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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

Elaf Suliman/Journal Contributor

‘5 Broken Cameras:’ No nation, no citizenship, and no power over their lives

November 12, 2014

By Elaf Suliman Editor's note: The writer of this article is a member of the Students for Justice in Palestine. This is her opinion of the issues presented at the event.   Suffolk University’s...

Sylvain Gaulier/Journal Staff

Spanish Club hosts annual the ‘Day of the Dead’ celebration

November 12, 2014

By Sylvain Gaulier Colorful skulls, food, and testimonies to dead celebrities launched the festivities. Last Friday, as a large crowd of students gathered on the fourth floor of Donahue to celebrate...

International student of the month: Rakan Alzaydi

International student of the month: Rakan Alzaydi

November 12, 2014

International student Rakan Alzaydi, 24, is a senior who came to Boston from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, just four years ago. He began his studies at Northeastern in 2010 for English as a second language and...

Sam Humphrey/ Opinion Editor

Suffolk Law professor among presenters at ‘Foreign Policy for All’

Sam Humphrey November 12, 2014

Around 300 people gathered in an otherwise barren Massachusetts Institute of Technology campus Saturday to hear Noam Chomsky, Bill Fletcher, and other progressives speak at Massachusetts Peace Action’s,...

Pattern of US citizens held prisoners now released by North Korea

Alexa Gagosz November 12, 2014

By Alexa Gagosz After two years and seven months, North Korea has finally released U.S. citizens Kenneth Bae and Matthew Todd Miller, the U.S. State Department announced Saturday, according to multiple...

Suffolk spends more than $9M outside US

Suffolk spends more than $9M outside US

Melissa Hanson November 5, 2014

Suffolk University not only accepts international students to study at its Boston campus, but also sends local students across the globe to study  abroad. In addition to Suffolk’s Madrid campus,...

By Flickr user United Nations

Malala Yousafzai becomes youngest recipient of Nobel Peace Prize

November 5, 2014

By Madeline Scovotti The 17-year-old Nobel Peace Prize recipient was awarded earlier this month for her advocacy work, fighting for girls’ rights to education around the globe. In order to begin...

Evette Thompson/Journal Staff

Posters speaking out against racism on display at the Boston City Hall

Evette Thompson November 5, 2014

An exhibition of international diversity posters from the Stephen Lewis poster collection lines the walls of Boston's City Hall in the Mayor's Office of Arts and Culture. The posters in City Hall, which...

Courtesy of Twitter

The Angel of Kobane: The poster girl for the resistance against ISIS

Alexa Gagosz November 5, 2014

By Alexa Gagosz The poster girl for the Kurdish freedom fighters has had her picture shared with thousands around the world as the “Angel of Kobane,” becoming a symbol of resistance against the...

(Alexa Gagosz/Acting International Editor)

Challenging global militarism: Activist Medea Benjamin comes to Suffolk

Alexa Gagosz October 29, 2014

By Alexa Gagosz “Yes we can live in peace,” is the promise the organization “CODEPINK” lives by as they urge women across the country to rise up and oppose global militarism. Originally,...

(By Flickr user Ministerio das Relacoes Exteriores)

Dilma Rousseff re-elected as Brazilian President

October 29, 2014

By Sylvain Gaulier According to Liberation News, Rousseff immediately thought of the future challenges ahead of her presidency in her victory speech. She addressed to her supporters: “Instead...

(By Flickr user World Economic Forum)

President of Kenya, Uhuru Kenyatta, charged

Evette Thompson October 29, 2014

The president of Kenya, Uhuru Kenyatta, has officially been charged by the International Circuit Court for allegedly inciting violence during the 2007 presidential elections which resulted in the death...

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