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Three Democratic hopefuls are looking
to challenge current Governor Charlie
Baker, including Suffolk Law alumnus
Setti Warren. Page 4.
O- Modern love
Most young adults complain about
how they cannot find love. It’s an
enigma to why romance is dead.
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S- End of the road
Four Suffolk seniors push
Rams to come back win
for regular season finale.
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Venezuelan native and SGA’s first international student president has stuck to his roots and focused on creating
resources available for all students, keeping to his commitment that he took on since he ran for the vice presidency.
FIGHTING SPIRIT
By Alexa Gagosz, Editor-in-Chief
W
ith plans and initiatives in hand, Student
Government Association (SGA) President
Daniel Gazzani headed into the final
stage of his term. Ambitious as he is available,
Gazzani’s work as the first international student as SGA
president so far has been rooted in his deep passion to
build a sense of community at the university.
The string of dominating topics he had chosen to pinpoint
will find Gazzani essentially everywhere on campus. Whether
he’s sitting behind his desk on the fourth floor of Sawyer,
in Presidential Search meetings, connecting students across
the globe or decoding the workings of a mobile app as a
“one-stop shop,” his work has been meant to “serve Suffolk’s
students and make their lives easier.”
Gazzani spoke candidly in a recent interview with The
Suffolk Journal, which regarded his administration’s four
main goals that he set out in the beginning of his term in
May. These objectives included setting up an emergency
fund scholarship for international students, rebuilding a
relationship between the Board of Trustees, Faculty Senate
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Secrets of infinite depth: the makings of a poet
By Kaitlin Hahn
Lead Copy Editor
Three years of gained
silent knowledge in a
Buddhist
monastery,
tireless work as a New
York City girl on a farm,
jumped into a fire engine
red Volkswagen van with
multi-color curtains with
the dream to move West,
all
blended
together
along with what she calls
her generation’s “foolish
optimism,” helped Jane
Hirshfield’s
poetry
become what it is today.
Suffolk
University
was visited by acclaimed
poet
Hirshfield
and
poetry reviewer for the
Washington Post Elizabeth
Blunt
on
Wednesday
night. Despite the lack
of student participation,
the conversation between
Hirshfield
and
Blunt
seemed to be anything
but ordinary.
“I am not a practical
person, I am a poet”,
said Hirshfield to her
audience.
Hirshfield attributed
her knowledge of poetry
from studying other poets
works, and said how she
never studies her own
poetry for inspiration, but
looks to other poets she
loves to discover how the
poetry works on the page.
Poetry is a method of
coping for Hirshfield, as
she told the audience that
when a tragedy happens,
for her, it is easier to get
closer to the subject than
to stand further away.
Citing the event of 9/11,
Hirshfield described how
she wrote a poem about
the pain and suffering she
felt instead of avoiding
the subject. The words
she wrote helped her deal
with the issue of people
wanting ill-will towards
each other, something she
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“
I am not a
practical
person,
I am a poet.
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Poet Jane Hirshfield
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Gazzani talks
terms’ final stretch
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and students, frame a
mobile app for students
and develop a leadership
coalition
program
between Suffolk’s SGA
and local high schools.
Referencing
former
SGA
President
Sean
Walsh’s term as a “time
of transition,” Gazzani
said that he also assumed
office during a critical
point for the university.
“After
[former]
President
[Margaret]
McKenna was terminated,
we were in a period where
the university was looking
for stability again,” said
Gazzani, who is also a
sitting student member
on Suffolk’s Presidential
Search Committee, led
by frontman and Trustee
John Brooks. “I think we
had moved forward from
that period and so when
I became president, my
entire goal was to resume
the work that I had
started when I was vice
president.”
As a student leader
who began to be apart
of
SGA
during
his
sophomore year as a
senator, the Venezuelan
native has been dedicated
to his work for his
fellow
international
students since he ran
for and clinched the vice
presidency for his junior
year.
Throughout this past
summer and fall semester,
a
string
of
natural
disasters had impacted
the
home
countries
of many international
students in the Boston
area. Since international
students do not receive
need-based scholarships,
Gazzani set out to help
those affected by these
events.
“What
if
there
is
an
international
student that’s facing an
unprecedented financial
circumstance where they
cannot pay for college,”
said Gazzani. “There’s
little relief to help these
types of students out.”
Earnest
for
these
students,
Gazzani
looked to create the
“International Assistance
Scholarship,”
that
would strictly be for
international students in
case of an emergency.
“We don’t want the
message from Suffolk to
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“We don’t want the message from
Suffolk to be to their international
student community that we only
want you if you can pay. We want
the message to be that this is a
university that embraces diversity
and inclusion.”
be to their international
student community that
we only want you if you
can pay,” said Gazzani.
“We want the message to
be that this is a university
that embraces diversity
and inclusion. And we’re
going to help you stay
here as long as we can.”
Gazzani worked with
Senior Vice President of
Finance Laura Sander,
Associate Vice President
of Bursar & Financial
Planning
Michelle
Quinlan and Director of
Student Financial Services
Jennifer
Ricciardi
to
put in a request for the
scholarship to the Board
of Trustees for the next
fiscal year. If it passes, the
scholarship will provide
$30,000 worth of relief
each year.
