By Izabela Gage Sports Editor At the MASCAC Championship April 25, women’s track and field placed fifth out of six teams with 72 points before nine athletes competed at NCAA Division III Regionals May 1. Head Coach Mark Johnson said, “Team expectations going in were just to leave everything on the track and leave everything on the field. Across the board, I think the team did that.” Junior Kate Buban delivered a standout performance in the 10K at the MASCAC Championship meet,

By Adrien Gobin Associate Editor Courtesy of Adrien Gobin Entering my senior year, I faced a challenging question: “What am I going to do after I graduate?” After months of job applications and what feels like more than hundreds of rejections, it made me think about if I were to take a couple months off and continue this dream of traveling the world. Part of me worries about how many career opportunities I would be missing out on. The other part thinks about how many things

By Izabela Gage Sports Editor Despite having a two-run lead in the third inning, the fourth-seeded Framingham State Rams were defeated by the fifth-seeded Bridgewater State Bears in an upset quarterfinal win at home May 5. This loss concludes their season with a conference record of 10-6 and an overall record of 17-22. Bridgewater struck first in the top of the first inning. Angelina Lynch set the tone with a leadoff double to left field, immediately putting pressure on the R

By Taylor Kimmell Asst. Sports Editor The Framingham State Rams competed in three conference matches against the Fitchburg State Falcons, dropping game one 10-7 May 1 and splitting a doubleheader May 3, winning the first 6-4 and losing the second 4-3. Framingham hosted Fitchburg for the Rams’ Senior Day match for the first of the three-game series. The Rams honored three seniors before the opening pitch: Josh Sunderland, Jason Strickland, and Ben Respress. Sophomore Massimo

By The Gatepost Editorial Board On Sept. 26, The Gatepost Editorial Board published “Allow us to reintroduce ourselves,” in which we reasserted our commitment to serving the Framingham State community. We wrote: “[Our] commitment has not changed over the years. Every editorial board that has led The Gatepost has prided itself on its dedication to ethically and objectively informing our community about breaking news, as well as sharing the daily life and events that make our c

By Dylan Pichnarcik Associate Editor Across Route 9, multiple plazas are home to restaurants, cafes, and quick-service eateries that represent a world of cuisine in the historic Framingham Centre Common. Walking across the footbridge across Route 9 connects High Street to Worcester Road West and the accompanying businesses. The footbridge also provides access to businesses on and around Edgell Road, including Trolley Square. To get to Trolley Square from campus by car, tur

By Anita Loughlin Staff Writer Graduating from college is the day every student looks forward to with hopes and dreams of stepping into the beginning of an official career - yet for many students, these steps are feeling a bit more uncertain than expected. Eilish Heffernan, Class of ‘25, a fashion merchandising graduate, said, “I was so scared. Besides the job market, on a personal level, I had an identity crisis because I was always just a student, and now, I'm not a stud

By Paul Harrington Staff Writer When I started to write this, I was hesitant. I was scared. I told myself it was because I feared my personal information being out in public. My true fear wasn’t opening up and making myself vulnerable to others around me. My true fear was accepting that I could not go back in time, and that I had to keep moving no matter what. During my freshman and sophomore year of high school I was at an all-time low. I was finding any excuse t

By Antonio Machado Multimedia Editor The Massachusetts State College Association (MSCA) held a rally on May 1 to peacefully protest the war in Iran, the surge of arrests done by ICE, cuts to education funding, and attacks on academic freedom. Students, staff, faculty, and administrators gathered in the McCarthy Center to hear speeches from the Framingham State community. The group then marched to the pedestrian bridge on Route 9. Provost and Vice President of Academic Affair

By Paul Harrington Staff Writer During my time at Framingham State, I would always walk past Larned Hall and notice a mysterious room - a room with “E-Sports Lounge” on the window with a dozen gaming PCs that I assumed were for student use. Every time I passed by this mysterious room, my curiosity to explore rapidly grew. Now jump to Spring 2026. I recruited my buddy Dylan Santos to explore this space with me. I’m glad that we went because I can confidently say it was t

