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Your School. Your Paper. Since 1936.

The Suffolk Journal

Your School. Your Paper. Since 1936.

The Suffolk Journal

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New Ebola vaccine to begin human trials in January

October 29, 2014

By Victoria Greenleaf The Ebola virus continues to claim thousands of lives in Africa, but there is new hope arriving in the form of a new experimental vaccine made from the blood of former Ebola patients,...

(By Flickr user Catalonia is not Spain)

Catalonia seeking separation from Spain

Alexa Gagosz October 29, 2014

By Alexa Gagosz The Catalans protest against the nation that has basically owned them for years saying, “Catalonia is not Spain,” as their argument. Catalonia used to be an independent region,...

Alexa Gagosz/Acting Intl Editor

Challenging global militarism: Activist Medea Benjamin comes to Suffolk

Alexa Gagosz October 22, 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, the...

By Sam Humphrey

Albanian Prime Minister talks reform at Harvard forum

Sam Humphrey October 22, 2014

Activist, athlete, artist, and politician; Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama has had a long and varied career, and drew an audience of at least 200 last Thursday at Harvard’s John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum,...

Contemporary dance company exports Moroccan roots to Somerville

Contemporary dance company exports Moroccan roots to Somerville

October 22, 2014

by Sylvain Gaulier Fleur d’Orange, a Moroccan contemporary dance company, came to Somerville, Mass., to spread their message of freedom against all oppressive forces. The band performed for the fourth...

By Flickr user Steve Evans

Brutality continues against women and children in Congo

Alexa Gagosz October 22, 2014

by Alexa Gagosz Imagine being packed in group of more than 600 children squeezed together, or being forced into a marriage as a teenager with a man that had raped one of your friends or family members....

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ISIS tries to justify the enslavement of women

Evette Thompson October 22, 2014

In the recent issue of the Dabiq, an online magazine published by the terrorist group known as ISIS, ISIL, or the Islamic State, violent threats were made to the Western World especially the US and non-believers...

Colleen Day/Journal staff

All Around the World: International students and their struggles

Colleen Day October 15, 2014

By Colleen Day For 20 percent of the class of 2017, the sixth floor of 73 Tremont Street is home away from home. The Center for International Programs and Services’ landing pad is made up of the International...

by Flickr user Tribes of the world

Modernizing the segregated Kingdom

October 15, 2014

by Elaf Suliman The largest GE turbine gas facility technology workforce in the Middle East is working towards modernizing Saudi Arabia’s workplace by providing co-op training opportunities particularly...

Typhoon strikes Japan

Jeremy Hayes October 15, 2014

On the far side of the world, panic set in during the weekend that what was being refereed to as a “super typhoon” named Vongfong, was on a collision course for Japan, according to multiple news outlets. The...

by Flickr user thierry ehrmann

Joshua Wong: The 17-year-old mastermind of the Hong Kong protests

October 15, 2014

For someone who isn’t even considered a legal adult yet, Joshua Wong is already taking on the government with his tens of thousands of protesters in the streets of Hong Kong. He may not be old enough...

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Brazil Presidential Election: Rousseff faces Neves in run-off

October 15, 2014

by Sylvain Gaulier As Brazilians are awaiting to cast their vote for the next president, the race is still up in the air. While the country leans closer to the left side, there is still uncertainty...

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