Editor’s Word: The Journal will not be endorsing any SGA candidates
February 27, 2019
Filed under Opinion, Staff Editorial
The newspaper and media industry has been around for centuries with the goal of providing citizens the facts to help people view the world around them with more clarity. That industry has been rapidly changing, but still holds onto many of the traditional values and practices that it has had since it ...
Level the proposed tackling bill before it gets reviewed
February 27, 2019
C’mon, people. Let’s be smart about this. Recently, Rep. Paul A. Schmid III and 20th Middlesex District State Rep. Bradley H. Jones Jr. have sponsored the bill An Act for No Organized Head Impacts on Schoolchildren, or the NO HITS Act, which seeks to ban tackle football for children in seventh...
Rebuttal: The only person who should make decisions about abortions are the patient and doctor
February 27, 2019
Filed under Opinion, The Liberal Think Tank
Last week, an opinion article was published titled “Andrew Cuomo and other Democrats have heartlessly condoned infanticide,” written by Nick Sammarco. Within this article, Sammarco blatantly chooses to ignore definitions that do not suit his needs and relies on scare tactics in order to shame anyone ...
Detainment of British woman for misgendering person shows free speech is under attack in UK
February 27, 2019
Freedom of speech is effectively dead in the U.K. Once the home of advocates for human liberty like John Locke, Thomas Hobbes, John Stuart Mill, Winston Churchill and Margaret Thatcher, the U.K. has ditched free expression for the comforts of politically-correct tyranny. On Feb. 9, The Daily Mail...
Editor’s Word: Arm or not, consider your peers’ views
February 20, 2019
Filed under Opinion, Staff Editorial
The student body at Suffolk University is one of diverse nature. We at this school maintain that diverse perspectives and opinions - even though some may be at odds with our own - are important for forming more informed and sensible decisions about the stances we choose to take when it comes to our politi...
Ralph Northam administration: Politics over core values
February 20, 2019
Filed under Opinion, Politics, The Liberal Think Tank
When news broke in early February that Gov. Ralph Northam’s (D-VA) med school yearbook featured a photo of two men in racist garb — one in blackface, the other in full Klan robes — this reporter shook his head, but certainly wasn’t surprised. For those of us who haven’t turned on cable news ...
Suffolk University needs an ombuds office
February 20, 2019
Filed under Opinion
We have faced our fair share of challenges in the last decade, but we are still an institution that values fairness and integrity. It is essential that our actions reinforce these principles. An ombuds office, or Office of the Ombuds, founded on the core principles of independence and impartiality, ...
Andrew Cuomo and other Democrats have heartlessly condoned infanticide
February 20, 2019
Filed under Opinion, Politics, Showcase, The Conservative Message
Since the abortion rights movement in the 1960s, pro-choice advocates have argued that abortions, the termination of a developing human life, should be, in the words of Hillary Clinton (D-NY) during a 2008 speech to the Democratic Leadership Council, “safe, legal, and rare.” As science creat...
“In God we trust” doesn’t represent all Americans
February 6, 2019
Filed under Opinion, Politics, The Liberal Think Tank
As Americans, are we supposed to believe that the religious clause of the first amendment holds weight, when our dollars pay for the phrase “In God we trust” to be placed on government buildings? Separation of church and state is a part of the First Amendment in the Constitution, stating that, "Co...
Editor’s Word: Don’t lose hope in the honest press
February 6, 2019
Filed under Staff Editorial
As a student publication, The Suffolk Journal has the same intentions as your local news station - to provide you with the facts you need, when you need them, regarding Suffolk University. Although The Suffolk Journal, and other outlets nationwide, have made mistakes in the past, mistakes are made in a...
Mr. Trump, don’t build this wall
February 6, 2019
The United States-Mexican border has been an area of controversy since its final layout in the 19th century. The over 1,900-mile-long border stretches from the Pacific Ocean in the west to the Gulf of Mexico in the east. Large metropolis areas such as San Diego, El Paso, Juarez and Tijuana all lie on th...
Supporting safe injection can save lives
February 6, 2019
It may seem shocking to think about: a safe place where individuals can use drugs legally, under the supervision of professional medical staff. Supervised injection services (SIS) are facilities where someone is allowed to bring illegal drugs that they have obtained themselves to inject under t...
