On the scene: How local reporters covered the Boston Marathon bombing
Kaitlin Hahn and Nick Viveiros
April 11, 2018
Filed under Campus, Suffolk News, Suffolk U News
In the next week, the city of Boston will be covered with blue and gold “Boston Strong” signs, flowers scattered on sidewalks and sneakers hung on street corners to mark five years since the Boston Marathon bombing.
Restorative Justice Center talks racial justice, schools
April 6, 2018
Filed under Campus, News, Suffolk News
In an attempt to promote dialogue among students and professors on the topic of justice, the sociology department at Suffolk University hosted a panel discussion: “Schools, Advocacy and Racial Justice.”
Suffolk research students thrive on bacteria
April 4, 2018
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Suffolk biology students have been engrossed in their research on bacteria, aspiring to one day solve the mystery of how these microorganisms have the ability to cause lethal infection. With the ongoing battle to target and terminate antibiotic resistant bacteria, there is an incentive to study the life-threatening features of bacteria and find possible therapeutic interventions.
MLK: Vision alive 55 years later
March 28, 2018
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Nearly 55 years after Martin Luther King Jr. gave a rallying speech in Boston on the benefits of a politically integrated society, Suffolk University’s Ford Hall Forum conducted a re-reading, highlighting how inequality is still prevalent today. In “Moving Toward Justice: Reflections on MLK Jr....
SGA executive election results not yet finalized
March 28, 2018
Filed under Campus, News, Politics, Showcase, Suffolk News
Thursday will be the first day of hearings for eight appeals that called into question the transparency, accessibility and integrity of the most recent Student Government Association (SGA) elections. Currently, the results are not solidified.
Marching on: Cities across the US take to the streets in protest against mass shootings
March 28, 2018
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Like a storm, a crowd of more than 100,000 people marched through the streets of Boston this past Saturday, fighting to protect the lives of students throughout the nation. The movement was hosted by March For Our Lives after 17 high school students were massacred at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. on Feb. 14.
Marisa Kelly next president of Suffolk
March 8, 2018
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After a historic and highly anticipated search, Marisa Kelly has been named the permanent president of Suffolk University.
Trupiano seeks to bring campus together
February 28, 2018
“GRIT.” If Logan Trupiano is elected President of Student Government Association (SGA), this is what Suffolk University students can expect. Running as a team and headed by Trupiano, GRIT will be fighting to mobilize students, to overcome adversity and to make SGA the most involved it has ever b...
Robb seeks to become first female president in years
February 28, 2018
If the upcoming elections result in her favor, Secretary Morgan Robb would become the first female president of Suffolk’s Student Government Association (SGA) in six years. “To be a female president, and what that would mean for our female students, and for even for students of other marginalized ...
Congress comes to campus
February 28, 2018
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Former congressmen came to the university to have in-depth conversations with students on policy issues that related to gerrymandering, veterans and the Trump administration.
Timeline: Since SGA’s earlier firearms survey, there have been countless mass shootings in the US
February 21, 2018
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Suffolk University’s Student Government Association (SGA) has sent out more than one Firearm Survey in recent years, with one dating back to 2009. At that time, Suffolk students had a general consensus of not approving the Suffolk Police Department (SUPD) being armed. In the most recent survey that...
America, is it finally time?
Chris DeGusto and Nick Viveiros
February 21, 2018
Filed under Boston, Campus, News, Suffolk News, Suffolk U News
The United States has suffered from a string of mass shootings that have occurred in churches and schools alike. As some call for gun control, others look to arm university police.
