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Is this the new Jim Crow?

By Izayah Morgan Staff Writer White representatives in the Mississippi state house approved a bill to create a new district that would...

SGA hosts Administrators’ Forum:Concerns raised about racism, COVID-19, life on campus

The gatepost news staff

Mar 25, 2021

SGA hosts Administrators’ Forum:Concerns raised about racism, COVID-19, life on campus

By Dan Fuentes, Asst. News Editor By Haley Hadge, Staff Writer A board of 14 FSU administrators met with students over Zoom to address...

Smithsonian historians whip up enticing lecture

Caroline Gordon

Mar 12, 2021

The Gatepost Arts and Features Staff

Smithsonian historians whip up enticing lecture

Caroline Gordon Asst. Photos Editor Paula Johnson and Ashley Young, historians at the National Museum of American History, gave a...

Dr. Eddie Moore talks how to be Anti-Racist in a changing world

Feb 18, 2021

Dr. Eddie Moore talks how to be Anti-Racist in a changing world

By Caroline Gordon, Emily Rosenberg Eddie Moore, an educator, discussed supremacy, anti-racism, and diversity as part of The Olivia A....

Community brainstorms ways to combat pandemic-related racism

Donald Halsing

Apr 9, 2020

Community brainstorms ways to combat pandemic-related racism

Donald Halsing Staff Writer Students and faculty gathered to discuss ways to address racism sparked by the COVID-19 pandemic in a Zoom...

Clint Smith presents poetry on facing historical racism

Leighah Beausoleil

Feb 28, 2020

Clint Smith presents poetry on facing historical racism

Leighah Beausoleil Staff Writer To kick o: the Olivia A. Davidson Voices of Color Lecture Series, FSU welcomed Clint Smith, writer,...

FSU needs mandatory African-American history education

Mackenzie Berube

Feb 28, 2020

FSU needs mandatory African-American history education

Mackenzie Berube Staff Writer Framingham State University requires three specific courses usually completed freshman year – Expository...

Michael Dixon: “The more things change, the more they stay the same”

Tessa Jillson

Oct 4, 2018

Michael Dixon: “The more things change, the more they stay the same”

By Tessa Jillson When artist Michael Dixon was around 5 years old, he found himself already equating race and color. He recalled the day...

Shanleigh Reardon

Dec 15, 2017

Hate crimes continue: Additional security cameras installed in residence halls

By Shanleigh Reardon A hate crime was reported to FSUPD by a resident assistant from Corinne Hall Towers at approximately 12:20 a.m. on...

The Gatepost Editorial: Racists have no place at FSU

Editorial Board

Nov 2, 2017

The Gatepost Editorial: Racists have no place at FSU

The Gatepost Editorial Board Tuesday morning began like any other, but at 12:05 p.m., hundreds of students walked out of their classes in...

Shanleigh Reardon

Nov 2, 2017

Third hate crime investigated

By Shanleigh Reardon A hate crime targeting a member of Black Student Union (BSU) occurred in Larned Hall on Sunday, Oct. 29. This is the...

The Gatepost Editorial: Racists live here

Editorial Board

Oct 19, 2017

The Gatepost Editorial: Racists live here

The Gatepost Editorial Board Over the weekend, not one, but two hate crimes occurred in Larned Hall. Both of these incidents are being...

Letter to the editor

Oct 19, 2017

Letter to the editor

About 23 years ago, someone wrote the N-word on the door of my faculty office in Whittemore Library. That image was later copied and...

Lizzy Stocks

Oct 19, 2017

It’s time for white people to condemn racism

By Lizzy Stocks Ignorance is not bliss. Proven this past week, as not one – but two hate crimes plagued our very own campus as students...

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...

Rams take a knee in solidarity: Players protest racial inequality at Cortland game

Bailey Morrison

Oct 5, 2017

Rams take a knee in solidarity: Players protest racial inequality at Cortland game

By Bailey Morrison Five FSU football players took a knee or raised a 6st during the national anthem at the game against Cortland State on...

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...

“The Birth of a Nation” film screening sparks conversation about racism in the U.S.

Cesareo Contreras

Feb 24, 2017

“The Birth of a Nation” film screening sparks conversation about racism in the U.S.

By Cesareo Contreras In honor of Black History Month, the Black Student Union (BSU) hosted a screening of the critically acclaimed 2016...

Racially offensive vandalism found in Towers

Brad Leuchte

Nov 21, 2014