Your School. Your Paper. Since 1936.

The Suffolk Journal

Your School. Your Paper. Since 1936.

The Suffolk Journal

Your School. Your Paper. Since 1936.

The Suffolk Journal

Colbert takes Asian joke too far

Ally Johnson April 9, 2014

Satire has always been a tricky art form to navigate. If done well and intelligently there can be a positive impact - one that sparks discussion. If done poorly and without hindsight, it can cause anger...

A promotional poster for An Inconvenient Truth, by former Vice President Al Gore, was widely praised as an informative film. Gore made climate change policy a focus of his 2000 presidential campaign.
(Photo by Flickr user eelke dekker)

No Climate, No Cry? When will we heed climate change danger

David Frederick April 9, 2014

Edward Abbey once said, “Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of the cancer cell.” Clearly, that is not the attitude that motivated Manifest Destiny, and the continued pillaging of our natural...

Editor’s word: It’s winter break, not Christmas break

April 9, 2014

The town of Norwood voted April 8 to change the phrase of “winter break” back to “Christmas break” in its public schools. Norwood’s school committee voted to change the phrase from Christmas...

Common Core does not solve America’s education problems

Ryan Dawson April 2, 2014

When you are in high school, everything but academics seems to matter the most. Sports, gossip, and drama are all things that take precedent in the mind of a young student. More often than not, students...

(Photo by Flickr user Robert Douglass)

Obama’s NSA bulk proposal leaves major issue in place

Sam Humphrey April 2, 2014

Last Monday, The New York Times reported that the Obama administration would soon announce a plan to end the National Security Agency (NSA)’s bulk collection of Americans’ telephone data. However,...

(Photo by Flickr user David Parsons)

Game over landlords: Marty Walsh fights corruption

Vassili Stroganov April 2, 2014

With Marty Walsh’s new amendment to initiate inspections in housing and rentals, there is still hope for financially fragile college students and other people with low income. No more will landlords...

Photo courtesy of SGAs Facebook.

A word from SGA: April 2, 2014

April 2, 2014

Week of April 2, 2014   Hello Students!   We hope you are all having a great week! The Student Government Association (SGA) would like to share some updates from this week. The...

Editor’s word: Response to Beacon Street blaze

April 2, 2014

Lieutenant Edward J. Walsh Jr. and firefighter Michael R. Kennedy tragically lost their lives attempting to put out the fire on Beacon Street last Wednesday. Deputy Fire Chief Joseph Finn said at the press...

(Photo by Flickr user WBUR)

Charlie Baker for Governor

Sam Humphrey March 26, 2014

Over the past few months, I have covered the Rappaport Center’s Governor roundtable series and watched six of the nine candidates introduce themselves and outline their principles. The only one who...

MH370 disappeared March 8.
(Photo by Flickr user Aero Icarus)

Malaysia Airlines tragedy highlights media’s poor crisis reporting

Ally Johnson March 26, 2014

Human tragedy has recently come under the attack of the media circus, a poor reflection on how we tell and receive our news. For weeks now we have been listening, reading and watching news about the...

ASB students in Virginia.
(Photo courtesy of David Fredericks Facebook)

ASB trip, service a great experience to cap off senior year

David Frederick March 26, 2014

Growing up, you start to discover a whole plethora of new things about yourself and the world you live in. Existential, introspective feelings that toss the nostalgic regret aside. To put it short,...

 Some school districts have developed anti-bullying  curricula.
(Photo by Flickr user Working Word)

Schools should adopt anti-bullying curriculum

Ellie Hawkins March 26, 2014

In the past 10 years the suicide rate in the United States has risen. In a study from 2012, statistics showed that 1 in 6 teens have thought about suicide and 1 in 12 have attempted to commit suicide. One...

Load More Stories
Activate Search
Opinion