VOLUME 80 z NUMBER 22 A p r i l 13, 2012 GATEPOST@FRAMINGHAM.EDU Framingham State University’s independent student newspaper since 1932 T he G aTeposT A new “inspiring student award” has been created to honor a Framingham state VWXGHQW ZKR UHÁHFWV WKH ´XQLTXH DQG EH- loved character” of former FSU student Ashley Donahue, according to a nomina- WLRQ IRUP IURP WKH 2IÀFH RI 6WXGHQW ,Q- volvement and Leadership Development. 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Hilltop puts on rousing rendition of timeless classic - page 7 By Dan Jalonski STAFF WRITER By Samantha Lockard STAFF WRITER By Crystal Hederson STAFF WRITER By Kärin Radock NEWS EDITOR This year, there was a rise in the numbers of non-traditional students at FSU. These stu- GHQWV DUH GHÀQHG DV DQ\RQH ZKR GLG QRW JR WR college directly after obtaining a high school diploma. $FFRUGLQJ WR WKH 2IÀFH RI ,QVWLWXWLRQDO 5HVHDUFK WKH DYHUDJH DJH IRU XQGHUJUDGXDWH VWXGHQWV RI FDPSXV LV DQG WKH SHUFHQW- age of students currently seeking an under- JUDGXDWH GHJUHH RYHU WKH DJH RI LV SHU- cent. The age range undergraduates is from 18 to 63 years old. $VVRFLDWH 'LUHFWRU RI ,QVWLWXWLRQDO 5H- search Ann Caso said that 32 percent of the student population last semester was made up of transfer students. 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social events coordinator, with the sup-port of Donahue’s family and friends, to commemorate her memory and honor “an active student of the Framingham State University community whose presence on campus emulates the spirit that Ashley once shared,” according to the nomination form.
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strengthen bonds between clubs and SGA. “When we work together, we can do what we set our minds to,” said Liuzzo.
Terri Deluise, who ran against Liuzzo for vice president, said she was “disap-pointed,” but still was happy to see Liuzzo HOHFWHG��´,�IHHO�OLNH�\RX�QHHG�D�JX\�LQ�WKDW�kind of position to keep things steady and VWDEOH��,�IHHO�OLNH�KH�FDQ�KDQGOH�WKDW�>SRVL-tion] well.”
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She added that student veterans work this desk so “when someone calls looking at Framingham State as a veteran, they’re talking to a veteran right away who is giv-ing them a student perspective and helping them.”
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Stoops said that at one point, FSU had another club for non-traditional students FDOOHG�$GXOWV�5HWXUQLQJ�WR�&ROOHJH��´,W�ZDV�a group of students who were older than the traditional-age college students, who would get together and meet around issues that might be relevant to them, as people who have been out of college for a number of years and returned to college,” she said.
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make it happen.”The best part of being a non-traditional
student, Swendsen said, is having con-versations with other people in older age groups that have more respect for a student returning to school. “You can’t go back and change life, and the older adults un-derstand that.
“The worst part, though, is if someone DVNV�PH�KRZ�ROG�,�DP��,�JHW�WKH�ORRN�RI�GLV-gust with, ‘Oh, you’re still in school?’ And
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According to Swendsen and Conley, having the time off from school provided WKHP�ZLWK�JURZLQJ�H[SHULHQFHV�DQG�RSSRU-tunities. By going to school now, they have improved their options for the job market they said.
Kevin Long, a traditional sophomore communication arts major, said he believes there are many more non-traditional stu-dents on campus due to the lack of oppor-tunities in the job market at the moment. “There are far less career options for the non-educated nowadays,” he said. “Also, WKHUH·V�GHÀQLWHO\�D�NLQG�RI�VKDPH�RQ�WKRVH�who choose not to go to college, so that could play a part.”
Stoops cited a few reasons for the in-crease in the non-traditional student popu-lation. “One thing,” she said, “is the econ-omy. When the economy is bad and people HLWKHU� JHW� ODLG� RII� RU� WKH\·UH� ÀQGLQJ� WKDW�they’re stuck in their current job and there DUHQ·W�PDQ\�RSSRUWXQLWLHV��,�WKLQN�D�QDWXUDO�thing is to think of going back to school and pursuing more education.”
“We’re also a really affordable option, said Stoops, “so they may choose us over VRPH� RI� WKH� RWKHU� VFKRROV� LQ� 0DVVDFKX-setts.”
Sara Bartlett, a freshman biology major, said she went back to school in order to
get a better job. Bartlett, a non-traditional student who did disclose her age, came to FSU “because it’s cheap,” she said.
