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The Suffolk Journal

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Students embrace diversity through new Intercultural Association

Julia Ahaesy February 6, 2020

Many new students at Suffolk University can be overwhelmed by the variety of cultural clubs and organizations on campus. Recognizing that the university prides itself on diversity, some students decided...

US-Iran tensions escalate through 2020

US-Iran tensions escalate through 2020

Murat Metshin January 31, 2020

Last Sunday three rockets struck the United States embassy compound in Baghdad.  One person received minor injuries and has since returned to duty, according to CNN.  Calling out Iraqi Prime Minister...

Students overseas share perspectives on Suffolk Madrid

Students overseas share perspectives on Suffolk Madrid

Abigail Hart December 11, 2019

Cultural diversity and passionate professors are some of the things that students value about Suffolk University’s Madrid Campus (SUMC), while underfunding and lack of communication are areas that could...

Detention camps in China target the Uyghur community

Detention camps in China target the Uyghur community

Chris Sadrnoori December 11, 2019

Arfat “Alfred” Erkin had not heard from his mother back home in China for two years. He feared the worst, believing she, like so many other Uyghurs [WEE-gurs], had been taken to a re-education camp...

Bostonians protest Hands off Bolivia!

Bostonians protest “Hands off Bolivia!”

Murat Metshin and Amy Koczera November 20, 2019

Dozens of impassioned protesters took to Boston Common this Saturday to speak out against the current events in Bolivia that resulted in the resignation of the nation’s former-president of 14 years,...

Members of Russian Speaking Community Club make friends and participate in Halloween event

Russian speaking students find friendships across borders

Murat Metshin November 13, 2019

While Suffolk’s student body consists of a great variety of different nationalities, many international students struggle to adjust to a new community on campus. To help them, some students have taken...

International Student Xin Yi Yap

First-generation international student Xin Yi Yap shatters stereotypes

Alexa DiFiore November 13, 2019

To be an international and first generation student is a huge milestone for Xin Yi Yap, born and raised in Singapore. When Yap was finishing her last few years of high school, she decided she no longer...

Calling Trump mentally ill is an insult to those who actually suffer from mental illness

Calling Trump mentally ill is an insult to those who actually suffer from mental illness

Nick Viveiros November 6, 2019

It’s time we stop calling President Donald Trump mentally ill. “The president’s performance on Fox & Friends struck me and many viewers as one of a frighteningly unhinged individual,” said...

Suffolk veteran responds to U.S. military action overseas

Murat Metshin November 6, 2019

While the country prepares to celebrate Veterans Day next week, one Suffolk University veteran has spoken out about his experience in the military and the current motives of the U.S. military. As a recruitment...

Shoshana Madmoni-Gerber (right) moderates event with Ayelet Tsabari

Award-winning Israeli author shares personal stories with Suffolk community

Avery Gallagher November 6, 2019

The Suffolk University community had the privilege of speaking to award-winning Israeli author Ayelet Tsabari. The author, famous for her memoir “The Art of Leaving,” held a discussion in 73 Tremont’s...

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Mexican Student Association provides sought after community for students on campus

Leo Castaneda-Pineda November 6, 2019

With such a diverse student body from a variety of places, it can be difficult for every student to find their place on campus. Suffolk’s many cultural clubs are meant to bridge that gap, but sometimes...

SASA eboard left to right: Zoya Ahmed (vice president); Aisha Fatima (president); Bismah Laraib (secretary/treasurer)

South Asian Student Association seeks to collaborate with cultures across campus

Amy Koczera October 30, 2019

On a campus that capitalizes itself on diversity, the list of cultural clubs at Suffolk University grows longer and longer every year. One of the most recent additions to that list is the new South Asian...

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