Suffolk University’s version of the Oscars, the Student Government Leadership Awards, was held at the Downtown Harvard Club on Monday night. The ceremony honored student leaders and faculty, and recognized them for their achievements within the Suffolk community. It also featured a performance by the Rammifications, and had closing remarks from Dean John Silveria. Notably [...]
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April 14th, 2011 
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AAA, diversity services form campus connection
April 14th, 2011 Angela Bray Suffolk’s Asian American Association (AAA), along with the Office of Diversity Services, is celebrating throughout April for Asian American heritage month. “A lot of these events fold into the Stand for Japan campaign,” said Craig Cullinane, associate director of Diversity Services. “They are all opportunities to give [to Japan] and celebrate Asian culture.” [...]
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Be Like Brit
April 7th, 2011 Journal Staff Carrie Margolis, Journal Contributor Everyone wants to be remembered, or immortalized, when they pass; something to represent what they stood for in life. The Gengel Family did just that for their daughter Britney Gengel. She and other students from Lynn University were volunteering in Haiti when the earthquake hit in January of 2010; Gengel [...]
World Briefs
February 9th, 2011 Journal Staff EUROPE BELFAST, Ireland — Northern Ireland police said three men had been arrested in connection with an attempt to lure officers to their deaths in a bomb attack last month. The suspects, ages 33, 34, and 38, are now being questioned regarding the two devices planted in northern Belfast at the end of January. The [...]
World Briefs Oct. 20, 2010
October 20th, 2010 Journal Staff 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. According to a statement released by the United Nations, flood waters now cover two-thirds of the country’s territory. Unseasonably heavy rainfall caused both [...]
World Briefs Oct. 13, 2010
October 13th, 2010 Journal Staff Asia KABUL, Afghanistan- A cargo plane carrying eight passengers crashed into mountains east of Kabul, Afghanistan’s capital, on Tuesday. The plane, contracted by a U.S.-based company, was flying from Bagram Air Field. According to Kabul Airport Director Mohammand Yaqub Tassuli, the plane went down east of the capital at about 8:00 p.m. (1530 GMT). With [...]
World Briefs Sept. 29, 2010
September 29th, 2010 Journal Staff Australia SYDNEY, New South Wales- A raid killing six Afghans, including five children, leaves three former Australian soldiers pressed with manslaughter, dangerous conduct, failing to comply with a lawful general order and prejudicial conduct. The raid took place in February 2009 on a compound in southern Uruzgan province. The soldiers blamed the suspected insurgent inside [...]
World Briefs March 10, 2010
March 10th, 2010 Journal Staff Africa Central Nigeria—The villages of Dogo Nahawa, Rasat, Zot, and Shen were attacked on Sunday, leaving a body count of 378 people. According to The Wall Street Journal, members of the predominantly Muslim Fulani ethnic group targeting people belonging to the predominantly Christian Berom ethnic group. The massacre, which was conducted with machetes, is the [...]
Suffolk strikes a deal with MGH
February 10th, 2010 Journal Staff Students get additional access to health care The following letter was sent out to all students in a campus-wide email: We are pleased to announce that the University has entered into an important agreement with Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), which benefits all of our students and will provide additional access to care for students when [...]
How green is Suffolk?
February 3rd, 2010 Journal Staff See what measures Suffolk takes to make the campus more environmentally friendly… Techno Trash – Special recycling bins that can be found in the Sawyer lounge as well as the computer labs in Sawyer and Donahue. You can dispose of tapes, DVDs, VHS tapes, CDs, and transparencies. 150 Tremont, 10 West, and Miller Hall all [...]
World Briefs Jan. 27, 2010
January 27th, 2010 Journal Staff KABUL – General Stanely McChrystal said on Sunday that he hopes increased NATO forces in Afghanistan will destabilize the Taliban enough for the group to accept a peace deal, according to Reuters. “As a soldier, my personal feeling is that there has been enough fighting,” McChrystal said to the Financial Times. Another idea regarding bringing [...]
News Briefs December 2
December 2nd, 2009 Journal Staff Obama announces 30,000 more troops in Afghanistan Last night President Obama addressed the nation on his plan for the conflict in Afghanistan. Obama plans to send an additional 30,000 troops to Afghanistan at the very beginning of 2010. After 18 months, the troops will be brought home. He also promised to bring all troops home [...]
