The Gatepost

Statistics compiled by outside reviewer Ibis Consulting Group for FSU’s Committee on Diversity and Inclusion, or CDI, show that a startling number of minority students don’t think FSU is a welcoming place for them. In a survey, an astounding 82 percent of students who self-identified as African American/ black disagreed with the statement, “FSU is [...]

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The results are in from this year’s SGA elections, and after an especially rocky campaign season, the FSU community now knows the names of the students who will lead the organization’s efforts to fulfill the mission outlined in the SGA constitution – “to continually increase the value of student life, to strengthen the unity of [...]

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When the news came out about the Committee on Diversity and Inclusion’s plans to hold a meeting to discuss the Trayvon Martin shooting, the event became a controversy almost immediately. In an e-mail she admits was poorly worded, Sociology Professor Sue Dargan called the shooting a “state-sanctioned murder,” and a heavy dose of criticism about [...]

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At the conclusion of Monday’s All University Meeting, Executive Vice President Dale Hamel unveiled an illustrated aerial map of the Framingham State of the near future, including a new 348-bed residence hall, a Maynard lot parking garage and the much-anticipated Hemenway Hall science extension, along with a few other campus layout changes. Overall, administrators plan [...]

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At last it is here! A school newspaper, The Gate Post, which has for so many years been a dream of faculty, alumnae, and students alike, has finally become a reality. In publishing our first issue we are expecting your criticism, and anticipating your commendations. Probably few students realize how much time and effort was [...]

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Last week, art student Elise Lefteriou, the mastermind behind Nips McGee the mannequin, received some sad and unexpected news about her beloved art project. After about a month of decorating and periodically moving her to various locations around campus, Nips McGee had gone missing. As it turned out, FSU’s Facilities Department had quietly removed the [...]

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This week, the Bridgewater State community came together in significant numbers to support one of their student journalists after an act of violence was committed against her. An editor of BSU’s student newspaper The Comment, Destinie Mogg-Barkalow alleges that a woman approached her and punched her in the face after learning that Mogg-Barkalow had written [...]

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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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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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The All University Meeting, held this week, is a bit like the State of the Union Address for Framingham State. At least twice a year, faculty, staff and administrators gather to learn about the school’s recent progress and plans for the future. It’s easy to get lost in the labyrinth of budgetary plans, environmental plans, [...]

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