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The Suffolk Journal

Your School. Your Paper. Since 1936.

The Suffolk Journal

Your School. Your Paper. Since 1936.

The Suffolk Journal

By Allan Dines/Northstar Photography

Amid major changes, focus should be on Board of Trustees Chair

Thalia Yunen October 22, 2014

We’re about six or seven weeks into the semester, and already we’ve seen a new interim president arrive, two deans announce they’re stepping down at the end of the academic year, changes in titles...

A word from SGA: Oct. 22, 2014

A word from SGA: Oct. 22, 2014

October 22, 2014

Dear Students, We would like to congratulate Shavanae Anderson for becoming a Senator-at-Large for diversity.   We encourage all of you to attend the many Homecoming happening this weekend. Here...

Can Coakley make college more affordable?

Can Coakley make college more affordable?

October 22, 2014

by Jaliyah Jones-Robinson Democratic gubernatorial candidate Martha Coakley has discussed two proposals on the campaign trail that would increase the affordability of higher education for college students...

Long Island bridge closure causes chaos for addicts and homeless

Long Island bridge closure causes chaos for addicts and homeless

Alexa Gagosz October 22, 2014

by Alexa Gagosz Mayor Martin J. Walsh is closing the Long Island Bridge, which also means the closing of countless social services for hundreds of disadvantaged individuals at the Massachusetts Drug...

Courtesy of Flickr user Deval Patrick, Eric Haynes/Governor’s Office

Coakley, Democratic machine will be too much for Baker

October 22, 2014

by Ian Kea In two weeks, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts will elect a new governor. The new governor will be the first woman to hold that title, not only because of her networking, but also with the...

(Courtesy of Suffolk University)

Editor’s word: Suffolk’s new coat of arms

October 15, 2014

President Norman Smith has branded Suffolk with a classy new coat of arms, starring sharp fonts and regal colors. This new coat of arms is an alternative logo, he said in an email to employees, and...

Editors word: SGA supports Costello

Editor’s word: SGA supports Costello

October 15, 2014

The Student Government Association last week passed a resolution to support student Wyatt Costello’s campaign to temporarily suspend blood drives on campus. This is exactly the kind of thing SGA should...

by Flickr user Susan G. Komen

October is about women, not breasts

Jeremy Hayes October 15, 2014

October is a beautiful month when breast cancer awareness campaigns manage to remind the women of the world that they are only as important as their breasts. This twisted belief reminds people every...

Photo courtesy of SGAs Facebook.

A word from SGA: Oct. 15, 2014

October 15, 2014

Dear Suffolk Students, Last Thursday, the Student Government Association unanimously passed a resolution supporting the temporary suspension of on-campus blood drives. The resolution came after a Suffolk...

by Flickr user Bart Vis

Supreme Court still not doing enough for gay marriage

Alexa Gagosz October 15, 2014

by Alexa Gagosz Many are saying that the Supreme Court’s decision to not review same-sex marriage rulings has “lit a fuse to a powder keg culturally that is going to have ramifications for years...

Sam Humphrey/ Opinion editor

Mass. should bring bottle bill into 21st century

October 15, 2014

by Ian Kea It’s about time. Thirty years after the Massachusetts bottle bill was first passed, it now has a chance to be updated on the ballot come Nov. 4, and voters should vote yes on Question...

By Flickr user CDC Global

United States ill-prepared to handle Ebola crisis

Evette Thompson October 15, 2014

Ebola is a virus that is spreading exponentially in Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Guinea. Meanwhile, President Barack Obama called chances of Ebola getting to the U.S. “extremely low.” This is a pure...

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