Author Archives: Ryan Powell

International students illustrate realities behind summer planning

April 17, 2013 no comments

With summer quickly approaching, international students on campus have a lot more to think about than the average student from the U.S. Apartment leases are close to ending and work visa laws are hol...

Elections in Kenya stir controversy

March 28, 2013 no comments

On March 4, Uhuru Kenyatta won the presidential election in Kenya with 50.07 percent of the vote. Since 2010, Kenyatta has been subject to accusations by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for hi...

Lunar New Year Held at Suffolk

February 20, 2013 no comments

Ryan Powell  Int’l Editor Alex Hall  Managing Editor The Chinese New Year, more formally known as the Lunar New Year, was celebrated with a diverse and engaged crowd at Suffolk‘s 73 Tremont bui...

Suffolk student comments on waning crisis in Mali

February 13, 2013 2 comments

The crisis in Mali, which has attracted considerable attention in the past few weeks, has illustrated signs of progression. This has not been without recognition of a difficult path ahead in achievin...

Tactful Efforts in South Korea Initiated by a Suffolk Professor

January 31, 2013 172 comments

Tucked into the corner of the 10th floor of the domineering 73 Tremont building, the government department resides as home to internationally acclaimed professors whose activism, scholarship, and pro...

Crisis in Mali Hits Home at Suffolk

January 23, 2013 2 comments

Suffolk University is not heard of as being subject to direct violence, but underlying currents of strife abroad always hit close to home with such a prominent international student body. Suffolk Uni...

Visiting Scholar Enlightens Campus on North Korea

December 19, 2012 no comments

  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, ...

Arab Cuisine and Culture Presented at Suffolk

October 24, 2012 no comments

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-he...

Cultural Celebration at Suffolk: Saudi National Day

October 3, 2012 7 comments

Over the weekend, Suffolk University and the Saudi Students Club hosted the Saudi Arabian Cultural Mission to the United States to celebrate their National Day. Though formally celebrated on Septembe...

Opinion: Austria and the Holocaust; Touchy and Taboo

October 3, 2012 1 comment

After spending a years’ time in Austria, a few drastic misconceptions regarding World War II have become clear. Mainly, that post-World War II sentiment in Austria has taken a disproportionately long...

Suffolk Undertakes “Scholar at Risk”

September 24, 2012 1 comment

Over the last two years, Suffolk has had a visiting professor who has sought asylum  from Kyrgyzstan in the United States under the Scholars at Risk (RAS) network. Professor Bakyt Beshimov teaches co...

Julian Assange and the Whistleblowers of History

September 24, 2012 3 comments

Recent developments in the case of Julian Assange and his trial have propagated the stoked controversy over whistleblowing. Transparency and freedom of speech are valued not only by Assange, but gove...