The Journal brings home the bronze

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 annual convention, the Suffolk Journal won Third Place Best in Show for our website content and design out of hundreds of schools from all across the country that were entered in the contest.

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Staff Editorial Feb. 24, 2010

As a commuter school with a blue collar reputation, Suffolk students should be jumping for joy all over President Obama’s promise to increase the availability of Pell Grants and make them an entitlement program, like Social Security and Medicare.

In this budget, Obama is increasing Pell Grants by 92 percent, which will allow students to receive a maximum of $5,710 annually and will allow one million more students to access funds for financial aid. He is also attempting to convince Congress to make the grants an entitlement, which as the LA Times explained, “would be guaranteed to anyone eligible, and Congress would be obliged to fund the program for all who qualify. At present, the program is subject to haggling in the budget-making process, and so the actual grants end up being less than what lawmakers authorize.”

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Staff Editorial Feb. 17, 2010

College students have the unique privilege and ability to make their voices heard louder than the average citizen. Student protests have been known to have a conceivable impact on changing the way things are run, from the Czech Republic to Kent State. The students at the University of California Irvine have the same right to free speech and peaceful protest as we do – if only they’d wield that power properly.

Earlier this month, Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren attempted to give a lecture at UC Irvine, only to be rudely and consistently interrupted by protesters yelling “killer!” and “death to Zionists!” during his speech.

The perpetrators of this ridiculous showing were a number of Muslim students belonging to the UCI Muslim Student Union, and a number of non-affiliated individuals, all of whom seem to completely misunderstand the meaning of the term “free speech.”

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Staff Editorial Feb. 10, 2010

This space intentionally left blank to protest the Supreme Court’s blatant disregard for the ideals this country was based on.  You screwed us, Chief Justice Roberts. Shame, shame, shame. One day, when Bank of America has a majority, filibuster-proof stronghold on the Senate, you’ll be sorry.