“It’s not too much
of an amount where
the Board will say no
and it’s big enough to
completely cover one-full
semester with tuition and
room and board for one
student,” said Gazzani.
“We can prevent one
student from going home
to where their life could
be in danger.”
SGA Secretary Morgan
Robb, who works closely
with Gazzani, said he
has been clearly focused
on inclusion and has
stayed persistent with the
administration.
“Not only were we, as
an organization, able to
raise money, but he also
has worked on having
the university focus on
building a fund for it,”
said Robb to a Journal
reporter
on
Tuesday
night. “His passion has
never wavered all year.”
Both
Sander
and
Quinlan did not respond
to contact with The
Journal as of Tuesday
night.
“This is the goal I
am most proud of. As
an international student
myself, I can definitely
feel for this and I know
the struggles that we
face here on campus,”
said Gazzani. “I want to
make sure that we keep
creating opportunities for
all students.”
With
just
three
months left in his term,
Gazzani has been proud
to serve as Suffolk’s first
international
student
president,
where
he
has been able to “open
new doors” for future
international
students
looking to run for office.
As he has stuck to his
roots throughout his time
in SGA by standing by
diversity and inclusion,
Gazzani believes that his
legacy is “one of change.”
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The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, the agency
responsible for greater Boston’s massive public transportation
network, may soon cost more to ride. With news of a budget
shortfall of over $110 million dollars, top T officials are reportedly
mulling over fare hikes, potentially the second fare hike in three
years. “Revenue growth is less than expense growth,” said MBTA
chief administrator Michael Abramo at a meeting Monday. The
MBTA’s rising costs were attributed to a myriad of new expenses,
including pension contributions and a year-round extension of
commuter rail service to Foxborough. The last fare increase, which
occurred in 2016, saw fares rise by nine percent system wide.
The move garnered widespread criticism, including rider protests.
As a result, the Massachusetts state legislature passed legislation
limiting fare hikes to seven percent every two years. The MBTA
will be eligible to hike fares again next January. Fare hikes aren’t
the only option to raise revenue; many have suggested possible
parking fee increases. “It would be good to get a little bit of
sensitivity about what different options give us for either fare or
parking adjustments,” said Joseph Aiello, the agency’s oversight
board chairman.
Harvard hires next president
Lawrence Bacow, lawyer, economist and longtime president of
Tufts University, was chosen this week to succeed Drew Gilpin
Faust as Harvard University’s president. Sunday’s announcement
by the university’s Board of Trustees came after a seven-month
search for Faust’s replacement, according to The Boston Globe.
Faust, who was the first woman to lead the university, has served
as Harvard’s president since July 2007 and will step down in
June. “We wanted someone who could hit the ground running,
because neither we nor higher education have time to spare,”
said William F. Lee, chairman of Harvard’s presidential search
committee said on Sunday following the announcement. Bacow,
the son of immigrants, grew up in Michigan, receiving a law
degree, master’s degree, and PhD from Harvard. He is credited
with turning around Tufts during his tenure, raising more than
$1 billion in fundraising and unifying the university’s numerous
schools. Following Sunday’s announcement, Bacow spoke on a
myriad of university-specific issues, including controlling costs
and focusing on “those the economy left behind.”
White House aide out after
abuse allegations
White House Staff Secretary Rob Porter resigned last Wednesday
after allegations of abuse hit the media from both of his ex-wives.
Porter’s resignation comes after Chief of Staff Gen. John Kelly gave
Porter his full support just a day earlier in a statement sent out by the
White House. Kelly called Porter “a friend, a confidant and a trusted
professional,” someone whom he was “proud to serve alongside.” On
Wednesday, news began circulating that Kelly and others within the
administration knew about the abuse long before it came to light,
and that Porter’s security clearance had been held up because of
the allegations. Kelly responded with another statement Wednesday
night, in which he said he “was shocked by the new allegations”
against Porter, noting that he stood by his previous comments “of the
Rob Porter that [he has] come to know since becoming chief of staff.”
The White House Staff Secretary is responsible for what information
gets to the president’s desk. In Porter’s case, his legal background
was key in vetting the various documents that came to President
Donald Trump’s desk for signature. Porter is the most recent in a
long line of appointees of Trump to see their tenure cut short. Dr.
Brenda Fitzgerald of the CDC resigned last month after it came to
light that she had invested in the tobacco industry, while FBI Deputy
Director Andrew McCabe was forced to resign after pressure from the
president.
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Paying it forward: one state at a time
Nathan Espinal
Senior Staff Writer
Katherine Yearwood
Journal Staff
Civil rights activist
and organizer, Tamika
Mallory, addressed the
harrowing issues of racial
discrimination that have
continued to exist in
society on Wednesday.
What
started
as
a
protest
against
discrimination
quickly
turned into a large scale
movement with millions
of participants. Rather
than focus a protest on
the outcome of 2016’s
presidential
election,
Mallory’s main goal is to
pay it forward.
“We will never get five
million people again to
do anything within the
Women’s March at one
time,” said Mallory. “It’s
never going to happen
because historic moments
like that come once in a
lifetime, if at all. That’s
just the truth of how
things work.”
Having originated last
year in Washington D.C.
the organizers of The
March are embarking on
what they call the Power
to the Polls tour which
will hit ten states starting
in Las Vegas, Nev. by the
midterm elections.
