The Gatepost

By Samantha Rawson Editorial Staff It’s that time of year again – papers are due, exams are coming up, and students are scrambling to get everything done and turned in on time. It’s finals. It goes without saying that finals cause an inordinate amount of stress in the lives of students everywhere. The mere thought [...]

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By Kathleen McDonough Editorial Staff As the clock strikes 10 p.m., a nervous college student taps his pen incessantly on the desk, puts his head in his hands, sighs deeply and looks up at the looming computer screen in front of him. The word document he’s staring at is blank, save the name and date [...]

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By Samantha Rawson Editorial Staff Everybody does it. Every single day, people all over the world are doing it, dozens of times a day. It’s powerfully addictive, and nobody seems to realize it. It’s Facebook. In this day and age, almost everyone has a Facebook. Kids, adults, the elderly – some people even create Facebook [...]

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By Kathleen McDonough Editorial Staff In the seventh grade, freshman psychology major Samantha Leedberg’s sister, four years older than she, pressured her into smoking. “She said, ‘Here, smoke this cigarette’ – and I haven’t stopped since.” Leedberg, who admits to smoking about a half pack a day, said, “When I’m stressed, I smoke more, or [...]

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By Joe Kourieh Arts & Features Editor As of April 9, Klassmate, a new social media website geared toward colleges and universities, is now available for use by Framingham State students and alumni. The site was co-founded by 2011 Harvard University graduate Abel Acuña, who specializes in social media marketing and online video creation. Klassmate [...]

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By Samantha Rawson Editorial Staff Did you know FSU offers ceramics as a concentration? If the answer is no, that’s OK – not many people do. Students majoring in studio art have the option of declaring a concentration in one of several mediums. There are the more common fields, such as painting and teaching art. [...]

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By Tara Kelly Interim Asst. Arts& Features Editor For some students, going to the gym during the day is as common as going to the cafeteria to eat. It’s like a calling – whether they need to burn off energy or calories, they head to Framingham State’s Athletic Center. In the time before meals, especially [...]

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By Kathleen McDonough Editorial Staff It’s that time again for students to reintroduce themselves to their advisors and immediately ignore everything that was suggested, paying more attention to that six number pin. This is followed by the 5 p.m. Sunday deadline that has students ripping their hair out and clicking away at their computers incessantly, [...]

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By Kate Corwin Staff Writer Wedding dress? Pin it! Bridesmaid dress? Pin it! Flowers? Pin it! Venue? Pin that, too! All in a day’s work of wedding planning for future bride Chelsea Osbourne. How does she make it look so easy? Simple: Pinterest. “I’m not even technically engaged yet, and I already have my entire [...]

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By Keir Cullen Janey Asst. Arts & Features Editor Twenty-six lucky members of the FSU community embarked on a life-changing mission to Joplin, Mo. to rebuild one of the homes destroyed after  a tornado tore through the area last spring. The students were participating in SILD’s Alternative Spring Break program. On May 22, 2011, Joplin [...]

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