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Dr. Mary Rogers, Professor of business and economics

By Tamara Williamson Assistant News Editor GP: How long have you been a professor at FSC? Rogers: Twelve years.GP: What courses do you teach? Rogers: I teach business courses – in particular, management courses. One course I teach every semester is Business Policy Seminar. That seminar is a capstone course, which all seniors have to go through in terms [...]

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Norovirus hits FSU

Norovirus hits FSU

Kathleen McDonough Interim News Editor An e-mail sent out to students on Monday from Dean of Students Melinda Stoops warned of a recent outbreak of the gastrointestinal disease norovirus. Hofrenning said the Health Center has seen “between 15 and 18” cases of GI viruses this month that could potentially be norovirus. This is about 10 [...]

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Sexual assaults up last year

Kerrin Murray News Editor According to the FSU Crime Statistics Report from 2010 and information provided by Dean of Students Melinda Stoops for 2011, there has been an increase in documented sexual assaults on campus. Six cases of sexual assault were reported in 2010, according to the annual FSU crime statistics report for that year. [...]

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Half of Pathways students failed “challenge” semester

Samantha Rawson Editorial Staff Last fall, FSU enrolled 67 freshmen as full-time students who did not meet the school’s standards for admissions through the newly formed Pathways Program. Because the students were non-matriculated, they were not officially members of the class of 2015. Although FSU has always allowed non-matriculated students to take classes, this is [...]

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Gatepost Interview Dr. Susan Dargan Sociology Professor

Crystal Hederson Staff Writer   GP: Please provide a brief summary of your résumé and educational background. I attended Simmons College in Boston, which is a small women’s college. I got a degree in government and sociology with a minor in Spanish. I went out to California to go to law school but decided to [...]

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FSU tip breaks communication barriers

Kerrin Murray News Editor Last week, the FSUPD announced a new tip service community members can utilize anonymously to send information to police via text message. Deputy Police Chief John Santoro said the new way of communicating with police was created by the same company, Rave Mobile Safety Technologies, that created the emergency FSU Alert [...]

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Two recent Gatepost alumni earn NENPA awards

Jennifer Hand Staff Writer Kristin Will, ‘09, and Kevin Doherty, ‘09, received Better Newspaper Contest awards from The New England Newspaper & Press Association (NENPA) on Feb. 11. Will earned the second-place award in the Weekly Class Two Crime and Courts Reporting category, and Doherty earned the third-place award in the Spot Reporting category for [...]

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Gatepost Interview: Paul DiNunno, Professor of Biology

GP: What is your educational background? DiNunno: My undergraduate research was in Maryland, at St. Mary’s College.  And I did my master’s work up here at Boston University, stationed down in the marine biology laboratories. GP: How long have you been teaching here? DiNiunno: This is my second year here at Framingham.  I’ve enjoyed the first year, and [...]

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Students graduate in FSU’s second Winter Commencement ceremony

By Kärin Radock Interim News Editor FSU graduated 548 undergraduate and graduate students at the school’s Winter Commencement last Saturday in DPAC. Held in conjunction with the ceremony was FSU’s first-ever Winter Festival,  which began last Friday. “The graduate and undergraduate students in this room represent a tremendous collection of brainpower, talent and perseverance,” said Vice [...]

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Gatepost Interview: Judith Otto, Geography

By Crystal Hederson Staff Writer GP: Please provide a brief summary of your resume and educational background.   I have a bachelor’s degree in art history and biology. After that, I went to work for an architectural firm in Boston and that got me really interested in design, so I went for my masters in [...]

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