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THE GATEPOST
Framingham State's award-winning independent student newspaper since 1932
“Your hair is too nice to be black:” Life as a naturalista
By Khalima Botus-Foster For the past three years, I have been wearing my natural hair again after getting relaxers for almost six years....
Khalima Botus-Foster
May 4, 2017
Across the Ocean: The Importance of Spontaneity
By Allison Wharton I have had the great opportunity in the past few months to travel to parts of Europe I never in a million years...
Allison Wharton
May 4, 2017
Half Waif in top form on “form/a”
By Cameron Grieves “form/a” is an experimental pop EP, released in early April, laced with electronic synth and chamber music elements...
Cameron Grieves
May 4, 2017
“New Kung-Fu Kenny! New Kung-Fu Kenny!”
By Jose Carrasquillo Compton native Kendrick Lamar’s fourth studio album “DAMN.” dropped on Friday, April 14. In it, he ties together...
Jose Carrasquillo
Apr 20, 2017
FSU student falls in love with the mystery of art history
By Julia Sarcinelli In high school, Heather Walker knew she loved history and enjoyed reading about Greek and Roman mythologies. She...
Julia Sarcinelli
Apr 6, 2017


Bringing a classroom to life: FSU receives Mixed Reality Simulation
By Bailey Morrison The classroom is small with brightly-painted turquoise walls. A blackboard plastered on the back wall reads, in neat...
Bailey Morrison
Mar 31, 2017
“Beauty and the Beast” Returns
By Bailey Morrison A remake of “Beauty and the Beast,” starring Emma Watson and Dan Stevens, was released on March 17, grossing over $700...
Bailey Morrison
Mar 30, 2017


Across the Ocean: A degree is still a degree
By Allison Wharton Now that I have reached the halfway point in the semester, I feel secure in my beliefs about the difference in...
Allison Wharton
Mar 30, 2017


Across the Ocean: Adventure is out there
By Allison Wharton Traveling within the United States is very expensive, so I have never really explored many states. In Ireland,...
Allison Wharton
Mar 3, 2017


Across the Ocean: Food brings the world together
By Allison Wharton A few big obstacles I’ve had to unexpectedly overcome during my time in Ireland are the different phrases and slang,...
Allison Wharton
Feb 17, 2017
“Nothing feels natural” on Priests’ debut LP
By Cameron Grieves “Nothing Feels Natural” is perhaps the most aptly named debut release of any major punk band in quite some time....
Cameron Grieves
Feb 17, 2017


Beautiful Brutality Code Orange’s “Forever”
By Andrew Willoughby As a genre, hardcore punk has been relatively stagnant for the past decade. Only two or three acts have brought...
Andrew Willoughby
Feb 3, 2017
Rubblebucket an addicting blend of sound on new EP, “If U C My Enemies”
By Cameron Grieves Following 2014’s “Survival Sounds” LP, Brooklyn indie-pop ensemble Rubblebucket Enally grace us with a four-song EP,...
Cameron Grieves
Feb 3, 2017
Across the Ocean: The journey begins
By Allison Wharton After flying over the Atlantic and feverishly sprinting through a foreign airport to make a connecting flight, I...
Allison Wharton
Feb 3, 2017
The evolution of a musician
By Andrew Willoughby Tyler Carden has always had an infatuation with music, whether it’s listening to it or writing it. He first picked...
Andrew Willoughby
Jan 28, 2017


Hilltop Presents “All in the Timing”
Tessa Jillson Staff Writer As the lights went off and the crowd grew silent co-stage manager and senior Tess Irving and director junior...
Tessa Jillson
Dec 9, 2016


Johns Hopkins’ Nathan Connolly speaks on Miami’s history of race and real estate
(Connolly addressed the intersection between segregation and property ownership. Photo by Amanda Martin) William Mills-Curran Staff...
William Mills-Curran
Dec 9, 2016


Best of 2016
Video Game: Overwatch By Andrew Willoughby Arts & Features Editor With a growing roster of 23 playable characters and 15 maps,...
The Gatepost Arts and Features Staff
Dec 9, 2016


A “Diamond in the Rough:” M.I.S.S. offers sisterhood to women of color
Tessa Jillson Staff Writer After finishing another meal alone, FSU freshman Katelyn Moniz walked back to her room feeling completely...
Tessa Jillson
Dec 5, 2016


Éamonn Ó Ciardha wonders if Brexit will bring back hard borders
Jessica Duff News Editor Visiting lecturer Dr. Éamonn Ó Ciardha can recall the year 1973. He was 5 years old when the British and Irish...
Jessica Duff
Dec 3, 2016
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