Power to the Polls
is a project centered
on
voter
registration
and
education
for
members of marginalized
communities.
Contributions to the
growth and prosperity of
future generations are an
honor paid to those who
came before who fought
against past injustices,
according to Mallory.
“We commit to a
struggle without truly
knowing for sure whether
we will ever be able to
experience the fruit of
our labor,” said Mallory
during her speech. “That is
really the most important
part of paying it forward,
not knowing how you
will ever benefit from it,
but understanding that
you are leaving a legacy
for your children and
your children’s children’s
children.”
Mallory recounted a
conversation when the
group of women organized
Tthe Mmarch; they spoke
of how the 53 percent of
white women that voted
in the election, voted for
Trump. The majority of
the white women said
it was uncomfortable to
discuss politics with their
families.
Mallory recounted her
daily routine with her son.
She told him to withdraw
discrimination
against
him based on his skin.
She told him to do as he’s
told if there’s a chance
his life depends on it. He
has been told he must
make it home safe, that
they will fight his battles
together. This is not a
daily conversation that
only her and her son have
had. Many parents have
had these conversations
with their children of
color, regardless of what
neighborhood they lived
in.
Mallory also spoke
about the significance
of the date in which she
spoke at Suffolk. This day
would have been Sandra
Bland’s 31st birthday.
Bland, who was arrested
in 2015 for a routine
traffic stop, was found
dead in her cell days later;
ruled a suicide, details
surrounding her death
were called into question
by some who claimed she
was killed by police while
in custody.
“We could be her next,
today, [or] tomorrow. Any
day we could actually be
walking in the shoes or
driving in the car that
looked like Sandra Bland’s
car,” said Mallory. “So, we
continue to be brutally
beaten and murdered by
the law enforcement. And
again people say maybe
she did commit suicide.
[The] point is she had no
business being in jail in
the first place.”
The event was hosted
by the Black Student
Union (BSU) and the Office
of Diversity and Inclusion.
BSU wanted to spread
awareness to those in the
community and assert the
significance that Mallory
be recognized for her
work in the Women’s
March, according to Vice
President of the BSU
Jakira Rogers.
Mallory also spoke of
how Suffolk is a current
example of paying it
forward by explaining
the impact that Suffolk’s
founder has had.
Gleason Archer Sr.,
founder of Suffolk Law
School, had started from
humble beginnings and
worked towards building
a law school where
students can expand their
knowledge and advance
their careers.
“I think this group is
already sitting at the table
of revolution, whether or
not you understand that
and have owned it, just
by nature of being here
in a place where someone
took nothing and made
something,” said Mallory.
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feels unique to tragedies
such as 9/11, as opposed
to natural disasters.
Hirshfield
explained
how she strives to keep
her private life out of
her poems, as she is a
private person. She told
the audience how her
poems are like x-rays of
her real life, below the
hard
facts.
Hirshfield
compared her writing of
poetry as another way of
expressing herself.
“The
experience
of
finding
myself,
completely moved from
one being to another [in
my writing]. The ability to
transform myself and my
writing into something
that I wouldn’t have
seen without the writing
bringing it to me,” said
Hirshfield in an interview
with The Suffolk Journal.
Hirshfield advocated
for the keeping of secrets,
how humans are beings
of infinite depth, who
cannot fit into labels but
only show what to be
seen or unseen. Hirshfield
exemplified this thought
by citing Emily Dickinson,
and how the world has yet
to find out who Dickinson
was so madly in love with
according to her poetry,
how Hirshfield hopes we
never find out.
The evening was a
beneficial
experience
to all students, with
extensive knowledge of
what it takes to be a poet
and how to connect to
your audience.
“I
think
it’s
an
incredible experience to
get writers like Jane to
universities because what
[the writers] have to say
can open you up to things
you have never thought
of before,” said Blunt.
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POLITICAL PULSE:
What’s next for
Massachusetts?
Three Democratic hopefuls
jockey for the corner office
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Maggie Randall
Political
Commentator
The
Massachusetts
Governor’s race is inching
closer as three Democratic
candidates have emerged.
Former
Governor
Deval Patrick’s Budget
Chief
Jay
Gonzalez,
Newton
Mayor
and
Suffolk University Law
alumnus Setti Warren
and
environmental
advocate
and
former
Democratic
nominee
for Lt. Gov. Bob Massie
have all announced their
candidacy over the past
year.
In a statement to The
Suffolk Journal, Massie’s
campaign explained how
the candidate will fight
for college students.
“For
students,
[Massie’s] platform seeks
to help people just like
them,” said Arjun Singh,
a
Communications
Associate on Massie’s
campaign. “The current
economy
is
slanted
to
benefit
wealthy
individuals
and
corporations. If elected
governor, [Massie] would
reduce
the
economic
burden of students and
create a fairer state where
they have a better chance
of moving upwards.”
Warren released a
statement to The Journal
on why college students
should support him.
“Many of those who
go to college are saddled
with crushing debt that
limits their job prospects
when they graduate. Many
more can’t afford college
at all,” said Warren. “I
support making public
college free, just like high
school. There’s no reason
public education should
stop at 12th grade.
Gonzalez’s campaign
had not responded for
comment as of Tuesday.
