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The Suffolk Journal

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...

Courtesy of Suffolk University

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...

Will Señar/Journal Staff

Zoo New England pushes for conservation

Will Senar April 15, 2015

During Saturday’s sunny morning, researchers gathered in the Tropical Forest classroom at the Franklin Park Zoo to discuss concerns regarding environmental issues for Zoo New England’s third annual...

Maria Toyoda
Courtesy of Suffolk University

University names new dean of College of Arts and Sciences

April 13, 2015

Officials on Monday announced that Maria Toyoda will be the dean of the College of Arts and Sciences starting July 1. Toyoda will be the eight CAS dean, according to a statement from Suffolk University....

Suffolk U News broadcast April 8

Suffolk U News broadcast April 8

April 8, 2015

This week Suffolk U News reports on the Boston Marathon, Charlie Baker's inspirational haircut, and previews the Suffolk Journal's lead story for the week.

Journal Staff

Where do students live? West End has most Suffolk students per postal code

Thalia Yunen April 8, 2015

After a measure by Mayor Martin J. Walsh last year following a scathing report on detrimental housing conditions college students were living in, institutions in the city are required to submit addresses...

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