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The Suffolk Journal

Your School. Your Paper. Since 1936.

The Suffolk Journal

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Panel debates governor’s report on MBTA

Sam Humphrey May 5, 2015

By now, commuters are well aware of the report commissioned by Governor Charlie Baker to identify problems and propose solutions for the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. On Tuesday, Suffolk...

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Suffolk announces finalists in presidential search

Brigitte Carreiro May 4, 2015

Suffolk University on Monday announced the two finalists for presidency of the university. A message to Suffolk employees from Head of the Search Committee Mark Sullivan said that Margaret McKenna and...

Norman Smith
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Presidential search narrowed to three finalists

Brigitte Carreiro April 30, 2015

The search for a new university president has been narrowed down to three finalists to be announced on Monday. In a university-wide email sent on Tuesday, Chairman of the Presidential Search Committee...

Suffolk U News - April 22

Suffolk U News – April 22

April 24, 2015

Check out this edition of Suffolk U News, which covers the Boston Marathon and a sneak peak of our story on adjunct professors' hope to renegotiate their contract.

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Donahue and Archer leave a legacy in archives and alumni memories long after sale

Melissa Hanson April 22, 2015

While the Sawyer Business School sits comfortably at its home on Ashburton Place, the College of Arts and Sciences, Suffolk’s largest college, calls Temple Street home. Before Temple Street was the...

Some bathrooms on campus are gender inclusive, but dorms lack options for genderqueer and trans students

Some bathrooms on campus are gender inclusive, but dorms lack options for genderqueer and trans students

Katherine Yearwood April 22, 2015

While many people have been conditioned to use pronouns including he, she, his, and hers to identify others, such terms do not encompass a wide range of people. For those who do not identify as a certain...

Adjunct union plans to negotiate new contract

Melissa Hanson April 22, 2015

Before May 1, the union representing adjunct professors at Suffolk will give notice to the university that they would like to terminate their current contract and negotiate a new one, officials said. Suffolk...

Abbey Wilson/Journal Staff

Students, staff race across Boston Marathon finish line

Heather Rutherford April 22, 2015

In 2013, Haley Erickson was watching a live broadcast of the Boston Marathon. When Erickson, a Suffolk University Police Department systems administrator, saw the live video of two bombs exploding at the...

Tuohey, Sobieraj, Chu, and Gaffin discussed regulation of online comments.
Skot Lindstedt/Journal Staff

Vicious anonymity tough to regulate on the Internet

Thalia Yunen April 22, 2015

A generic news story is uploaded onto a website. You, as a user, read the story and then scroll down to the comments to see what others have to say. To your surprise, people are spewing hatred to each...

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Students, PC, celebrate end of year with Urban Carnival

Brigitte Carreiro April 22, 2015

Complete with popcorn, cotton candy, and caricatures, this year’s annual Ramily Reunion transported students to a classic outdoor carnival in the middle of the city. On an ordinary day, students usually...

Abbey Wilson/Journal Staff

Students from local colleges come together for Holocaust Remembrance Day

April 16, 2015

By Abbey Wilson Running late on Wednesday, I hurried to the Holocaust memorial on Congress Street. It was Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day. An annual gathering there drew a small crowd, mainly...

CJN department gets a glimpse of 20 Somerset

CJN department gets a glimpse of 20 Somerset

Haley Peabody April 15, 2015

As construction crews continue to work on finishing the interior of Suffolk University’s new academic building, 20 Somerset, faculty and staff from the department of communication and journalism had...

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