In speeches and on
their campaign websites,
the candidates have all
called for a more equitable
economy, environmental
protections and equality
among
women
and
minorities. The candidates
have also used the same
criticisms of Republican
Governor Charlie Baker.
In April of last year,
Gonzalez summed up the
sentiments toward the
Baker Administration in
a WGBH interview, “It’s
easy to be popular when
you don’t do anything.”
“Everyone knows that
rides the ‘T’ that the
system is broken. It’s
inadequate. It’s under
resourced,” said Warren,
according to CBS Local.
Warren blamed the
governor for the status
of the MBTA after riding
the red line with a Suffolk
student in September.
In early January, when
the temperatures dipped
below freezing, Gonzalez
and other Bostonians used
the MBTA to travel to
his Cambridge campaign
headquarters from his
home
in
Needham,
according
to
Boston
Magazine.
With the MBTA, the
candidates
might
be
tapping into the needs of
the commonwealth. “The
number one issue I hear
complaints about is the
‘T.’ It’s not even close,”
Gonzalez said to the
Boston Globe last month.
Their criticisms of
the MBTA and Baker’s
ineffectiveness may not
be enough to unseat what
many refer to as “the
most popular governor
in the country,” Charlie
Baker.
Although Baker beat
then-Massachusetts
Attorney General Martha
Coakley in 2014 by a
margin of just 1.9 percent,
according to Politico,
his approval ratings in a
recent WBUR poll stood
at 73 percent, the highest
of any governor in the
United States.
Baker has separated
himself from President
Donald Trump’s rhetoric
and taken progressive
steps, such as passing
a law that guaranteed
access and affordability
of oral contraceptives in
the state, advanced rural
access
to
high-speed
internet and treatment
for those affected by the
opioid epidemic.
Where the Democratic
candidates are an echochamber in their policy
stances and talking points,
they differ in experience.
Warren
described
himself to The Suffolk
Journal as “a lifelong
public servant and third
generation
combat
veteran” with experience
ranging from the Clinton
White House, to a U.S.
Senate office, to two-term
mayor of his hometown.
Warren reflected on
his time as mayor and
ability to correct the
city’s $40 million deficit
and put them on a clearer
financial track, actions he
hopes to replicate on a
statewide scale.
“We must do the same
thing in Massachusetts,”
said Warren. “We’ve got
to make investments to
solve these challenges
– investments from freepublic college to eastwest rail to wrap-around
addiction treatment –
but we’ve also got to be
honest that it’s going to
take new revenue.”
Warren’s
candidacy
has drawn the attention
from young people to
established Massachusetts
policy actors. Former
Governor
Michael
Dukakis,
a
long-time
leader in Massachusetts
politics, endorsed Warren
in December.
“We need leadership in
this state that’s dynamic,
that’s committed, that
surrounds
itself
with
excellent people,” said
Dukakis as reported by
Boston.com. “That’s what
I hope and expect we’re
going to get from Warren
as governor.”
Senator Jamie Eldridge
of Acton, a progressive
in the state Senate, has
endorsed Gonzalez.
“Since the day that
Gonzalez announced his
candidacy for governor,
I have seen him on the
front lines fighting for
a brighter and more
compassionate
future
for
all
Massachusetts
residents,” said Eldridge
in his endorsement of
Gonzalez. “I have seen
him energize activists
in my district with his
progressive
vision,
and believe he would
be a transformational
governor.”
Gonzalez
was
the
first to announce his
candidacy
in
January
2017, and beforehand
“served
as
[Governor
Patrick’s] Secretary of
Administration
and
Finance during the Great
Recession,” according to
his campaign website.
Gonzalez’s
prior
experience is in the health
insurance industry.
Singh
added
that
Massie’s
unique
experiences with issues
related
to
climate
and social justice in
Massachusetts, New York
and South Africa make
him fit to be governor.
“Massie’s background
has provided him with the
tools to understand all
angles of the problem and
implement solutions for
how to put Massachusetts
back on track to being a
state that favors the many
not the few,” said Singh, a
communications associate
on Massie’s campaign.
Other
Democratic
leaders in Massachusetts
have yet to endorse any
of the candidates. For
one, their endorsements
will likely occur after the
Sept. 4 primary. Mayor
Marty Walsh, however,
may not endorse at all
given his “bromance”
with Baker.
Regardless of who
voters choose to be the
Democratic
nominee
in the primary this
September, it is certain
that Massachusetts has
never elected a female
governor and one will
not be elected this time
around.
All
three
of
the
Democratic gubernatorial
candidates will be visiting
Suffolk on March 8 at
7:00 p.m. for a Candidates
Forum hosted by the
Suffolk Democrats.
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Author, screenwriter Sayed Kashua talks Israeli sitcoms
The Israeli-Palestinian
conflict rages on in
the Middle East - and
according to journalist,
author and screenwriter
Sayed Kashua, hope to
find the situation will
improve, one has to be
naive.
Last Wednesday night,
students
and
faculty
lined the seats of Modern
Theatre to welcome the
Arab-Israeli author to
give a presentation and
screen an episode from
“Arab Labor,” a popular,
bilingual TV show in the
Israeli-Palestinian region,
created and written by
Kashua. Kashua is also
the author of the novels
“Let It Be Morning,”
“Second Person Singular,”
“Native” and “Dancing
Arabs,” which speak to
the situation and tension
between the Palestinians
and Israelis residing in the
region, which continues
to go unresolved given
sectarian tensions in the
region.
