Suffolk President Unexpectedly Retires
Students this evening were informed over email of President Sargent’s decision to retire by Board of Trustees chairman Andrew Meyer. Sargent’s retirement comes after 21 years of service t...
Daily Archives: October 20, 2010
Staff Editorial Oct. 20, 2010
If the walls around us were crumbling and we needed to be saved, would you reject assistance from someone solely because he or she was different? If you think about it, that’s the general idea behind...
Iott plays a weird kind of dress up
Tim Gillis Journal Contributor In order to be voted into Congress these days, there are certain qualities an individual must have: a trustworthy face and a whole heap of money. But now that Rich Iot...
Lifting the drilling ban
Louis Dapilma Journal Contributor The Obama administration announced last week that it would lift its moratorium on offshore drilling in the Gulf of Mexico after intense pressure from elected officia...
Entrepreneur project turns to give back
Derek Anderson Journal Staff The Suffolk Organization for the Collection of Socks (S.O.C.S.) for Vets, a new community service campaign to provide homeless war veterans with warm socks, was launched ...
Student housing remains controversy among urban college campuses
Louis Dapilma Journal Contributor Student housing has been an emerging and rather unavoidable subject faced by many colleges and universities in Boston. The issues? For one, there are the communities...
Suffolk welcomes guests for 16th annual family weekend
Soleil Barros Journal Staff Suffolk students, staff and faculty members welcomed guests to celebrate the 16th annual Family Weekend. The three-day celebration included on and off-campus activities su...
Scholar discusses women’s rights, equality and suffrage
Sarina Tracy Journal Staff Suffolk recognized the 90th anniversary of women’s suffrage with an event led by Lori Ginzberg last Thursday in Sargent Hall. Ginzberg, a distinguished visiting scholar, di...
World Briefs Oct. 20, 2010
Africa COTONOU, Benin- Over 100,000 people have lost their homes due to flooding in the African nation of Benin, a UN official said Monday, citing numbers collected since the beginning of October. A...
Police uprising in Ecuador causes chaos
Harry Lam Journal Staff Ecuador was thrown into chaos as hundreds within the police force launched an uprising against Ecuadorian President, Rafael Correa, on September 30. This was in response to a ...
‘Shear’-ly a great time!
Jenn Orr Journal Staff Described as “Boston’s hilarious whodunit,” Shear Madness is not your typical night at the theatre. Nor is it your typical idea of theatre, as it follows a somewhat loose scrip...