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THE GATEPOST
Framingham State's award-winning independent student newspaper since 1932
Letter to the editor
Oct 19, 2017
Letter to the editor
Last semester, John Carlos of Olympic fame, in his speech at DPAC, inspired us with his 1968 story about standing against racism at the...
Editorial Board
Oct 12, 2017
The Gatepost Editorial: Gender wage gap still an issue
The Gatepost Editorial Board In 2017, one would hope that gender wage gap issues in the workplace would be problems of a bygone era – an...
Thomas Maye
Oct 12, 2017
It’s impossible not to politicize tragedy
By Thomas Maye Fifty-eight people were killed on Oct. 1 at The Harvest Music Festival in Las Vegas after a gunman opened Are on...
Letter to the editor
Oct 7, 2017
Letter to the Editor
Since retiring in 2009 as Disability Services Coordinator, my wife and I returned to Fall River to be next to our families. Despite our...
Editorial Board
Oct 7, 2017
The Gatepost Editorial: America’s gun problem
The Gatepost Editorial Board An o&-duty police o1cer, a nurse, a mother, a father, a college student – these are a few of the 58...
Allison Wharton
Oct 7, 2017
Trump doesn’t care about Puerto Rico
By Allison Wharton On Sept. 20, Hurricane Maria ripped through Puerto Rico, destroying everything in its path. People are without homes,...
Editorial Board
Sep 28, 2017
The Gatepost Editorial: BHE’S approach to part-time faculty misguided
The Gatepost Editorial Board The Massachusetts State College Association, a union to which our faculty and librarians at FSU belong, is...
Lizzy Stocks
Sep 28, 2017
KneeGate
By Lizzy Stocks Football – the last event at which Americans expect to be confronted by racism. Yet in 2016, Beyoncé paid tribute to the...
Stephanie Bennett
Sep 21, 2017
Communal bathrooms’ crisis and the call for revolution
By Stephanie Bennett Framingham State offers Grade-A facilities from the Hemenway labs to the quality sandwiches from Toasted located in...
Editorial Board
Sep 21, 2017
Sodexo does right by students
The Gatepost Editorial Board Seldom has a year gone by without The Gatepost editorializing about the Dining Commons. Just last year, we...
Lizzy Stocks
Sep 21, 2017
Spicing up the Emmys
By Lizzy Stocks Redemption – probably the last thing on the minds of many attending and watching the 69th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards on...
Editorial Board
Sep 14, 2017
The Gatepost Editorial: Defending Title IX
The Gatepost Editorial Board Last week, Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos announced a rollback of an Obama-era Title IX policy that...
Emily Robinson
Sep 14, 2017
The ugly truth
By Emily Robinson A research study by JAMA Internal Medicine released this July revealed sperm count is down 50 percent in Western men...
Alexandra Gomes
May 4, 2017
Letters from the Class of 2017
By Alexandra Gomes In high school, I was voted “most likely to fall asleep in class” and “most likely to wander the halls.” While my...
Editorial Board
May 4, 2017
The Gatepost Editorial: Corporate Sodexo lacks respect for students
The Gatepost Editorial Board Sodexo’s contract is up. So of course, the company is actively campaigning for the University to rehire...
Alexandra Gomes
May 4, 2017
DACA recipients deserve citizenship
By Alexandra Gomes When the topic of immigration is discussed, much of the attention is focused on adults – those who actively choose to...
Phil McMullin
Apr 20, 2017
Dry-Campus policy is an abuse of emergency care
By Phil McMullin FSU is a dry campus like the United States was a dry country during prohibition. Each Thursday, Friday and Saturday,...
Editorial Board
Apr 20, 2017
The Gatepost Editorial: FSU community should think green
The Gatepost Editorial Board It’s no secret that in the past few months, the Trump administration has issued several executive orders...
Editorial Board
Apr 16, 2017
The Gatepost Editorial: More mental health services needed
The Gatepost Editorial Board One in five adults suffers from mental illness, according to the National Alliance on Mental Illness(NAMI),...
Allie Carroll
Apr 12, 2017
Letter from SUAB
The large spring performance has become somewhat of a staple for SUAB. It takes months of searching, planning and negotiating to plan a...
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