‘Problemista’ - more than a toy story
By Kristel Erguiza Staff Writer What do immigration, Cabbage Patch Kids™, and eggs have in common? “Problemista” answers that question....
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THE GATEPOST
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Izayah Morgan
Mar 30, 2023
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...
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...
Caroline Gordon
Mar 12, 2021
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...
The Gatepost Arts and Features Staff
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....
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Brad Leuchte
Nov 21, 2014
Racially offensive vandalism found in Towers
By Bradley Leuchte A Hispanic Heritage Month board in Corinne Hall Towers was vandalized with racially offensive graffiti in late...
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