Bartlett got a fast response with regard WR� D� ÀQDQFLDO� DLG� SDFNDJH�� ZKLFK� ZDV� D�distinctive factor in choosing her path to education.
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%DUWOHWW�H[SUHVVHG�D�JHQHUDO�FRQFHUQ�IRU�the way older students are treated, “almost to the point of discrimination.”
Stoops said that non-traditional students are using the same services as traditional students, but in different ways.
:LWK� UHJDUG� WR� &DUHHU� 6HUYLFHV� RIÀFH��Stoops said the services there can be tai-lored to the needs of non-traditional stu-GHQWV��´7KH\�EULQJ�D�GLIIHUHQW� W\SH�RI�H[-perience to the table,” she said, “so career services might work with them differently, as individuals, in highlighting different things in a resume or looking at what might be particularly helpful for them in terms of D�WUDLQLQJ�H[SHULHQFH�RU�LQWHUQVKLS�µ
Stoops added that CASA can be a valu-able asset for non-traditional students who need to re-adjust to college. CASA, she said, is able to help them revisit skills like
FULWLFDO�UHDGLQJ��HIIHFWLYH�VWXG\�WHFKQLTXHV�and time management.
Director of Academic Support and Disability Services LaDonna Bridges said non-traditional students often utilize &$6$� IRU� KHOS� LQ� VSHFLÀF� VXEMHFW� DUHDV��“Students who have not been in school for some years or who are in the midst of a FDUHHU�FKDQJH�RIWHQ�ÀQG�DFDGHPLF�ZULWLQJ�GLIÀFXOW��0DWK�DOVR� WHQGV� WR� UHTXLUH�DGGL-tional support to get back up to speed,” she said.
Bridges added that non-traditional stu-dents seem to pressure themselves more to ÀQLVK�WKHLU�GHJUHHV�TXLFNO\��´2YHUDOO��WKH\�seem to have a sense of urgency that may EH�TXLWH�GLIIHUHQW�IURP�WKDW�RI�D�WUDGLWLRQDO�VWXGHQW��7KH\�ZDQW�WR�ÀQG�WKH�IDVWHVW�ZD\�to reach their goals and degree attainment.”
CASA is not the only service that is particularly helpful to non-traditional stu-dents on campus. “The biggest thing is, re-DOO\��WKDW�ZH�RIIHU�ÁH[LELOLW\�LQ�RXU�FXUUHQW�services,” said Stoops. She added the child care resources on campus can be helpful to students. “The Child Development Lab is great,” she said, but added, “it’s not set up DV�IXOO�WLPH��«�,I�\RX·UH�ORRNLQJ�IRU�IXOO�time care, it doesn’t necessarily work. The nice thing that the Child Care Center be-hind the College Center does, is it allows IRU�IXOO�WLPH�FDUH�0RQGD\�WKURXJK�)ULGD\�… whatever the hours you need.”
For the Child Care Center, Stoops said FKLOGUHQ� DUH� UHTXLUHG� WR� EH� DW� OHDVW� WZR�years, nine months of age and are only eli-gible for the service until they start kinder-garten.
´,�WKLQN��OLNH�DQ\�VWXGHQW��QRQ�WUDGLWLRQ-al students have to make college work for WKHP�µ� VDLG� 6WRRSV�� ´$GGHG� LQWR� WKH�PL[�IRU�QRQ�WUDGLWLRQDO�VWXGHQWV�LV�>WKH�IDFW�WKDW@�some of them may be older, and so they might not have been in school for a while … or if you have children, and you’re jug-gling balancing out family commitments with school commitments.”
Director of the Child Development /DE�9DOHULH�+\WKROW�VDLG�WKH�VHUYLFHV�WKHUH�make things easier for students who have families. “They can come to school and their child is right here and it’s safe,” she said. “They’re able to make one trip to campus, drop off their child, go to the li-brary, take their courses and then pick up their child and head home.”
Hytholt added that the program has dis-counts for students and is designed to make VFKHGXOLQJ�HDV\�� :H�DOVR�KDYH�D�YHU\�ÁH[-ible schedule. Families can sign up for two, WKUHH�� IRXU��HYHQ�ÀYH�GD\V�DQG� WKDW�PHHWV�their class schedules.”
The fact that the Child Development Lab is part of the education department offers another advantage, according to Hy-tholt. “Because we are part of the educa-tion department, we have the observation room. They also see what’s going on so WKH\�NQRZ�H[DFWO\�ZKDW�WKHLU�FKLOG�LV�GRLQJ�during the day,” she said.
