The Gatepost

With the completion of North Hall and the accompanying hundreds of additional beds to fill, administrators faced the unprecedented challenge of enrolling the largest class of freshmen in the school’s history. In order to ensure that enough students chose to attend FSU to meet this goal, they hatched a strategy called the Pathways Program, which, [...]

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By S. Mackler Parent I brought my son (a first-year student) back to school on Sunday evening, and had the opportunity to pick up The Gatepost of 2/10/2012. I read with interest the letter from Ms. Cain-Mailly regarding the FSU meal plans and related issues. Coincidentally, I had just been having a very similar discussion [...]

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By Crystal Hederson Staff Writer The more I hear about these celebrities who die of drug overdoses, the angrier I get. We pay so much attention and have so many tributes to them even though they killed themselves. But the people we do not give as much attention to are the soldiers who die for [...]

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By Samantha Rawson Opinions Editor I spend a fair amount of time in the O’Connor lobby – hanging out down there with friends, waiting for someone to meet me, waiting for my mother to pick me up. And, almost inevitably, every single time I’m down there, I see a parting couple stop to kiss. Now, [...]

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Legislation passed last November, and signed by Gov. Deval Patrick, titled “An Act Relative to Gender Identity,” grants equal protection under the law to transgendered individuals. It ensures they will not be denied equal access to housing and education and designates violence committed against them due to their sexual identity as a hate crime. It [...]

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By Samantha Rawson Opinions Editor Candy. Hearts. Cupid. For years upon years upon years, these things have been accepted as the “symbols” of Valentine’s Day. As Feb. 14 draws closer, stores deck the walls and shelves with pink and red hearts and chubby-faced, blonde-haired babies wearing diapers and aiming heart-pointed arrows into the air. My [...]

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By Talia Adry Staff Writer As an English major, I type every day. I have eight, ten, sometimes 15-page papers that I have to write, rewrite and have drafts of. The English department offers a host of creative classes like Writing Fiction, Creative Writing, Prose Writing and Poetry Writing, and having a hard copy of [...]

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By Tara Kelly Staff Writer I love to cuss. I think I swear in every other sentence. As the Irish comedian Tommy Tiernan says, the F-word is the “chisel” to the “brick wall” that separates me from everyone else. But I know that not everyone loves to hear swear words. Students in their late teens [...]

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Julie Cain-Mailly Class of 2013 I know people complain about Sodexo, but I am not complaining – I am simply stating facts (or opinions). We all know that the staff is really accommodating and amazing. I just have a question of logic. We (residents) have the choice of 19 meals for $1,465, 19 meals and [...]

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By Alexis Huston Editorial Staff Treat others the way you want to be treated – a common rule that was drilled into our first grade heads and has continued to be a norm of society since. However, it feels that people around campus either want to be treated like utter crap lately, or they have [...]

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