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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

Visiting Scholar Enlightens Campus on North Korea

Visiting Scholar Enlightens Campus on North Korea

Ryan Powell December 19, 2012

  This past Thursday at Suffolk University’s poetry center, willing students were offered insight into one of, if not the, most foreign and unseen place in the world. Ambassador Friedrich Lohr,...

Israel-Gaza Strip Clash Reaches Suffolk Students

Aamina Guidri December 19, 2012

The conflict between Israel and Gaza has affected many Suffolk students who are personally connected with this issue through friends and family. This conflict has been going on for years, with brutal violence...

US Foreign Aid: More or Less International Presence?

US Foreign Aid: More or Less International Presence?

December 19, 2012

Gareth Jones  Journal Staff + Jonette Glass  Journal Contributor Gareth Jones The United States is often accused of acting on imperialistic tendencies, and over-involving themselves in places that...

Suffolk Abroad: How Travel Changes You

Suffolk Abroad: How Travel Changes You

December 19, 2012

Kelly Flores  Journal Staff Every former exchange student and each participant of a program-gone-global will tell you, “Studying abroad changed my life,” or “I wouldn’t trade my experiences...

Suffolk Student Abroad: Thanksgiving Lessons in Italian Politics

Ally Thibault November 29, 2012

Sitting at the dinner table of an American ex-patriot living in Florence on Sunday night, for a belated Thanksgiving celebration, I was surrounded by turkey, stuffing, and political chatter. A familiar...

International Opinion: U.S. Weapon Sales: A Necessary Evil?

International Opinion: U.S. Weapon Sales: A Necessary Evil?

November 29, 2012

Gareth Jones  Journal Staff The United States has long been the chief weapons exporter in the world, with almost no real competition since the fall of the Soviet Union. However, as tensions rise in...

Suffolk International Students from Senegal Voice Perspective on U.S. Election

Dan Olson November 7, 2012

Election season in the United States brings about similar feelings of anticipation, decisiveness, and political intellectuality for most Americans.  Every four years, the country’s eagerness to act...

Obama Foreign Policy Shift Toward Asia

Obama Foreign Policy Shift Toward Asia

Matt Bacon November 7, 2012

Over the course of his first administration, President Barack Obama has subtly made a dramatic shift in American foreign policy. While notably drawing down the wars in the Middle East, he has quietly shifted...

International Opinion – Currency War: Chinese Manipulation and U.S. Responses

Angela Bray November 7, 2012

Gareth Jones  Journal Staff China has been following a highly controversial and risky policy in recent years. China’s annual GDP growth in the last decade has hovered around an unprecedented eight...

Suffolk Student Out on The Terrace in Madrid

Suffolk Student “Out on The Terrace” in Madrid

October 24, 2012

Kelly Flores  Journal Contributor No experience is more quintessentially Spanish than sitting out on the terazza of a restaurant, chatting with a friend, and sipping a cafe con leche long after the...

The Implications of U.S. Drones

The Implications of U.S. Drones

October 24, 2012

Gareth Jones  Journal Staff It is estimated that over 70 countries are now in possession of some sort of unmanned aircraft. Ten years ago, the United States had total domination of this market, but...

Arab Cuisine and Culture Presented at Suffolk

Arab Cuisine and Culture Presented at Suffolk

Ryan Powell October 24, 2012

In contrast with ubiquitous tension throughout the Middle East and trying foreign policy debates in the current U.S. presidential election, an opportunity was presented at Suffolk for a more light-hearted...

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