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The Suffolk Journal

Your School. Your Paper. Since 1936.

The Suffolk Journal

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A word from SGA: Feb. 26, 2014

February 26, 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.  This past Tuesday was the launch of...

Oppressed Majority shows  other side of sexual harassment

‘Oppressed Majority’ shows other side of sexual harassment

Melissa Hanson February 19, 2014

It was a Sunday and I felt like wearing lipstick. I sat in the small, rectangular room of my East Boston apartment, put on a cute outfit, black heeled boots adorned with a gold buckle, and carefully applied...

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CJN needs web journalism courses now

Alex Hall February 19, 2014

Suffolk University’s Communication and Journalism Department offers many courses from review writing to advanced reporting, but students cannot take any specifically dealing with the world of online...

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Despite successes, fight for gay rights far from over

Ally Johnson February 19, 2014

When progress moves at a woefully glacial pace, it is easy to allow it to move forward without notice. However, any successes, any minor victories, are noteworthy, especially as more and more voices shout...

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Pussy Riot makes a statement in Sochi

David Frederick February 19, 2014

Amid the chaos and pun-ridden buffoonery that has plagued the 2014 Olympics in Sochi, another footnote has been added to that legacy. The politically charged and just as equally rambunctious Pussy Riot...

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Hey America, stop laughing at Russia

Ally Thibault February 19, 2014

With the Olympics being held in Sochi over the last couple of weeks, Americans have taken to social media to relentlessly make fun of and complain about the other superpower -- Russia. Well, not really...

Editor’s word: Feb. 19, 2014

February 19, 2014

Updated as indicated below. It goes without saying that every college student hopes to have a job in their chosen field after receiving their diploma on graduation day. Suffolk University recently unveiled...

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A word from SGA: Feb. 19, 2014

February 19, 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! In our SGA meeting this week Senator...

Philip Seymour Hoffman died of an apparent drug overdose Feb. 9, The New York Times reported.
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Celebrity deaths prompt necessary discussion of drug addiction

Ally Johnson February 12, 2014

It has come to point where collectively, we must re-address how we partake in discussions about drug addiction. For a very long time the general public - bereft of an addictive disposition - has viewed...

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Documentary Mitt illustrates softer side of Romney

Serina Gousby February 12, 2014

There is one politician who has stepped out of the political world and allowed us to see him as a family man and a person with a real opinion, and that is Mitt Romney. His 2014 documentary, Mitt, available...

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Cola-Cola Super Bowl ad should not spark controversy among Americans

February 12, 2014

By Benjamin Linares I love my country, and I like to consider myself a patriot. America never ceases to amaze me. We started out as an idea, an idea that all men are created equal. “We hold these...

Maine court grants rights to transgendered students

Maine court grants rights to transgendered students

Katie Dugan February 12, 2014

Imagine one day you are not allowed to use the restroom that matches your gender identity. You are made an outcast, separated from your peers, and not allowed to be who you are, despite your feelings inside....

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