By Julien Fernandez Staff Writer President César Matos introduced an end-of-year commitment letter in a meeting on May 5. The letter was a resolution SGA passed as a public sentiment for what the student government is doing. Matos said he was a recipient of the Kathleen Comitsky Roberts award, which provided him with extra scholarship money. When looking more into her life story, he was inspired by her dedication to her community. He said Roberts was an educator in the st

By Sophia Oppedisano Editor-in-Chief By Dylan Pichnarcik Associate Editor The Board of Trustees concluded its yearly business with a final meeting on May 6 and reflected on the tenure of Trustee Chair Anthony Hubbard, whose term expires at the end of FY2026. Trustee Claire Ramsbottom, who currently serves as Vice Chair, will take on the role next year. Hubbard, a local to Framingham, has served on the Board for two full terms, starting in 2016. He was vice chair from 2022

By Bella Grimaldi News Editor By Avery Slavin Asst. News Editor The first campus tours conducted only in Spanish were led by two students from the World Languages department on April 28. Twenty-eight students from Framingham High School participated in these tours, led by juniors Daryanys Manche and Mariela López. Each of them led a group of 14 high schoolers. Manche and López were selected by Inés Vañó García, professor of Spanish & Linguistics. Vañó García said she pick

By Julien Fernandez Staff Writer Framingham State has installed new solar-powered Papercast displays at each of the campus parking lots in an effort to make requesting a bus ride easier for students, said Director of Transportation Kim Galvani. Galvani said she is working closely with the MetroWest Regional Transit Authority (MWRTA) on this project, which was afforded to FSU through a grant from the University’s campus sustainability initiative. Galvani said the cost of th

By Dylan Pichnarcik Associate Editor [ Editor’s Note: Sophia Oppedisano is the Editor-in-Chief, and Adrien Gobin is an Associate Editor for The Gatepost. Both will graduate later this month. ] Courtesy of Sophia Oppedisano What has your experience at Framingham State been like? Oppedisano: I transferred to Framingham State when I was a freshman in 2022 for the spring semester. I was a psychology major. After that semester, I decided to change paths and enrolled in the Co

By Antonio Machado Multimedia Editor During the majority of the school year, the Mazmamanian gallery is home to local artists, visionaries and creators, but during these past few weeks, it was proudly home to artwork by FSU’s own. The Mazmaninan Gallery hosted three receptions for its senior capstone art exhibitions to celebrate graduating art students. The first senior capstone exhibition featured art from illustration students Charlotte Jupiter, Autumn Ray, and Ziyuan Zh

By Cole Johnson Copy Editor This past March, my friend and coworker Aidan invited me to a concert for 50 Cent, which he planned to attend with several of his friends from Philadelphia. I didn’t consider myself a fan, but I wasn’t going to turn down a free ticket. The event’s location at Encore Boston Harbor was an immediate red flag. The hordes of middle-age addicts pouring their savings into slot machines didn’t exactly get me in a partying mood. On our way into the Mémoi

By Izayah Morgan Editorial Staff Mouse P.I for Hire was my most anticipated game of the year - yes, that’s with the presumption that GTA VI comes out this year. To me, I missed that old rubberhouse animation and was itching for a Doom-like shooter to fill my time. To me it could not launch at a better time as nothing else came out around its April 16 release. It being developed by a small indie studio made me even more excited. Mouse P.I sees you take on the role of a mous

By Antonio Machado Multimedia Editor On the first Monday of every May, the biggest fashion brands in the world gather together to host a fundraising gala held for the Metropolitan Museum of Art's [MET] Costume Institute in New York City. Each year has a specific dress code tied to the museum's spring exhibition. Designers spend millions of dollars in labor, fabric, and time to design garments that align with the vision for the year. This year’s theme, “Fashion Is Art,” rem