“Arab Labor” follows
a man named Amjad and
his family. Amjad is an
Arab journalist working
for a Hebrew newspaper
trying
to
assimilate
into a different culture.
The episode screened
was from the second
season of “Arab Labor”
titled
“Remembrance.”
It depicts the struggles
Amjad’s
family
faces
when
his
daughter
wrestles with her cultural
identity as an Arab
attending a Jewish school
in Jerusalem. Although
she is an Arab, she wants
to sing in her school
choir as part of a Jewish
Memorial Day celebration
- which commemorates
the death of Israelis
who serve and have
served in Israel’s armed
forces in Israel’s military
conflicts - to avoid feeling
excluded from her Jewish
classmates.
“It honestly reminded
me of an American sitcom
in a sense... Just because
it was so funny and it kind
of showed how humor
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is still in other cultures
in times of conflict,”
said senior journalism
major Sadie Haddad in
an interview with The
Suffolk Journal. “They
were talking about the
war and Independence
Day and how it is a super
controversial subject, but
[the episode] still was
funny.”
Kashua, during the
presentation,
claimed
that “Remembrance” was
unlike any of his other
episodes due to the fact
that it included very
specific details about the
traditions the two sides
follow, making it a more
importance humor plays
when writing a show
with undertones of a
very serious issue. “It
was clear that in order
to bring an Arab family
to the primetime, to
the living room of the
mainstream
Israelis,
we need to use a lot of
humor,” said Kashua.
“We need to familiarize
the Israelis, and you have
to show them that it's not
threatening them.”
Following
Kashua’s
own take on the screened
episode; Communications
and
Journalism
Associate
Professor
Shoshana
Madmoni-
Scenes from a journalist in Austria
Assistant World News Editor Amy Koczera went into Europe
with ambitions of achieving numerous goals this semester.
She is looking to explore the foreign streets on a daily basis,
discovering new architecture and landscapes. She writes
every day about her experiences in her own personal blog,
advocatesanthology.com, while posting pictures for The
Suffolk Journal.
Amy Koczera/ Asst. World News Editor & Prague Correspondent
“It was clear that in
order to bring an
Arab family to the
primetime, to the
living room of the
mainstream Israelis,
we need to use a lot
of humor.”
View overlooking the city of Salzburg, Austria.
- Sayed Kashua on international sitcoms
political episode than
most others. The episode
was set in the days leading
up to the Israeli Memorial
Day and its counterpart
known as Nakba Day.
Nakba
Day,
which
typically falls on May 15
of the Gregorian calendar,
is a day of importance
for Palestinians as it
represents the day after
Israel
was
officially
created.
“It’s
very
specific;
usually most of [the
episodes] are not that
specific
for
Israeli
ceremonies
and
traditions, but this one
is,” said Kashua in his
presentation.
“This
episode would never be
accepted if it was first
episode of the second
season
or
the
first
season.”
Kashua
went
on
to
speak
about
the
Gerber
moderated
a
open
discussion
with
Kashua and the audience.
Madmoni-Gerber
also
hails from Israel, like
Kashua, and her parents
are of Yemeni descent.
She stated that her
parents moved to Israel in
1949 from Yemen during
the discussion.
Kashua lived in West
Jerusalem before moving
to Champaign, Ill. with
his three children, which
he jokingly described
as being “very tragic.”
He writes about why he
left in his article “Why
Sayed Kashua Is Leaving
Jerusalem
and
Never
Coming Back” published
in July of 2014 on Harretz.
com in one of his weekly
columns.
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Lock bridge, In Salzburg, Austria over the Salzach River.
View of Lake Wolfgangsee in the town of
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Olympics spark possible peace talks in Korea
Jacob Geanous
World News Editor
The
collaboration
between North and South
Korea during the winter
Olympic
games
has
ignited rumors of future
peace
talks
between
the
adjacent
feuding
countries.
On Saturday, North
Korean leader, Kim JongUn formally invited South
Korean President Moon
Jae-in
to
Pyongyang,
which would be the first
meeting of the Korean
leaders since 2007.
Moon
responded
and suggested that the
two
countries
should
“accomplish
this
by
creating
the
right
conditions”
and
also
said that talks between
North Korea and the
United States were also
important to this budding
relationship.
According to Suffolk
University
history
professor and Director of
Rosenberg Institute for
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North and South Korea meet about the demilitarized zone separating the countries
East Asian Studies Ronald
Suleski,
North
Korea
has used the Olympic
games as a catalyst for
diplomacy between the
two countries before.
“It's
important
to
remember that the same
happened
under
Kim
Jong-Un’s father, Kim
Jong-Il,” said Suleski.
“He invited the South
Korean President, who
went to Pyongyang. They
had talks. They reunited
families that had been
separated by the Korean
war. Now it’s being done
again.”
Suleski said that the
rumblings of peace talks
could potentially settle a
contentious region, but
whether or not the U.S.
will be included in the
shared peace hinges on
how President Donald J.
Trump acts in the near
future.
