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By Crystal Hederson Staff Writer In a very special Valentine’s Day tribute, the documentary “Orgasm, Inc.: The Strange Science of Female Pleasure” by filmmaker Liz Canner was screened on campus as a way for students to explore sexuality.  The Health and Wellness Center and the Academic Affairs’ Linked Learning Community teamed up to bring this [...]

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By Talia Adry Staff Writer   Originating in South Africa, “Ubuntu” has become a widely used phrase by human rights activists across the globe. Often used in the wrong context, the word simply means “humanity.” Growing up the daughter of renowned South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Naomi Tutu spent her life adopting the old proverb [...]

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By Keir Cullen Janey Asst. Arts & Features Editor Real Food Challenge Campaign Director David Schwartz spoke to students on Tuesday about getting involved with The FoodCorps Program and the possibility of bringing the Real Food Challenge to Framingham State. FoodCorps Service Members work to encourage students and volunteers to be active in growing fruits [...]

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By Keir Cullen Janey Asst. Arts & Features Editor Alexis Huston contributed to this article.   On their first tour across the country, Scott Wesley and his band put on an amazing show Friday performing Wesley’s original songs for Framingham State students in DPAC. Wesley performed his own music and also covered songs by artists [...]

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By Alexis Huston Editorial Staff   David Coleman, also known as Entertainer of the Year in 2011, gave dating advice to FSU students Thursday, Jan. 19 in DPAC. As he began the show, he informed the audience that this was going to be an “intimate experience,” for the students were the “stars of the show.” [...]

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By Keir Cullen Janey Asst. Arts & Features Editor   Students came together to share their talents and celeb rate with poetry, comedy, live music and dancing on Tuesday, Dec. 6, in the Forum at BSU and Culture Club’s Holiday Show and Dinner. Barbara Pierre kicked off the night with a beautiful rendition of “Oh [...]

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By Zack Comeau Arts & Features Editor   On a day when the temperature was already unusually warm for December, Lauren O’Donnell wiped away the sweat from her forehead inside the Heineman Ecumenical and Cultural Center. In a building designed for prayer and worship, O’Donnell pounded the stage with her feet and threw her arms [...]

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Joe Kourieh Arts & Features Editor   Perhaps the darkest, bloodiest weekend in DPAC’s history came recently as The Hilltop Players performed their latest musical: “Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.” Originally created as a musical in 1979 by famed playwright and composer Stephen Sondheim, “Sweeney Todd” tells the story of a bellicose [...]

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By Keir Cullen Janey Asst. Arts & Features Editor   D r. John Ambacher, retired government professor who works part time, and the FSU Chorus honored veterans and their family from the Framingham community at the Veterans Day Remembrance ceremony in the Heineman Ecumenical and Cultural Center on Monday, Nov. 14. The ceremony took place [...]

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By Joe Kourieh Arts & Features Editor   Much controversy has circulated around the country’s national health care system since the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act was signed into law by President Barack Obama in March of 2010. Many of the provisions of the law, which has been pejoratively referred to as “ObamaCare,” are [...]

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