Stoops said non-traditional students on campus tend to connect with other students OLNH� WKHPVHOYHV�� )RU� H[DPSOH�� YHWHUDQV�may connect with other veterans or older students returning to college may connect with others in a similar situation.
She also said, however, that some non-traditional students are able to make con-nections with traditional-age college stu-GHQWV�VKH�DGGHG��´,W·V�HDV\�WR�FRQQHFW�ZLWK�SHRSOH�KHUH��,W·V�HDV\�WR�JHW�WR�NQRZ�SHR-SOH��VR�,�WKLQN�WKDW�ZRXOG�EH�WKH�VDPH�IRU�the traditional and non-traditional college-age student,” she said.
One challenge for non-traditional stu-dents, according to Stoops, is that many of them commute to FSU. Of the commuter population, she said, “We’ve been trying to get a sense of what that population needs and what we can do to get them more en-gaged.”
Stoops added day division classes in the �����S�P��DQG������S�P��WLPH�VORWV�FDQ�RI-IHU�DGGLWLRQDO�ÁH[LELOLW\�IRU�QRQ�WUDGLWLRQDO�commuter students.
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Non-traditional students rise in numbers
At the April 10 SGA meeting, senators granted the Christian Fellowship’s previ-ously tabled budget re-alignment and in-FUHDVH� UHTXHVWV�� DQG� JUDQWHG� UH�DOLJQPHQW�DQG�EXGJHW�LQFUHDVH�UHTXHVWV�IRU�WZR�RWKHU�clubs.
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standards, non-traditional students face many obstacles that traditional students do QRW�� ,�WKLQN�WKDW�VRPH�RI�WKH�FODVVHV�DUH�GH-signed with the implication that every stu-dent lives on campus and is readily acces-VLEOH�WR�HDFK�RWKHU�µ�VKH�VDLG��´,�NQRZ�IURP�SHUVRQDO� H[SHULHQFH� WKDW�PDQ\� SURIHVVRUV�ZLOO�DVVLJQ�JURXS�SURMHFWV�WKDW�UHTXLUH�VWX-dents to work together and meet multiple times outside of class, and this can prove WR�EH�GLIÀFXOW�>IRU�VRPHRQH�ZKR�KDV�H[WUD�responsibilities like caring for a child].
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Kimberly Edick, a 28-year-old sopho-more nutrition major, thinks that most peo-ple are “nice and open-minded.
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ably been sheltered, but you can’t always just go to college right after high school,” VKH� VDLG�� ´,W�ZDV�KDUGHU� WR�PDNH� FRQQHF-WLRQV�LQ�WKH�EHJLQQLQJ��«�%XW�RQFH�,�IRXQG�the older students, it just grew from there.”
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“They don’t want to sit down with me and say, ‘Hey, this is what you need to do.’ :H·UH�DOO�WU\LQJ�WR�ÀJXUH�RXW�KRZ�WR�JHW�RQ�ZLWK� OLIH�� DQG� QR� RQH�ZDQWV� WR� ÀJXUH� RXW�this plan with me.”
Allison Kittredge, a 22-year-old fresh-PDQ�VWXGLR�DUW�PDMRU��ÀQGV�WKH�VDPH�IUXV-
tration with the age gaps on campus. ´,�JHW�DQQR\HG�E\�SHRSOH�LQ�P\�FODVVHV�
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When asked why he didn’t partake, Ed-wards replied that his age is the essential factor.
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Though non-traditional students often IDFH� XQLTXH� FKDOOHQJHV� DW� )68�� /D'RQQD�Bridges believes they can be a valuable asset to the campus. “A non-traditional student can be a welcome member of the classroom,” she said, “bringing perspec-WLYHV� DQG� ZLVGRP� IURP� WKHLU� OLIH� H[SHUL-ences.”
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FSU students fundraise for Donahue scholarship fund
best friend, roommate, classmate, dancer, friend or just someone she said hi to as she passed by on campus - and this award is here to recognize that light she shed, and honor those who emulate it!”
Aside from paying tribute to Donahue’s memory with the new spirit award, a num-ber of FSU students are contributing to WKH�$VKOH\�0��'RQDKXH�)XQG�WKURXJK�WKH�%ULGJHZDWHU�5D\QKDP� &LWL]HQV·� 6FKRODU-VKLS�)RXQGDWLRQ��%5&6)��
Donahue’s mother, Patti Donahue, said in an e-mail that she and her husband es-tablished the scholarship to honor their GDXJKWHU��D�%ULGJHZDWHU�5D\QKDP�5HJLRQ-al High School class of 2009 graduate.
