‘Cruelty Squad’ is more fun than it looks
By Ryan O’Connell, Asst. Arts & Features Editor Sometimes, all you want to do after a hard day’s work is jump into a world where you can build your investment portfolio with human organs and […]
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Writing is a way to survive: Poet Laureate Joy Harjo gives insight into Native American Relations in the U.S.
By Emily Rosenberg Arts & Features Editor By Ryan O’Connell Asst. Arts & Features Editor Joy Harjo is the 23rd Poet Laureate of the United States, and the first Native American to hold that title. […]
Unions and you – labor in the 21st century
By Ryan O’Connell Asst. Arts & Features Editor Arts & Ideas held a talk discussing the multiple crises facing higher education programs and how students fit into them, Dec. 2. The first speaker, Jen Sherer, […]
The Onyx and English Club make fantasy fantastic
By Ryan O’Connell Asst. Arts & Features Editor The Onyx and the English Club recently collaborated in hosting a fantasy-based short story writing competition in the McCarthy Center Forum, Nov. 17. The Onyx, the […]
Culture Fest returns at FSU
By Ryan O’Connell Asst. Arts & Features Editor Members of the Afro Caribbean Dance Group (ACDG) hosted their third annual Culture Fest last weekend, Nov. 6. Having taken place in the Dwight Performing Arts Center, […]
The Swiacki Children’s Literature Festival returns in-person with lectures from Mercier, Steptoe, and Blackall
Simmons University professor Cathryn Mercier said the return to in-person teaching has been surprisingly hard for her. She’s had to fight the impulse to withdraw into the imaginary literary worlds where there is closure. “I […]
Alvarado and McDonald connect nature and human culture
By Ryan O’Connell Interim Asst. Arts & Features Editor By Emma Lyons Editorial Staff The Arts & Ideas committee presented the Linda Vaden-Goad Authors and Artists Series, featuring Tim McDonald and Beatriz Alvarado on their […]
Poetry Slam a smash hit
By Ryan O’Connell Interim Asst. Arts & Features Editor By Emma Lyons Editorial Staff The English Department recently held an advertised open-mic poetry night at Sandella’s Flatbread Café, Oct. 22. Lisa Eck, chair of the […]
Seeking Truth in the face of misinformation
Sophomore Emily Rosenberg, a political science major and Arts & Features Editor for The Gatepost, recently gave a presentation on misinformation. She worked alongside Boston Globe journalist Emily Sweeney on preparing a presentation about critiquing […]
It’s all a bunch of Hocus Pocus!: FSAB excited for in-person events again
By Emily Rosenberg Arts & Features Editor By Ryan O’Connell Staff Writer Last year, FSAB had to put a lot of their in-person events on hold due to the COVID-19 pandemic – now they are […]