“I think what it could
do is diffuse the whole
situation for a while,”
said Suleski. “The biggest
problem I see is if, right
after it, President Trump
goes ahead with the U.S.South Korean military
exercises, that’ll throw a
stink bomb in things.”
If Korea can find a
way to unite, they will
become a geopolitical
force to be reckoned with,
Suleski said, due to the
abundance of valuable
natural resources that
both
countries
have
access too.
“People always say
that if North and South
korea can find a way
to unite, they’ll be a
powerhouse,”
Suleski
said. “They have natural
minerals,
waterpower
for
hydroelectricity,
precious ores, all kinds
of precious things. They
would become so strong
geopolitically that they
may scare China a little
bit. They would definitely
scare Japan.”
Although
media
surrounding the games
in Pyeongchang is abuzz
with news of potential
peace talks, Suleski does
not think this newly
reported
attempt
at
diplomacy will be a short
process between the two
countries that have had
a violent, argumentative
history.
“The dream of many
Koreans is to stand
up an say no, we’re
together again as one
ethnic, cultural people,”
he said. “When that
will happen, I certainly
don’t know. Some people
see it happening in the
foreseeable future, but
they’re more optimistic
than I am.”
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Israeli PM Netanyahu faces indictment
Israeli police recommended the indictment
of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu,
as a result of a year long investigation into
charges of bribery, fraud and breaches
of trust. The multiple corruption cases
involve expensive gifts from two Israeli Hollywood
producers, as well as an attempt to strike a deal
with Israeli newspaper publisher, Yediot Ahronot,
reported multiple news sources. Netanyahu allegedly
intended to limit the circulation of Ahronot’s primary
competitor, in exchange for more favorable coverage
of his time as prime minister, reported the Washington
Post. In a separate investigation that is coming to a
close, members of Netanyahu’s inner circle have been
arrested on charges of corruption and bribery in a
multi-billion dollar submarine deal with Germany, the
Washington Post reported. The police stated that there
is sufficient evidence for the attorney general to indict
Netanyahu. Netanyahu maintains his innocence, and
said in a Facebook statement that he will again win
the trust of the Israeli people for the next election.
In addition, the police have also recommend the
indictment of Netanyahu’s wife Sara on charges of the
misuse of public funds. The case details how the money
was used to pay for multiple lavish meals for her and
her family, CNN reported. Netanyahu has previously
accused the police of bias in their investigations,
and replied to this latest news in saying that the real
issue that should be considered is the integrity of the
investigation. Netanyahu’s predecessor, Ehud Olmert,
was forced to resign in 2009 due to corruption and was
indicted in 2014
Russian plane crash kills 65
The crash of a Russian
airliner that killed all 65
of its passengers and six
crew members is now being
attributed to false flight speed data, BBC
reported. The instrument malfunction occurred
after pilots failed to turn on a heating system
for the probes, leading to the freezing of a key
speed monitoring device shortly after takeoff.
The Russian media group RBK reported that
the pilot had refused to follow the de-icing
procedure, as they felt the temperatures were
not cold enough to justify it. A criminal case
has opened, highlighting negligent activity and
a failure to follow aircraft operation rules as
the causes of death for two or more people,
reported the New York Post. A preliminary
analysis showed the inability to correctly
interpret the speed of the airplane led to the
pilot’s decision to switch off auto-pilot to
perform a series of manual maneuvers, one
of which led to the crash of the jet just over
five minutes after takeoff. Wreckage and was
dispersed across an area of about 74 acres, just
50 miles southeast of Moscow. Aiding in the
search for DNA samples and pieces of wreckage
are more than 700 volunteers, along with
Russia’s emergencies ministry, BBC reported.
The crash of an Air France flight that killed
228 people on board in 2009 was attributed to
the same iced-over speed probes as the Russian
airliner, reported multiple news sources.
New study finds sea is rapidly rising
Rises in sea level have been shown
this week to not only be definitively
occurring, but rapidly increasing in
severity. This information comes from
a new study that compiled 25-years of satellite
imaging that includes often neglected areas
of open ocean, reported CNN. Where scientists
previously predicted a 30cm rise by 2100, the
study has shown the actual rates to be nearly
double this. “Any flooding concerns that coastal
communities have for 2100 may occur over the
next few decades,” said Katy Serafin, a coastal
flooding expert at Oregon State University. The
findings are consistent with the most recent
International Panel on Climate Change report.
The study also sought to increase the reliability
of the predictions by taking into account several
natural phenomenon that lead to changes in
global weather patterns, as reported by CNN. The
researchers also gathered information from other
projects such as GRACE, the Gravity Recovery and
Climate Experiment, to identify the causes of the
rate of acceleration, the Guardian reported. Their
findings showed that global warming, caused by
human action, has lead to a large expansion of
ocean water, as well as melted permafrost and icecaps in Greenland and Antarctica. Although the
world is still a few years away from feeling direct
impacts from the rise, the destruction caused by
super-storms similar to those that occurred in the
last few years is made far worse as the coastline
moves closer inland.
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Spring Showcase 2018: musicals & minimalism
Felicity Otterbein / Arts & Culture Editor
Cast of “Acting 101/Ames Room,” performed at this years Spring Showcase.
