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THE GATEPOST
Framingham State's award-winning independent student newspaper since 1932
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...
Lizzy Stocks
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...
Letter to the editor
Oct 19, 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...
Editorial Board
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...
Thomas Maye
Oct 12, 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...
Letter to the editor
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...
Editorial Board
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,...
Allison Wharton
Oct 7, 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...
Editorial Board
Sep 28, 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...
Stephanie Bennett
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...
Editorial Board
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...
Lizzy Stocks
Sep 21, 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...
Editorial Board
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...
Emily Robinson
Sep 14, 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...
Alexandra Gomes
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...
Editorial Board
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...
Alexandra Gomes
May 4, 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,...
Phil McMullin
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 20, 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),...
Editorial Board
Apr 16, 2017
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