The Project Runway designer speaks to students about his life, inspiration Article by: Angela Bray Unity Week at Suffolk had a huge pull Monday night with Project Runway’s second season contestant Nick Verreos who spoke at the C. Walsh Theater. The Program Committee, Student Leadership and Involvement and Office of Retention Services brought Nick Verreos [...]
Archive for March 3rd, 2010
China’s economy needs help too
March 3rd, 2010 
Journal Staff Article by: Cait O’Callaghan “…China is losing a lot of money and its economy is slowly down-turning.” Yasheng Huang, a professor of political economy and international management from the MIT Sloan School of Management came to Suffolk on Monday to talk about the dynamics and challenges of China’s economy. The author of 2008’s Capitalism with [...]
Expert discusses radicalism, foreign policy
March 3rd, 2010 Jeff Fish Article by: Jeff Fish and Tom Logan “There needs to be a more realistic view of Islam” Daveed Gartenstein-Ross is a short man with big credentials when it comes to the study of radical Islam, which is why Suffolk GOP and the Foreign Policy Forum partnered to host a roundtable discussion featuring the successful Middle [...]
Annual show is so good, its sinful
March 3rd, 2010 Angela Bray Article by: Angela Bray In the wake of the devastating earthquake that hit Haiti in Jan., the Caribbean Student Network’s (CSN’s) 21st annual Cultural Fashion Show is dedicated to the victims of the tragedy. Tickets are free, but the CSN is asking attendees to make a donation of their choice that will be equally divided [...]
Unity Week sweeps over Suffolk
March 3rd, 2010 Angela Bray The week in summary: What’s it all about? Article by: Angela Bray Suffolk’s Unity Week continues to rock the university with events, discussions and cultural celebrations. The events kicked off last Saturday with the third annual Multicultural Summit, Respectful Confrontation: The Practice of Compassionate Engagement, which was presented by the Office of Diversity Services. Unity [...]
World Briefs March 3, 2010
March 3rd, 2010 Journal Staff Africa KAMPALA, Uganda—A group of about 100 gays and lesbians met in secret to discuss their response to a pending Anti-Homosexuality Bill, which calls for the death penalty for some gay acts, according to GlobalPost.com. The event was organized by Rev. Mark Kiyimba of the Uganda Unitarian Universalist Church. “Our conference showed that religion does [...]
Why Operation Moshtarak is a responsible way to fight the war (Part I of II)
March 3rd, 2010 Alex Pearlman Article by: Alex Pearlman “You have to understand that if you don’t do what you say, we’ll all be killed.” These are ominous words to anyone, but to General Stanley McChrystal, it’s nothing more than the truth. One of 450 tribal elders and scholars from the Helmand Province who gathered in Kabul earlier this month, [...]
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Tags: Helmand Province, military, Operation Moshtarak, tribal 
1 Comment »Are video essays the new big thing?
March 3rd, 2010 Angela Bray Article by: Angela Bray “Share a one-minute video that says something about you. Upload it to YouTube or another easily accessible Web site, and give us the URL. What you do or say is totally up to you.” One can only do so much in a minute. This year for the prospective Class of 2014, [...]
The Journal brings home the bronze
March 3rd, 2010 Ryan Boyle The Suffolk Journal’s office walls are peppered with awards. In the 1970s, apparently, this paper was really, really good. However, we haven’t won a big award since 1999 and we haven’t won an Associated Collegiate Press annual National College Journalism Convention award since 1979. Well, we finally brought one home. Last Sunday, at the ACP’s [...]
Posted in Featured Stories, Staff Editorial Tags: ACP, Best of Show, bronze, Small School Website No Comments »The GOP ReTort to Health Reform
March 3rd, 2010 Journal Staff Article by: Edmund Plamowski, Jr. “The solution Republicans should offer for health reform is no health reform” Over the past year, as Democrats in Congress have pushed their proposals for the socialization of America’s health care system, Republicans have offered both constitutional criticisms of the Democrats’ plans, as well as counter measures that would in [...]
Oscar Preview: Our picks for the big awards
March 3rd, 2010 Journal Staff Article by: Cait O’Callaghan
Albrecht Durer on display at the MFA
March 3rd, 2010 Journal Staff Article by: Cait O’Callaghan The Museum of Fine Arts has opened an exhibit dedicated to Albrecht Durer, a German artist known for his black and white woodcuts, etching and engravings of religious images. Durer was born in 1471 in Nuremburg, Germany, which was a major intellectual and artistic hub in the 1500s. Durer was introduced [...]
