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Your School. Your Paper. Since 1936.

The Suffolk Journal

Your School. Your Paper. Since 1936.

The Suffolk Journal

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Gubernatorial roundtables continue, Baker and Grossman discuss healthcare, education

Sam Humphrey February 5, 2014

Charlie Baker and Steve Grossman outlined their plans if elected governor to dozens of attendees at the Suffolk University Law School Rappaport Center last Tuesday and Thursday, highlighting issues from...

(Photo by Flickr user the office of Governor Deval Patrick)

Obama, Patrick focus on education and economic policy

Sam Humphrey January 29, 2014

By Thalia Yunen and Sam Humphrey President Barack Obama gave his 2014 State of the Union Address in the Chamber of the House of Representatives to speak about his plans for the rest of his term in office....

Smoking ban garners mixed opinions from students

Smoking ban garners mixed opinions from students

January 29, 2014

By Will Senar With the New Year started, the Boston Parks and Recreation Commission has decided to outlaw smoking in the city’s 250 or more parks, making some Boston college students happy and leaving...

Photo courtesy of The Boston Police Department

Alumnus works his way to Boston’s top cop

Melissa Hanson January 23, 2014

William Evans remembers riding the bus from South Boston to downtown for classes at Suffolk University in the early 1980s. He would walk by the State House on his way to campus, where he earned a degree...

Photo by Dick DeMarsico (Courtesy Library of Congress), courtesy of Suffolk University

Would Martin Luther King Jr. be proud of Suffolk?

Melissa Hanson January 23, 2014

When Martin Luther King Jr. spoke at a Ford Hall Forum at Suffolk University in 1956, he said, “negroes everywhere should refuse in a nonviolent sense to cooperate with the evils of segregation.” The...

Andres Cano enjoys a cigarette before class in Sawyer
(Photo by Melissa Hanson)

SGA getting a start on its goals,no smoking at Sawyer

David Frederick January 23, 2014

As spring semester kicks off, the Student Government Association has a full schedule of projects to complete by May. SGA President Billy Cerullo was excited to talk about the community-driven events...

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New Hampshire takes to Boston with coffee and a yetti

Alex Hall January 23, 2014

The city of Boston has had plenty of snow days over its history, but none were ever powered by their neighboring state to the north until now. Over the past three weeks, the New Hampshire Division of Travel...

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Gubernatorial hopefuls share ideas at Rappaport Center

Sam Humphrey January 23, 2014

Suffolk Law School’s Rappaport Center for Law and Public Service will host nine candidates for Massachusetts’ 2014 election for governor to replace Deval Patrick. The events are set up in roundtable...

Left to right: James McCarthy, Thomas Menino, John Nucci
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Shovels enter dirt of 20 Somerset, promising education to emerge

Thalia Yunen November 20, 2013

Suffolk University, through combined efforts and input from neighbors and city officials, was able to hold the groundbreaking ceremony for a new academic building at 20 Somerset St. last Thursday with...

Photo by Dani Marrero

15th annual memorial and vigil held for Transgender Day of Remembrance

Dani Marrero November 20, 2013

An event that began in Massachusetts and has now spread internationally, the Transgender Day of Remembrance was founded with the purpose to honor all those who were murdered or took their own lives due...

Photo by Dani Marrero

Use of ‘apps’ by our generation debated by world renowned authors

Dani Marrero November 20, 2013

The Cambridge Forum hosted a discussion about "The App Generation," a book by Howard Gardner and Katie Davis on their research of how technology has changed young people. Over the last seven years,...

Voters outside East Boston High School Tuesday morning 
(Photo by Melissa Hanson)

Suffolk students see promise in Mayor-elect Walsh, disappointment in rejection of Suffolk Downs casino

November 6, 2013

By: Sam Humphrey and Melissa Hanson State Representative Martin J. Walsh defeated City Councilor John R. Connolly in the mayoral election Tuesday, becoming Boston’s first new mayor in two decades. Walsh...

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