“I am not your baby”
Sara Maloney, Journal Contributor
March 7, 2018
Making my harasser’s weaponry a device for activism
Letter to the Editor: Response to staff ed from Suffolk’s Title IX Director
March 7, 2018
Filed under Letter to the Editor
To the Editor: I felt it was important to comment on the recent Editor’s Word [Feb. 28, 2018] column that appeared on the Journal’s opinion page, which mentioned rumors of inappropriate relationships between staff and students, and students’ feeling they cannot speak out. Sexual harassment and abus...
Editor’s Word: Have courage, break the culture
February 28, 2018
Filed under Opinion, Staff Editorial
It has come to the attention of our team of student journalists that our University has a serious problem. Throughout the years, few staff members have been rumored to have engaged in inappropriate relationships with students, while others have been caught in the act. These staff members, namely men...
Importance of Inclusivity: QSU promotes diversity on campus
February 21, 2018
Filed under Arts & Culture, Campus
Perhaps one of the more active and engaged groups on campus, the Queer Student Union (QSU) has set out to advocate for the well-being and inclusivity of students campus-wide. According to QSU President Joe Piemonte, the group was started more than 10 years ago as the Rainbow Alliance, but has been more...
Students could be the catalyst for change
January 31, 2018
Filed under Opinion
In high school and throughout college, students are often told that “no” means no and the absence of a firm no does not mean yes. Students are told that if last week it was okay, this week it may not be. Students are told to be respectful and pay attention to each other’s desires and limits in...
The Feminist Letters: Everyone needs to advocate for intersectionality to improve equality
November 15, 2017
Filed under Opinion
When someone says the word “feminist,” most people have an instinctual idea that comes to mind about what that concept means to them; something along the lines of gender equality, sexism and ending the patriarchy. When the word “intersectionality” comes next to it, however, people do not know w...
Sexual assault excludes no gender
November 15, 2017
Filed under Opinion
Lately there seems to be a new article out every week about another round of sexual abuse allegations regarding Hollywood moguls. Anthony Rapp recently came out with his harrowing tale of sexual assault, but his story is a bit more unique for one reason: Rapp is just one of a few male actors to publicl...
The Feminist Letters: Women around the world need to be treated equally, not just in western culture
November 8, 2017
Filed under International Commentary, Opinion
In recent years, the topic of feminism has become a loaded conversation in the media. Feminists are often stereotyped as ‘angry liberals’ or ‘man haters,’ when all they are really fighting for is political, economic and social equality for all genders. Due to centuries of injustice and discrimin...
Sexual assault allegations reveal Hollywood has a problem
November 8, 2017
Filed under Arts & Culture
First came the media mogul Harvey Weinstein. Then it was “House of Cards” star Kevin Spacey. Over the past month, dozens of men and women, mostly other big names in the film industry, came forward and accused these men of sexual assault. The accusations range from groping and sexual harassment t...
Harvey Weinstein: The man who could not be tamed, until now, with the help from women
October 18, 2017
Filed under Opinion
Weinstein’s assault history, Hollywood’s loudest secret, has now been exposed, as harrowing tales emerge from a plethora of women who he sexually abused over the course of decades. Now, their voices are being heard and supported by women across the US. his past week proved to be great for wom...
Trump removes coverage of birth control under ACA
October 18, 2017
Filed under Opinion
Through history, women have had to fight for their rights. More often than not, they have had to challenge men who do not see them as equals. On Friday, Oct. 6 President Donald Trump’s cabinet repealed an Affordable Care Act (ACA) mandate that had required employer’s insurance plans to provide birt...
Don’t fill the swamp with Moore
October 4, 2017
Roy Moore’s victory in the Republican primary runoff shows that the right-wing populism that propelled President Donald J. Trump into the White House is still adding fuel to the fire. Moore, the former Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court, defeated Luther Strange, the incumbent conservative senator...
