Archive for the ‘Campus’ Category

Fifth Annual Rammy Awards call for submissions

This April, Suffolk will host the fifth annual Rammy Awards to honor students for their work in 11 different categories ranging from photography, to videos, to public relations and marketing portfolios.  

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Film forum raises trafficking awareness

Alexa Barrios  Journal Staff Globally, 27 million people are trapped in modern day slavery, according to the Boston Initiative to Advance Human Rights (BITAHR). Of those trafficked, 79 percent are sexually exploited.

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Poets hype Poetry Center with readings

Suffolk’s Poetry Center, located on the third floor of the Sawyer library, was packed with students and the general public last Thursday night. In addition to all seats being full before the 7 p.m. start time of the poetry reading event, attendees lined the walls and occupied carpet seating.

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A look at Suffolk’s performing arts

Suffolk’s Performing Arts Office (PAO) strives to make the arts accessible to the university’s community, disregarding experience or background.   “We make the opportunities available to you,” said Kathy Maloney, associate director of the PAO. “We help people achieve the things they want to do, whether it’s to produce a show, act in a show [...]

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‘Wordly:’ quirky art at NESAD

Presented by the Suffolk University Art Gallery at the New England School of Art and Design (NESAD) is “Wordly,” a solo exhibition of sculptures, drawings and installations by Arthur Henderson.   Quirky art creates a fun, bright atmosphere from the main and hallway areas of the gallery. Pieces are composed of simple materials like paint, [...]

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Filmmaker visits Suffolk, shows local film

Last Tuesday, filmmaker Laura Colella visited Suffolk to show her first film Tax Day, released in 1998. Like all of Colella’s films, the setting is regional to Providence, R.I., and the film as a whole is refreshing. Tax Day begins as two women, Irene and Paula, go for a walk to the post office so [...]

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After ‘Glow’

Mindless movement filled the House of Blues on Landsdowne Street Monday night when DayGlow, America’s largest paint party, threw a private show. Host Emir Duru set the standard of hype, jumping around the stage non-stop, spitting verses and encouraging hands in the air. A swarming floor was filled with students wearing florescent white and neon, [...]

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Violence over-saturated in gaming world

Brian Holak Journal Staff Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 exploded onto the market last week, selling 6.5 million copies within the first 24 hours of its release. War-oriented video games like this, including the recently-released Battlefield 3, continue to capture the interest of consumers. While Nina Huntemann, Communications Professor at Suffolk, who studies the [...]

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Suffolk prof. occupies word

Caitlin Lezell Journal Staff Some at Occupy Boston have begun to focus more on the arts, from last week’s pop-up art show to a new series of poetry readings aptly called OccuPoetry, which Suffolk Professor Fred Marchant of the English department, an admirer of the Occupy Movement, has decided to get involved in. He has [...]

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PAO starts off Seriously

Suffolk University is passionate about the performing arts, and it shows. Groups such as Rampage, Seriously Bent, and the Ramifications impressed the audience at the Performing Arts Sampling in the C. Walsh Theatre last Thursday. Hosted by Seriously Bent, the show opened with members of the show choir, Rampage, singing “Good Morning Baltimore” from the [...]

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Theater Department unveils 2011-2012 schedule

This is going to be a special year for Suffolk University’s Theatre Department. Last Thursday, the department had their annual “town hall” meeting, where they welcomed freshmen interested in joining the department, as well as returning students. The first big announcement of the meeting, which Director Marilyn Plotkins announced with great glee, was that this [...]

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LUDA! PC, SGA, and SFR puts on their best show yet

Angela Bray Gianna Carchia Journal Staff Suffolk brought three-time Grammy winner Ludacris to perform at this year’s Fall Concert last night at the House of Blues.

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