The Spring Showcase 2018,
featured “Acting 101/ Ames
Room,” directed and written
by Elektra Newman, and “I
Enjoy Being a Girl,” a cabaret
directed and choreographed
by Victoria Isotti. “Acting
101/ Ames,” room represents
a journey toward fulfillment
and happiness, while “I
Enjoy Being a Girl” is a
historical path about female
empowerment.
Juliana Sanchez
Journal Contributor
“Theater is the whore
of art,” one of the most
memorable
lines
of
the “Acting 101/ Ames
Room play,”
said by
the unnamed mentor
of the main character.
The
symbolism
of
unintentional
objects,
gestures
and
color
oozing through easily
delivered the concepts of
loneliness, confusion and
enlightenment.
The minimalist setting
included a block interlaced
with black and white,
representing
“dualism
back in forth from one
extreme to another” said
Newman to The Suffolk
Journal in a post-show
interview.
Minimalism
was an important factor
for Newman as this was
a way of balancing the
writer,
director
and
designer
ideas
while
including a touch of her
style.
It begins with seven
actors all dressed in solid
black with seven different
colors tied around the
waist. From a simple
view it may not mean
much, but these seven
fabrics represent “The
seven chakras, days of the
week, and colors of the
rainbow,” said Newman.
The
metaphorically
complex
play
shows
the
journey
of
an
unnamed
character
reaching nirvana through
vignettes. The peculiar
presentation was meant
to give the audience “an
individual and different
journey with audience,
creating
unique
and
different opinions,” said
Newman.
“It’s been a work in
progress and seeing a
person's journey and very
personal and everyone can
leave with something,”
said Newman, adding how
this work took four years
to complete. Newman
began writing it since
junior year of highschool,
and over winter break
completed the final script.
The second showcase,
“I Enjoy Being a Girl”
included a compilation
of songs which Director
Victoria Isotti explained
as a timeline, beginning
from the 1920’s to the
2000’s; choosing the song
that best represented how
women were portrayed
during that decade.
Beginning
with
the song “He’s Gone
Away,” there was a
clear
prominence
of
submissiveness
and
dependency.
As
the
musical numbers passed
by, little by little the tone
becomes less complaint
and yielding and the
dances became more racy.
The combination of red
ruby lips and accessories
with black clothing apart
from representing the
journey of sexuality for
women, also “empowered
the girls more,” said
Isotti.
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Arts Commentary
Is Hollywood running out of
ideas?
Kaitlin Hahn / Lead Copy Editor
Humor vs. hardships
A discussion surrounding the Israeli-Palestinian
conflict and how the use of comedy can soften the blow
of the reality.
From KASHUA - 5
“I was silent, knowing
that my attempt at living
together with others in
this country was over.
That the lie I’d told my
children about a future
in which Arabs and Jews
share the country equally
was over,” writes Kashua.
Although Kashua once
called West Jerusalem
his home, he explained
traumatic [leaving Israel]”
said Kashua. He also said
that in order to believe
there soon be a shared
state, “you need to be
very naive in order to
think that way.”
As
tragic
events
continued in the Middle
East, Kashua referenced
the Gaza War of 2014
and said that he stopped
writing the series after
the fourth season because
they [Palestinians and
Israelis] will share the
land equally. [But] it’s not
rational talking about it.”
In addition to writing
the
television
series,
Kashua is a columnist
for Haaretz, an Israeli
newspaper,
and
has
recently released another
novel
titled
“Track
Changes.” “Arab Labor”
can be streamed online
in the United States from
“I was silent, knowing
that my attempt at living
together with others in
this country was over.
That the lie I’d told my
children about a future
in which Arabs and
Jews share the country
equally was over.”
-An excerpt fron
Sayed Kashua’s column
on Harretz.com
that he currently has no
reason to be optimistic
about the ongoing IsraeliPalestinian conflict.
“It’s frustrating when
you lose hope, I gave
up. Back in the summer
of 2014, that’s when
I realized it was very
he felt too despaired
over the events that were
unfolding between the
two sides.
“It's not the time for
comedy. It's not the time
to create such characters
and
episodes,”
said
Kashua. “Maybe one day
PBS and TV Guide.
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college freshmen in 1993
Howard made a solid
choice
with
Donald Glover as Lando
Calrissian, and the set
designs look nothing
short
of
incredible.
While Alden Ehrenreich
is clearly as attractive as
Harrison Ford is (Yes, I
think he aged nicely),
he still has some pretty
big shoes to fill. Will he
be able to capture Solo’s
sarcasm and wit? Let’s
hope so.
Let’s also hope that
the Marvel Cinematic
Universe finishes on
a high note with the
forthcoming
“Infinity
War.” Bringing together
all of the superheroes
and
villains
from
Marvel’s ten-year run
with smash hit films,
“Infinity War” is the
crossover event we’re
all waiting for.
While Marvel has
had greater success than
DC Comics in terms of
movies in recent years,
“Infinity War” needs to
amp up its game after
the previous “Avengers”
flick, “Age of Ultron.”
That movie shouldn’t
have opened right in
the middle of a battle
scene, and there were
many plot points that
went
unexplained
(Since when are Natasha
Romanoff and Bruce
Banner a thing?). If
“Infinity War” avoids
these mistakes, it should
do all right with fans
and critics alike.
