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THE GATEPOST
Framingham State's award-winning independent student newspaper since 1932


Editorial Board
Mar 5, 2022
Gatepost Editorial: Maintain the mandate
By the Gatepost Editorial Board As we approach spring break, our community must not forget the enormous impact COVID-19 continues to have...


Mark Haskell
Feb 25, 2022
Not everyone is comfortable seeking assistance
By Mark Haskell Some people are afraid to ask for help as they may feel incompetent. Are you one of those persons? What is there to fear...


Editorial Board
Feb 18, 2022
Don’t cheat your way to the podium
By the Gatepost Editorial Team It’s not fair when an athlete takes performance-enhancing drugs. Kamila Valieva, a 15-year-old ice skater...


Donald Halsing
Feb 18, 2022
Please provide paid internships
By Donald Halsing My father graduated from Framingham State College, as it was known in 1985, without any debt. He could afford to pay...


Editorial Board
Feb 12, 2022
The Gatepost Editorial: This is a test of the active shooter alert system
By the Gatepost Editorial Board Last week, federal legislators discussed the proposed Active Shooter Alert Act of 2022. The Act’s goal...


McKenzie Ward
Feb 12, 2022
Addressing Holocaust trivialization
By McKenzie Ward Between 1941 to 1945, Nazi Germany and its collaborators orchestrated a genocide that systematically murdered over 6...


McKenzie Ward
Feb 4, 2022
Stop the excuses and get vaccinated
By McKenzie Ward On Jan. 2, 2021, I got a text saying that I had been exposed to COVID-19. I waited until Jan. 5 and got tested. And...


Editorial Board
Feb 4, 2022
Snowed in without a shovel
By the Gatepost Editorial Board Because we live in New England, clearing away snow is a part of everyone’s life. So why is it such a...


Emily Rosenberg
Jan 28, 2022
Diversify film criticism
By Emily Rosenberg “Licorice Pizza” sounds like a fun film to enjoy with your friends during winter break. Spoiler – you should not waste...


Editorial Board
Jan 28, 2022
Put the Constitution first
By the Gatepost Editorial Board It has been one year since the domestic terrorist attack on the U.S. Capitol which occurred after former...


Sean Cabot
Dec 10, 2021
Your heroes are not dead
By Sean Cabot Kamala Khan – a.k.a. Ms. Marvel, is a Muslim-Pakistani American comic book superhero created by G. Willow Wilson. She is a...


McKenzie Ward
Dec 10, 2021
Revolutionize history education
By McKenzie Ward When someone asks me what my major is, I always get a little nervous to answer. And it’s not because I hate being a...


Editorial Board
Dec 10, 2021
Giving back to your community
By The Gatepost Editorial Board Each year, as you walk through malls or enter your local shopping center, there is usually someone asking...


Editorial Board
Dec 3, 2021
Gatepost Editorial: Education shouldn’t be deadly
By the Gatepost Editorial Board On Nov. 30, 15-year-old Ethan Crumbley allegedly entered a bathroom at Oxford High School in Michigan,...


Mark Haskell
Dec 3, 2021
My Letter to You
By Mark Haskell Dear reader, I am here today to present to you my story of being a gay man who is neurodivergent. My journey of...


Donald Halsing
Nov 19, 2021
Electric cars won’t solve climate change
By Donald Halsing I love my Dodge Dakota. She’s Atlantic Blue, 19-feet long, and 18 years old. I love my truck so much I named her...


Editorial Board
Nov 19, 2021
Conversations about college seal imperative
By The Gatepost Editorial Board The land FSU is built on is the original homeland of the Nipmuc tribe. As we work toward being an...


McKenzie Ward
Nov 12, 2021
Ted Cruz brought to you by the letter ‘U’ –for useless
By McKenzie Ward Last weekend, the beloved Muppet, Big Bird, a character on PBS’ show “Sesame Street” tweeted that he had gotten his...


Editorial Board
Nov 12, 2021
University must respond more effectively to hate groups
By the Gatepost Editorial Board On Nov. 1, a table was set up outside of the McCarthy Center. Individuals handed out flyers, buttons, and...


Emily Rosenberg
Nov 12, 2021
My brain waves are always spiking
By Emily Rosenberg One night during my junior year of high school, my father and I were bantering – me procrastinating on some APUSH...
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