February kicks off Recycle Mania for Suffolk, and over 600 other colleges across the United States. Recycle Mania is an online challenge where colleges can compete to see who has recycled the most materials. Any college from across the country can enter through the end of March. Students also have the ability to enter the [...]
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Interfaith center invites diversity
February 16th, 2012 
Bianca Saunders “I think it’s important that we meet the needs of a diverse community vis-à-vis their religious needs,” says Reverend Amy L. Fisher, Suffolk’s University Chaplain. The Interfaith Center, where Reverend Fisher provides spiritual guidance and other services, serves as a religious resource for the community.
Students celebrate Valentine’s
February 16th, 2012 Journal Staff Students celebrate Valentine’s Day at the Cupid’s Shuffle Festival hosted this past weekend at the Modern Theater. The Residence Hall Association joined forces with the Off Campus Housing Office and Suffolk Sustainability to provide the festive Weekend Program for students.
Suffolk polling in the spotlight again
February 16th, 2012 Journal Staff Paleologos has been busy since the beginning of the year, first with New Hampshire Primary, then the Florida Primary, and now the Senate race between the Brown-Warren race and beyond.
BSU students celebrate Black History Month
February 16th, 2012 Soleil Barros Black History Month, celebrated every February is a time where individuals nationwide celebrate and reflect African-American history, and its influence on everyday life. Members of the Black Student Union (BSU) have organized a series of events, intended to unite Suffolk students, not only to recognize black history, but also to celebrate achievements that members of [...]
S.O.U.L.S. discusses sex trafficking in Boston
February 11th, 2012 Ally Thibault Ally Thibault Journal Staff S.O.U.L.S. held their monthly Food For Thought discussion Wednesday, which focused on sex and human trafficking in America and abroad. Featuring guest speakers Rebecca Merrill and Allison Duchcek, of the BostonInitiative to Advance Human Rights (BITAHR), the event aimed to raise awareness and advocacy for victims of human trafficking.
SU Dark Nights make space moves
February 11th, 2012 Soleil Barros Soleil Barros Journal Staff The newly founded Suffolk University Dark Nights Club hosts a weekly meeting for students interested in astronomy. As members of the e-board returned from studying abroad in Spain with Raul and Carlos de la Fuente Marcos, they reminisced on the lectures on supermassive black holes, pulsars, quasars, Uranus, and globular clusters. [...]
Suffolk students egg Sodexo on
February 11th, 2012 Journal Staff By Michelle Lim Journal Contributor If you are an undergraduate at Suffolk living on-campus, you probably know about the scrambled eggs and omelets served at 150 Tremont and Miller Hall for breakfast. But are you aware that Sodexo, Suffolk’s dining service, obtains their eggs from caged chickens? The topic has not gone unnoticed, thanks to senior [...]
Day One: President McCarthy takes office
February 1st, 2012 Derek Anderson Today marks the beginning of a new era at Suffolk as the university’s ninth president, James McCarthy, takes office. “I have the utmost confidence in McCarthy,” said Provost Barry Brown. “He is a person who will build on our progress because of his understanding of urban universities.” McCarthy had already begun working remotely from New [...]
Suffolk to start new chapter
January 26th, 2012 Journal Staff By Jeff Fish, Ethan M. Long, and Derek J. Anderson One week from today, Suffolk’s new president, James McCarthy will begin his tenure at the university more than a year after David Sargent retired. The Journal spoke with McCarthy in a phone interview Monday about his plans for Suffolk moving forward. “I think on a [...]
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New president chosen for Suffolk University
January 18th, 2012 Jeff Fish The search for Suffolk’s new president came to a close tonight when the board of trustees unanimously selected James McCarthy, provost and senior vice president for student affairs at Baruch College, City University of New York, according to a statement from the University. McCarthy will begin his tenure at Suffolk on Feb. 1, said the [...]
News Round-Up Tuesday, November 22, 2011
November 22nd, 2011 Ethan M. Long Boston University saw their largest numbers of students in history coming out to a post-lecture question and answer session at the BU Hillel House for Professor Ellie Wiesel, who recently had to stop teaching due to doctor’s orders. Wiesel closed his lecture, stating the choice between good and evil is ‘always in our hands.’ Both [...]
