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By Zack Comeau Arts & Features Editor   Baltimore-based hardcore outfit Trapped Under Ice have taken their genre by the horns and have had their way with it – selling out venues and drawing large crowds far beyond the capacity of small venues. This only adds to the mayhem and intense energy they display on [...]

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By Bryan McKenna Staff Writer Finally, the band A Loss For Words has returned, ready to set local music scene straight and reclaim what was once theirs. Providing their fans with “No Sanctary,” this album picks up right were they left off since their 2009 release “The Kids Can’t Lose.” Although these boys from Abington, [...]

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By Joe Kourieh Arts & Features   On Monday, Oct. 24, Framingham State Students and staff were encouraged to wear purple as part of an initiative to raise awareness of and fight domestic violence. October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month. The initiative was led by the Health and Wellness Center, the FSU Peer Leaders, [...]

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By Joe Kourieh Arts & Features Editor   This semester’s second and final installment of the International Film Series hosted by FSU Professor Emeritus Dr. Arthur Nolletti Jr took place on Thursday Oct. 20, with a screening of Russian director Alexander Sokurov’s 2005 film “The Sun.” “The Sun” is a dark psychological exploration of the [...]

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By Joe Kourieh Arts & Features Editor   It’s a small world,” said FSU English professor Dr. Lisa Eck on Oct. 19 in the Ecumenical Center, “and literature is a small world story. It’s everybody’s business – we can all meet there. We feel like we’ve met there and we’re going to meet again.” Eck [...]

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By Zack Comeau Arts & Features Editor   DPAC nearly fell to the ground last Wednesday night. However, there was no natural disaster – this was man-made. The thunder of footsteps and hollering of excited students shook the auditorium. As dancers twisted their bodies in unnatural ways that would make a grown man cringe, attendees [...]

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By Kathleen McDonough Staff Writer At Tuesday’s SGA meeting, three constitutions were reviewed by the senate – two for new clubs and one for a club reactivation. The Framingham State University Ski and Snowboard Club came before the senate for a constitutional amendment request as a part of their reactivation. President Kendall Valente explained that [...]

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By Julie Ann Giebler News Editor   GP: Please provide a brief summary of your resume and educational background.   I receive my bachelor’s of science degree in Turkey, in computer engineering in 2000. I worked as a computer engineer for about a year, and knew that I didn’t like computer engineering. I applied to [...]

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By Samantha Rawson Editorial Staff On Friday, Oct. 21, the College Curriculum Committee held the first of five discussions on the changes being made to the General Education system. The current gen ed model includes 12 goals – writing, quantitative, language, literature/philosophy, visual/performing arts, physical and life sciences, historical studies, social/behavioral sciences, forces in the [...]

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By Dan Jalonski Editorial Staff A recent search led by FSU’s Committee on Diversity and Inclusion has resulted in the adition of three Academic Diversity Fellows to FSU’s faculty for the 2011-12 academic year. According to sociology department chair and committee co-chair Susan Dargan, the positions were created by President Timothy Flanagan and are currently [...]

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