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


The Gatepost Editorial: As STEM departments flourish, humanities and social sciences wilt
By The Gatepost Editorial Board The new Hemenway laboratories are a significant and necessary investment to Framingham State. The...
Editorial Board
Sep 25, 2015


The Gatepost Editorial: FSU finally sobering up on student drinking
Naively conceived and nearly draconian in nature, FSU’s longstanding policy on student alcohol consumption has been in need of an...
Editorial Board
Sep 18, 2015


Gatepost Editorial: Please educate responsibly
By The Gatepost Editorial Board In light of the rowdy parties celebrating Marathon Monday and the relatively calmer gatherings...
Editorial Board
May 5, 2015


Clash of the Opinions: Boston in the running for 2024 Summer Olympic Games
Essential Information: Boston recently beat out several other U.S. cities to become the U.S. contender to host the 2024 Olympics. This...

The Gatepost
Feb 21, 2015


Gatepost Editorial: Change starts here
The Gatepost Editorial Board Since August, the town of Ferguson, Missouri has held the nation’s attention. The recent grand jury decision...
Editorial Board
Dec 12, 2014


Opinion: 1st Amendment in jeopardy
By Mark Wadland In the Dec. 1 edition of The Chicago Tribune, an article stated that the Supreme Court would consider whether to uphold a...
Mark Wadland
Dec 12, 2014


Gatepost Editorial: Congratulations FSU champs!
The Gatepost Editorial Board This season, three FSU sports teams are championship winners – the football team and volleyball team are...
Editorial Board
Nov 21, 2014


Letter to the Editor
I am writing in response to how our campus community has responded to one student’s decision to exercise her “freedom of speech” and...
esbanks75
Nov 14, 2014


Gatepost Editorial: Campus Police questioning of Gatepost editors unacceptable
The Gatepost Editorial Board This past week, two Gatepost editors, the Editor-in-Chief and an Arts and Features Editor, were called into...
Editorial Board
Nov 14, 2014


Letter to the Editor
To the FSU community, I’d like to take this opportunity to share with you my goal for our community when it comes to matters of diversity...
esbanks75
Nov 14, 2014


Opinion: College – the last safe haven
By Mark Wadland If you were to ask a professor, administrator or English purist to define college, you would likely receive several...
Mark Wadland
Nov 14, 2014


Letter to the Editor
There has been a lot of talk on the FSU campus recently about domestic violence, which, if you don’t know, is defined as a pattern of...
esbanks75
Nov 14, 2014


Opinion: Think before you act
By Sara Silvestro One in every four women will experience domestic violence in their lifetimes, according to the National Coalition...
Sara Silvestro
Nov 9, 2014


Gatepost Editorial: Creating a culture of conversation
The Gatepost Editorial Board Along the glass walls of the Multicultural Center are over a dozen printed screenshots of posts from the...
Editorial Board
Nov 9, 2014


Opinion: Stop laughing at domestic violence
By Jennifer Johnson Serious situations are often made light of through humor in order to ease feelings of pain and awkwardness. However,...
Jennifer Johnson
Nov 9, 2014


Gatepost Editorial: Yak attack
The Gatepost Editorial Board Most students on campus are familiar with Yik Yak. We’ve all either scrolled through the anonymous posts...
Editorial Board
Oct 31, 2014


Opinion: Risking death and unemployment on the Ram Tram
By Phil McMullin According to www.CDC.gov, 33,783 people died in car accidents in the United States during the year 2011. This fact...
Phil McMullin
Oct 31, 2014


Gatepost Editorial: Out of sight, on our minds
The Gatepost Editorial Board This past Monday, a female resident student reported being sexually assaulted the Friday before by another...
Editorial Board
Oct 24, 2014


Opinion: Don’t ban electronic cigarettes
By Mark Wadland Electronic cigarettes, a tobacco-free product used as an alternative to traditional cigarettes, was included in the...
Mark Wadland
Oct 19, 2014


Gatepost Editorial: New deans to improve academic experience
The Gatepost Editorial Board This year, President F. Javier Cevallos approved a new academic structure which will create three academic...
Editorial Board
Oct 19, 2014
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