Article By: Alex Pearlman Sen. Ted Kennedy’s senate seat is up for grabs next month, and while many thought the race for the next junior senator from Massachusetts would be a long and dramatic one, it seems that the opposite is happening. The four democratic candidates came together on Monday at the Suffolk Law School [...]
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Brown is ‘decent’ at Suffolk GOP event
December 2nd, 2009 
Jeff Fish Article By: Jeff Fish While the candidates for the Democratic primary have garnered much attention recently, whoever wins on Dec. 8 will most likely have to face Republican front runner Mass. State Senator Scott Brown to fill Ted Kennedy’s Senate seat. Brown visited Suffolk Monday night in an event hosted by the Suffolk GOP. The [...]
Police Blotter December 2
December 2nd, 2009 Journal Staff Wednesday Nov 25 2:17 p.m. 150 Tremont Received a report of a student infraction at 150 Tremont St. Report filed. Sunday, Nov 29 11:29 a.m. Law School Requesting a car be towed because it is blocking the loading dock. Report filed and Risk Management was notified. 10:40 p.m. 10 Somerset Received a report of a [...]
News Briefs December 2
December 2nd, 2009 Journal Staff Obama announces 30,000 more troops in Afghanistan Last night President Obama addressed the nation on his plan for the conflict in Afghanistan. Obama plans to send an additional 30,000 troops to Afghanistan at the very beginning of 2010. After 18 months, the troops will be brought home. He also promised to bring all troops home [...]
Suffolk Democrats support Capuano, prepare for election
December 2nd, 2009 Matthew McQuaid Article By: Matt McQuaid With the special election for the late Senator Edward M. Kennedy’s seat only a week away, campaign activities have been kicking into high gear. There are four candidates running in the Democratic Primary for the Senate Seat: Attorney General Martha Coakley, Representative Michael Capuano, businessman Steve Pagliuca and City Year Founder [...]
GOP gears up for election
December 2nd, 2009 Angela Bray Article By: Angela Bray The Suffolk GOP has been extremely active this semester, according to President Karl Hoffman, planning various events around campus, fundraising, and now becoming involved with upcoming senate and state elections. “I think it is safe to say that we have had a very busy fall, and we look forward to continuing [...]
Suffolk student manages mayoral campaign
December 2nd, 2009 Derek Anderson Article By: Derek Anderson Suffolk’s political touch stretches farther with sophomore Pat Johnson who recently has worked on the Setti Warren campaign, the mayor-elect of Newton. His experience working with political campaigns dates back farther than Warren’s campaign; Johnson’s had his share of experience working as the President of the College Democrats of Massachusetts since [...]
Democratic consultant talks about primary
December 2nd, 2009 Jeff Fish Article By: Jeff Fish With only one week left until the primaries that will decide the two nominees to replace Ted Kennedy’s Senate seat, Democratic consultant Mary Anne Marsh spoke to the Journal to shed light on the race and the Democratic candidates aspiring to fill the seat. Marsh works for the public affairs firm [...]
Meet the Candidates: Dems on the Issues
December 2nd, 2009 Journal Staff Alan Khazei: Why did you decide to run for U.S. senate? Alan co-founded City Year, which inspired President Clinton to create AmeriCorps, which has resulted in 575,000 Americans to contribute 700,000 hours of service. Alan wants to take his years of service as a private citizen to Washington. What makes you the most qualified candidate? [...]
France and Switzerland hinder religious acceptance
December 2nd, 2009 Derek Anderson Article By: Derek Anderson I’m not quite sure what has gone wrong with France and Switzerland, but they should immediately fix the discrimination they’re making law. Recently, Switzerland has banned the building of new minarets (distinctive architectural spires that accompany Islamic mosques) and France is working on a country-wide ban of full body burkas. The [...]
Indie music is independent no more
December 2nd, 2009 Journal Staff Article By:Ethan Long The 1960’s gave us the beginnings of psychedelic rock, the 1970’s gave us punk rock, and the 1980’s gave us hip-hop. The 90’s started the jungle beat and boy band crazes, and this decade, while I’m not sure what to call it, maybe the “double oh’s,” gave us “indie music.” This is [...]
Suffolk’s mission to provide access and opprotunity
December 2nd, 2009 Journal Staff I would like to take this opportunity to respond to your article “Suffolk’s next challenge’’ (Nov. 17) as it categorizes Suffolk University’s enrollment statistics. The average entering grade point average of the current freshman class was 3.0. This includes the 100 new undergraduates admitted conditionally, to whom Suffolk University provides extra academic support. When did [...]
