Volume 92 • Issue 20
Trivia trials!
March 29, 2024
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(Left) Iz Shields, Liv West, and Raffi Elkhoury at FSAB Trivia Night at the Ram’s Den Grille on March 25.
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Administrators Forum sparsely attended by students By Dylan Pichnarcik Asst. News Editor University administrators met with SGA on March 1 at the biannual “Administrators Forum” to discuss student concerns. The meeting was hybrid, with some administrators joining via Zoom. In attendance was President Nancy Niemi; Iris Godes, dean of strategic enrollment; Lorretta Holloway, vice president of Student Success; Dan Giard, director of facilities; Michael Newmark, director of dining services; Jerome Burke, director of the Center for Inclusive Excellence (CIE); Emma Laurie, program coordinator of the CIE; Assistant Dean of Students Ra-
chel Lucking; University Police Chief Joseph Cecchi; Sergeant Harry Singh; Glenn Cochran, associate dean of Student Life and Housing; Dale Hamel, executive vice president; Ann McDonald, general counsel; Dean of Students Meg Nowak-Borego; Provost Kristen Porter-Utley; and Eric Gustafson, vice president of Development and Alumni Relations. According to Student Trustee Ryan Mikelis, the Administrators Forum has resulted in several changes on campus, including an accessibility ramp to the Center for Academic Success and Achievement and baby-changing stations in Dwight Hall and the Athletic Center. The students in attendance were
Mikelis, SGA President Evelyn Campbell, and senators Cesar Matos, Billy Hubert, and Jeremy McDonald. With only a few representatives from the student body in attendance, Campbell stated she and members of SGA tried to “close the loop” and collect concerns through the SGA “Got a Concern?” boxes on campus. The first issue raised anonymously and discussed by Campbell was student interest in transportation to and from off-campus sporting events through the Student Transportation Center (STC). The issue is currently being researched by Senator McDonald.
News NENPA pg. 4 EXP CONCERNS pg. 5
Opinions COVID-19 LEARNING pg. 6 OVERFLOW pg. 6
Sports
See ADMIN FORUM Page 4
Authors and Artists discuss standardized testing and new dimensions By Jack McLaughlin Arts & Features Editor Arts & Ideas welcomed Katherine Schielder and Marcus Greene to the Heineman Ecumenical Center March 27 for a discussion on their works. The event was part of the Linda Vaden-Goad Authors and Artists series and was sponsored by Arts & Ideas. Schielder spoke first, with her discussion focused on her new publication “Renegade Teacher: Inside School Walls with Standards and the Test.” This writing is focused on the national test found in public schools, and offers her insight into it.
With her experience as an assistant superintendent, she also studies the test annually to observe changes to how it’s evolved since the COVID-19 pandemic. Her discussion began with an overview of her career experience, which started with teaching at a school in Providence and progressed to School System Curriculum director in Massachusetts. Speaking on those roles, Schielder said “both jobs were challenging, and also very rewarding.” Schielder’s talk included a presentation which began with a look at how American public education was in the past.
Adrien Gobin / THE GATEPOST Her presentation showed images of SOFTBALL pg. 8 students learning in the early 1900s, WOMEN’S LACROSSE pg. 9 and talked about how there would be classes of hundreds of students with teacher isolation - which is the potential stress and burnout that can happen for teachers. She then talked about her writing, and explained to the audience a talking point in her work is how students can benefit from schools adapting to the needs of students. “If school can focus more on changing how school works better for all, we can more easily rise to the new bar of Maddison Behringer / THE GATEPOST No Child Left Behind,” Schielder said. FASHION pg. 10 See AUTHORS AND ARTISTS Page 12 CASA TALKS pg. 11
Arts & Features
INSIDE: OP/ED 6 • SPORTS 8 • ARTS & FEATURES 10