´:H� SODQ� IRU� WKH� %5&6)�$VKOH\� 0��Donahue Fund to award a $1,000 annual scholarship to a student from Bridgewater RU�5D\QKDP�ZKR�LV�SXUVXLQJ�D�KLJKHU�HGX-cation,” said Patti Donahue.
“Our goal is to raise enough money to allow the scholarship to continue in-GHÀQLWHO\�� � 7KH� VFKRODUVKLS� ZLQQHU� ZLOO�be chosen on the basis of need and merit, with need being determined by using the FAFSA forms.”
Two members of the FSU dance team who graduated with Donahue from Bridge-ZDWHU�5D\QKDP�� -HVVLFD� 7DEDF]\QVNL� DQG�Kelli Hudson, have volunteered at a num-ber of fundraising tables selling items to raise money for the scholarship fund.
These items include memorial bracelets ZLWK�WKH�PHVVDJH��´0D\�WKH�DQJHOV�SURWHFW�\RX�$0'�µ�FUHDWHG�E\�RQH�RI�'RQDKXH·V�FSU suitemates, Kelsey Lynch, decals that UHDG��´,W�RQO\�WDNHV�RQFH��%XFNOH�8S�µ�GH-signed by Donahue’s parents, and lanyards ZKLFK� UHDG�� ´,W� RQO\� WDNHV� RQFH�� EXFNOH�XS� �5HPHPEHULQJ�$VKOH\�0��'RQDKXH�µ�which were created by Caitlyn O’Leary, one of Donahue’s friends from Bridgewa-WHU���$OO�RI�WKHVH�DUH�WXUTXRLVH�EOXH��ZKLFK�was Donahue’s favorite color.
Also sold at the tables were T-shirts de-VLJQHG�E\�'RQDKXH·V�FRXVLQV�0DUN��&RXUW-QH\��0LFKDHO�DQG�&RG\�6XOOLYDQ�IRU�D�WULE-ute to Donahue on Cape Cod, one of her favorite summer destinations. The shirts have a picture of Donahue with the lines, ´:KHQ� ,� FORVH� P\� H\HV�� ,·P� VRPHZKHUH�with you,” from the Kenny Chesney song, “Somewhere With You.”
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dance team] are working on a dance in her memory that we will perform in our two shows at the end of this semester! Kelli DQG�,�DUH�KRSLQJ�WR�VHOO�PRUH�PHUFKDQGLVH�at the dance shows as well.
“Everyone on campus has been so sup-portive and amazing about remembering Ashley and keeping her memory alive. Looking around some of my classes, the cafeteria, dance team and other places around campus, there are bracelets, lan-\DUGV��GHFDOV�DQG�W�VKLUWV�HYHU\ZKHUH���,W�LV�so nice to see!”
Hudson said in an e-mail, “As for the )UDPLQJKDP�6WDWH�FRPPXQLW\��,�KDYH�VHHQ�D�SRVLWLYH�FKDQJH�LQ�SHRSOH��DQG�,�FDQ�VHH�that people are trying to see life the way Ashley did - with a good attitude and car-ing for their friends above all.”
,Q�DQ�H�PDLO�RQ�EHKDOI�RI�KHUVHOI�DORQJ�ZLWK�'RQDKXH·V�VL[�RWKHU�VXLWHPDWHV��.LP�0HGHLURV� VDLG�� ´2QH� WKLQJ� $VKOH\� ZLOO�always be remembered for is her beauti-ful smile and her laugh, which was conta-gious. She has taught all of us not to take life for granted and appreciate everything in life because you don’t know how fast it can be taken away.”
Hudson and Tabaczynski are also on the subcommittee of the new “Live Safe” pro-gram being implemented on campus in an effort to curb student risk-taking.
´.HOOL�DQG� ,�DUH� LQYROYHG�«�UHJDUGLQJ�driving and have some ideas to educate students about safe driving, and hopefully plan some alternative ways of getting stu-dents home safe from off-campus events,” said Tabaczynski.
'HDQ�6WRRSV�VDLG��´,�WKLQN�LW�DOVR�DOORZV�students to preserve a space in campus life for Ashley, via this award.”
0HGHLURV�VDLG��´$VKOH\�KDV�WRXFKHG�VR�many people’s hearts that she will never be forgotten - especially here at Framingham State. We truly have one amazing angel who will always be there to watch over us and remind us that we are never alone.”
Patti Donahue said, “Please know how much we appreciate all the effort everyone is making for Ashley. We know she would be completely overwhelmed by the out-pouring of love.”
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Wednesday April 18th at 7pm, Dwight Performance Arts Center
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Ashley Donahue and her friend Holly Benson.
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