heading toward a deeper “political revolution,” as advocated by Sanders?

Based on his new book, Empowering Progressive Third Parties in the United States, Dr. Jonathan Martin (FSU, Sociology) will discuss one critical way that such a profound change could evolve in the wake of the 2016 election.

For more information, contact J. Raul Cornier via email at jcornier@framingham.edu

The FSU Foundations Peer Mentor program is designed to provide advice to new first-year students as they transition to life as a college student. This is the perfect opportunity to mentor students and help them establish relationships with their fellow first-years, with members of the FSU community as well as with you, their Peer Mentor.

Benefits include:

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Meeting new students Working with FSU faculty & administrators Honing your leadership skills Being part of a team Get Paid

Applications Due Friday, February 26, 2016, by 4:00 pm in Dwight Hall 116 Application and supplement materials can be found under the Common Leadership forms on CollegiateLink

For More Information Please feel free to contact Ben Trapanick, Director of First-Year Programs at btrapanick@framingham.edu

SPORTS

FEBRUARY 19, 2016

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Framingham ends losing streak with win over Lancers

By Jose Carrasquillo Staff Writer Framingham’s losing streak continued to eight games when it visited MIT on Feb. 12. The Engineers used a 36-26 rebounding advantage to carry them to a 63-52 victory.

Tony Alexandre led the way for the Rams with 25 points and collected eight rebounds in the loss. Tim McCarthy also contributed 14 points in the loss. The two combined for over half the team’s points and couldn’t over-

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come the Engineers.

The Rams didn’t give up in the second half and cut the once 13-point lead to 45-45 with seven minutes remaining. After the scored tied at 50-50 with a 3-pointer from McCarthy, MIT never gave up their lead from there on.

The Engineers closed out the game on a 13-2 run. The Engineers were led by Jomard Bradley who had a double double with 19 points and 11 rebounds.

With the loss, the Rams drop to 4-19 on the year.

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52 - 63

By Jose Carrasquillo Staff Writer Framingham snapped out of its cold losing streak of eight with the 67-64 win over Worcester State University at home on Feb. 17.

The Rams used the fast start in the first half to sustain the lead all game to win.

Framingham jumped out to a 17-3

Jacek Louisville contols the ball on the perimeter in a game against Bridgewater State.

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lead with back-to-back 3-pointers made from Joe McCabe and McCarthy.

However, Worcester cut the lead from 22 points to 10 at the half with the score 36-26.

The Rams were led by Alexandre who recorded a double double, scoring 20 points and grabbing 14 rebounds.

McCarthy also scored 11 and contributed a team-high four assists.

Alexandre wasn’t the only player to

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have over 20 points. Worcester’s Shakir Bilal had a game-high 24 points in the loss.

Bilal leads the Lancers with a season average of 17.4 points per game.

Worcester’s Alex Santos sparked a 13-5 run with 3 3-pointers to tie the game at 50-50. The Rams responded with a 7-0 run of their own and they never lost their lead. With the loss the Lancers MASCAC record drops to 7-4.

64 - 67

Framingham shot 44 percent on 11of-25 from behind the arc which was a big factor in the win. With the 67-64 win by the Rams, Framingham improved to 5-19 overall and 2-9 in the conference. The final home game is on Saturday, Feb. 20 against the Fitchburg State Falcons.

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Patrick Donovan handles that ball at the top of the key and looks to make a pass in a game where the Rams lost to Bridgewater State.

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BSU Throwback Party

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