Volume 93 • Issue 14
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February 14, 2025
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Students enjoying themselves at FSAB’s “Stuff-A-Bear” event Feb. 13.
Professor trapped in elevator for 30 minutes By Sophia Harris Editor-in-Chief By Dylan Pichnarcik News Editor By Bella Grimaldi Asst. News Editor On Feb. 11 at approximately 3 p.m. Professor Jennifer Dowling became trapped in the May Hall elevator for about 30 minutes. She said she was on her way to the fourth floor and the elevator stopped but the doors did not open. She said she then pushed the button a few times to open the doors, but nothing happened.
“I tried other floors and still nothing, so I pressed the red run lever and the elevator started going down. It stopped but I wasn’t sure which floor it was, so I called out ‘Hello?’ and one of the maintainers heard me and said they would get help,” Dowling said. She said after speaking to the maintainer, she used the emergency phone to call campus police and they said they were going to send an officer to May Hall. She said the elevator then moved to a lower floor and the door cracked open and she was able to speak to a Framingham State police officer. She said the officer asked if she was OK. “He showed concern about my
well-being and whether I had claustrophobia or breathing issues,” she said. Dowling said the officer then called the Framingham Fire Department. “I asked if they would be able to get me out and they said they could do that, which helped ease my mind,” she said. Dowling said the Officer told her the fire department was going to reset the elevator and to be “prepared for a slight jolt.” The elevator then went to the ground floor and when the doors opened, two fire officials asked how she was feeling. “They were patient and helpful under the circumstances,” Dowling said.
News PROVOST pg. 4 BIG BUDGET pg. 5
Opinions K-12 pg. 7 HEARTS pg. 8
Sports
See ELEVATOR Page 4
Amy Johnston - faculty by day, competitive swimmer by night By Dylan Pichnarcik Editorial Staff For FSU students and faculty alike, Saturdays are a day of rest, relaxation, or a time to catch up on work in preparation for another week. Amy Johnston, professor of environment, society, and sustainability uses her Saturdays to practice for the annual New England Masters swim meet at Harvard - which is a dive away in March. Johnston said she is originally from Maine and holds a bachelor’s degree in biology from Bates College, a private college based in Lewiston, Maine. Johnston also has a twin sister who swam for the Bates College rival Bowdoin Col-
lege, located in Brunswick, Maine. Her familial connection at Bowdoin allowed her to get a job coaching swim after she graduated from Bates, according to Johnston. “My sister’s coach at Bowdoin was desperately searching for an assistant coach, and so she [Johnston’s sister] said, ‘Oh, Amy’s free.’ And so that’s how I got that job. … So I assistant coached at Bowdoin for two years - very different from what I’m doing now and everything, but I did enjoy it a lot, and kept up with my own swimming and stuff. “And then it was my second year, while I was coaching, that I started to look into grad schools. I enjoyed still
Adrien Gobin / THE GATEPOST being in Maine - I was close to my par- LEARN TO SKATE pg. 9 ents.” WOMEN’S BASKETBALL pg. 10 Along with coaching the team, Johnston also competed with the team. A U.S. Masters swim team member can be any person above the age of 18, according to Johnston. Johnston said she then applied to UMass Boston and was accepted into the graduate school of environmental science. While there, Johnston began swimming on her own, but shortly after “I found some undergrads who were really good but wanted to swim more regular practices, so we would all meet at lunch Oné Green / THE GATEPOST and swim together,” she said. 100 DAYS pg. 11 See AMY JOHNSTON Page 13 NOSFERATU pg. 14
Arts & Features
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