Campus Currents

Thursday, Nov. 30, 6 to 8 p.m.

Virtual Discussion: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88533803300#success

Please join us for a conversation between FSU Professor Patricia Horvath and author Marita Golden (Migrations of the Heart; The Wide Circumference of Love) to discuss Horvath’s new story collection But Now Am Found (Black Lawrence Press). The stories in this collection explore the experience of loss in its myriad guises and the “expansive and freeing idea that a human being who suffers can fall from one grace into another” (The Los Angeles Review).

Sponsored by the Center for Excellence in Learning, Teaching, Scholarship and Service 

By Sophia Harris, publications intern

New York Times journalist Megan Twohey said journalism allowed her to make a significant impact on the world.

“Journalism, especially investigative journalism, has the kind of impact that I was hoping to make,” she said. “You can write stories that could change laws, or send bad guys to jail and help protect people.”

And that is exactly what she’s done. Twohey, along with New York Times journalist Jodi Kantor, broke the story about the abuse in Hollywood detailing accounts from witnesses who were abused by Harvey Weinstein. Their article inspired the #MeToo movement, the movie She Said, and a book written by Twohey and Kantor.

Twohey outlined her process and passion for creating change over Zoom after a screening of the movie to a group of approximately 75 students, faculty, alumni, and parents on Nov. 6.

The movie articulated the glass ceiling Twohey, played by Carey Mulligan, and Kantor, played by Zoe Kazan, had to break to reveal years of silence regarding sexual assault and harassment at the hands of Weinstein.

Twohey vocalized how she and Kantor were able to create a groundbreaking story that was, at first, only based on rumors and allegations from sources who did not want to go on record.

She said, “Our editor was very adamant about the fact that we couldn't publish anonymous allegations. These women were so terrified that they were going to be the ones to suffer damages to their careers and their reputations if they spoke out and told the truth.”

Twohey said her biggest fear while compiling the evidence and the anonymous sources for the article was that none of the women would ever want to go on the record and she would be left knowing how dangerous Weinstein was with no resources to hold him accountable.

“There were a lot of moments when I thought ‘Oh my gosh, I'm never going to get to the finish line. I'm going to be stuck in this world of nobody going on the record or not getting the evidence that I need,’ Twohey said. “There was a significant fear that we would go to our graves knowing he was a predator.”

What got her through this period of uncertainty was her drive to keep going. Twohey said thanks to her prior experience in journalism and knowing that she had to ‘Keep going day-in-and-day-out it would lead to a significant break,” in the story.

Twohey still follows that rule to just keep going, she said even after the publication of her book and the movie that was made about her, “ the rule of journalism, is that you're only as good as your next story.”

“The truth is I can't say that it has ever fully sunk in. And I think that in some ways, that's a good thing,” she said.

Finals are just around the corner, which can cause stress to ramp up. Take some time for your mental health and Pause 4 Paws.

Monday, Dec. 4th and Wednesday, Dec. 6th
11:30 - 1:30 p.m., McCarthy Center Alumni Room

Come relax with therapy dogs! FSU SEALS Peer Health Educators will give you free resources to help lower your stress and feel better.

By Sophia Harris, Publications Intern

On a chilly Fall Wednesday, students and two interns for the Rams Resource Center (RRC) honored Fall Philanthropy Day by participating in blanket making, jewelry making, and painting.

All of the items would soon be donated to students in need at Framingham State University.

In a season of giving, the Rams Resource Center is at the heart of Framingham State’s philanthropic efforts, providing students donated resources such as food, clothing, and personal hygiene supplies.

Sarah Ripton, the coordinator of student support and advocacy for the Dean of Students Office,
runs the Rams Resource Center and coordinated the event on Philanthropy Day, recognized Nov. 15 to celebrate the Rams Resource Center as well as partnering organizations that donate to the center.

Some of the organizations that were present at the event were the Circle of Hope, which donated multiple coats to the Rams Resource Center, Dignity Matters, Family Promise, and Daniel’s Table.

Ripton said, “We are a high-need community. We serve a lot of students who encounter food and housing insecurity while they're” at Framingham State.

She said this event was incredibly special because even if students cannot donate monetarily to the RRC, they can donate their time to crafting something that can be donated to the RRC for students to use.

Daleri Garcia who is currently interning for the Rams Resource Center said she hopes this event shows students that donating doesn't always have to mean “Cha-ching.”

She added she is optimistic that this event made students more aware of the Rams Resources Center and how important it is to so many students on campus to get some of the most basic necessities.

“Even if it's just 10 minutes of your time that you have, it's the spirit of giving that we want to highlight, and the Rams Resource Center gives to our community,” Ripton said. “We need people to give back. It's imploring people to really give and to really become a part of our community.”

Student intern for the RRC, Angela Vilgrain, said the Rams Resource Center is open to the entire community at FSU, “You do not have to be a student to use it, you can be part of the faculty or staff as well.”

Ripton said if anyone would like to donate to the RRC students are showing a high need for items such as appropriate and professional clothes they could wear to a job interview or for work as well as personal hygiene supplies.

The FSU Dance Team + Fusion Team has two performances in DPAC coming up:

Thursday, Dec. 7th, at 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, Dec. 9th, 3:30 p.m.

- Dr. Thomas Koshy, Professor Emeritus of Mathematics, has two articles published:
1. Extended Gibonacci Conjectures, Journal of the Indian Academy of Mathematics, 45:1 (2023), 41-43.
2. Sums Involving Extended Gibonacci Polynomials, Journal of the Indian Academy of Mathematics, 45:2 (2023), 77-86.