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Your School. Your Paper. Since 1936.

The Suffolk Journal

Your School. Your Paper. Since 1936.

The Suffolk Journal

South Korean President Park Geun-hye meets with President Obama
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The Korean Peninsula: Conflict, opportunity, and hope for peace

November 13, 2013

By: Pierre Bono Often overlooked until moments of fiery North Korean rhetoric or territorial skirmishes, the relationship between the United States and South Korea has been, and will continue to be,...

Typhoon Haiyan makes landfall
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Opinion: Typhoon Haiyan and global warming

Matt Bacon November 13, 2013

The typhoon that swept through the Phillipines earlier this week has caused a great deal of tragic destruction. In the immediate aftermath of the storm, our focus must be on those immediately affected...

Typhoon Haiyan makes landfall
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Opinion: Donate to relief efforts in the Philippines

David Frederick November 13, 2013

The Philippines may have survived the terrifying ordeal of Typhoon Haiyan but it is of the utmost importance that we show our support. With the death toll feared to be in the range of nearly 2,500 civilians...

Plaza de Cibeles, Madrid
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Suffolk Madrid Association brings Spanish culture to Boston, helps students adjust to new environment

Thalia Yunen November 13, 2013

Australia, Italy, Vietnam, Spain - these are just a few of the places that students at Suffolk University can study abroad. Suffolk boasts an international reach that fosters global education for many...

The Story in Between: Case 006

The Story in Between: Case 006

Dani Marrero November 12, 2013

The following story features Aria Lemieux, a Suffolk University student born in Cuzco, Peru. Lemieux was born in Cuzco, but her mother decided to move to the US in hopes of finding a better education for...

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Hispanic Suffolk students celebrate Dia de los Muertos, or All Saints’ Day

Dani Marrero November 6, 2013

All Saints' Day, a celebration in Mexico intertwined with Dia de los Muertos, is a holiday where families gather to remember and pray for deceased family members. Although Dia de los Muertos, or Day of...

Potala Palace 
(Photos by Jonathan Haughton)

Destination Tibet: Prof. Haughton experiences the ancient and the modern

Ally Thibault November 6, 2013

Suffolk University economics professor Jonathan Haughton was teaching a summer course in Shanghai this year when he decided to take a trip to Tibet. While he was excited to see the ancient culture of a...

(From left to right) Virgilio Rojas (Project Leader), Annie Duong, Ayhan Melis Semerci
(Photo by Dani Marrero)

S.O.U.L.S. volunteers spend afternoon at Casa Nueva Vida, local homeless shelter

Dani Marrero November 6, 2013

Suffolk’s S.O.U.L.S. volunteered at Casa Nueva Vida, a program “with the mission of helping our resident families gain the education and skills they need to permanently lift themselves out of poverty”,...

Madrid
(Photo by Haley Carloni)

Career Fest 2013: Study abroad students learn how to market their experiences

Matt Bacon October 30, 2013

One of Suffolk’s biggest attractions is its study abroad program. On top having a second campus in Madrid, Suffolk offers a wide variety of study abroad options that students cannot find at most other...

Prime Minister of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, 2006
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Opinion: On Turkey’s bid for European Union membership (Pt. 2)

Matt Bacon October 30, 2013

Turkey’s road to European Union membership has been a rocky one, and is still incomplete.  Talks that had been stalled for three years were set to re-open in June, but were postponed due to the Turkish...

Prime Minister of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, 2006
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Opinion: On Turkey’s bid for European Union membership (Pt. 1)

Dani Marrero October 30, 2013

After three years of stalled consideration to grant Turkey membership to the European Union, talks are scheduled to begin on Nov. 5 to negotiate the issue. The delay was prompted by opposition of current...

Photo by Thalia Yunen

Freedom of expression: to whom does it belong? Persecuted dissidents participate in Ford Hall Forum

Thalia Yunen October 30, 2013

The First Amendment of the American Constitution states that there can be no law made against exercising freedom of speech, religion, and the press. The amendment also protects the right to peacefully...

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