Except for Jurassic
World, of course. That
just looks awful.
Jacquelyn Jarnagin
majored in paleontology. casting
Journal Contributor
Stop me if you’ve
heard this one: a hot
muscular guy is held
hostage by a group of
terrorists at the top
of an extremely tall
building. The terrorists
are also threatening his
family and the other
people in the building.
No, it’s not “Die
Hard;” it’s the upcoming
(and quite unoriginal)
Dwayne Johnson action
flick
“Skyscraper.”
“Skyscraper” was one of
several major summer
blockbusters
teased
during Super Bowl 52
this past Sunday. Some
looked
good;
some
looked bad; some just
looked like a huge waste
of money.
Overall, there were
five — yes, five —
trailers for films that
fall under the sequel
or prequel category
during the big game. It
seems that most movie
companies today are
somewhat lazy; rather
than creating a fresh
new idea for thousands
of people to enjoy, they
just decide to continue
to make sequels of
movies that really don’t
need to begin with.
Take
“Jurassic
World: Fallen Kingdom”
for
example.
The
original “Jurassic Park”
trilogy,
directed
by
Steven Spielberg, was
a massive box office
success.
Bringing
Michael
Crichton’s
novel of the same name
to life, “Jurassic Park”
became so popular that
thousands of incoming
With such popular critical
acclaim,
revamping
“Jurassic Park” sounds
like a great idea, right?
In
short,
2015’s
“Jurassic World” brought
in new director Colin
Trevorrow, who failed
to give audiences a
consistent
story
and
instead relied on overthe-top special effects to
keep the people excited.
It was messy, there was
little to no character
development, and it just
didn’t have the wonder of
the original movies.
The
upcoming
“Jurassic World: Fallen
Kingdom,” has yet another
new director, J.A. Bayona.
It will feature only two
actors from the previous
film,
the
lackluster
lovebirds Bryce Dallas
Howard and Chris Pratt.
Original cast member
Jeff Goldblum is slated to
make a cameo, but that
won’t make the film any
less underwhelming than
it looks already.
Another movie cashing
in on a franchise reboot is
“Solo: A Star Wars Story.”
Like “Jurassic Park” and
“Star Wars” was also
revamped in 2015. “The
Force
Awakens”
was
pretty good in having a
consistent plot—with the
exception of killing off one
of the main characters,
a very bold move. In
2017, “The Last Jedi” was
mildly successful, albeit
somewhat loosely tied up.
It would be reasonable
to assume “Solo: A Star
Wars Story” is trying to
come off as an apology
card to lifelong fans of the
series. And it doesn’t look
as horrendous as “Fallen
Kingdom.” Director Ron
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OPINION
Elephants.
Donkeys.
Nick Viveiros
Journal Staff
For many voters,
2016
presented
a
difficult
dichotomy.
The nominee from each
major political party
was widely unpopular,
even
amongst
the
party’s
respective
bases. Hillary Clinton
and
Donald
Trump
were disliked by more
voters than perhaps
any other nominees
in modern political
history. Just before the
election, a USA Today
poll of registered voters
showed exactly how
dire the situation was
for both candidates.
Clinton had 59 percent
un-favorability,
and
Trump had 60 percent.
Yet, their names were
at the top of the ballot,
sparring
in
three
nauseating
debates
throughout the fall of
2016 and absorbing
press
coverage
like
sponges.
The
main
narrative: we are all
you got.
However, they were
not. On the ballot in
most states were both
two-term
governor
and
Libertarian
Gary
Johnson
and
physician and Green
Party member Dr. Jill
Stein. While Johnson
and Stein were seen
by many, as the only
two
serious
thirdparty contenders there
were dozens more. In
23 states, there was
attorney Darrell Castle
of
the
Constitution
Party, in 10 states,
Independent
Evan
McMullin, former CIA
agent and chief policy
director for the House
Republican Conference,
What’s next?
Does the US need a third political party?
as well as countless
others. There was also
Rocky De La Fuente of the
Reform Party, the party
Ross Perot ran under in
1996 and received eight
percent of the popular
vote. One cursory look
at election results shows
more than twenty other
choices in the political
spectrum.
Why,
then,
in
a
year where the two
major party’s respective
nominees
were
so
unpopular, and there
were so many other
choices, did third parties
fail so miserably?
Their primary problem
is ambition. America’s
third parties aim too
high, too soon. Strong
voter bases of committed
party loyalists may not
decide
elections
the
way independents do,
but they sure do help
political parties in a
myriad of ways, especially
with financial support.
Strong parties are built
on the state and local
level. None of the minor
third parties have the
necessary base to support
a successful batch of
candidates for federal or
state office. There are no
Greens, no Reformers, no
Constitutionalists in any
state houses, nor in either
house of U.S. Congress, for
this very reason. The only
itself as a political entity.
What about Trump?
Wasn’t he a top-down
candidate, having had no
experience in government
prior to running? Not
“A party must first entrench
itself in local and state
politics. They need to run
candidates for school
board, water commissioner,
mayor, city council, school
committee. The direction of
the party has to come from
the ground up.”
third party to succeed in
this is the Libertarian
Party, which has several
state
legislators
and
around 200 lower-level
office holders and boasts
growing
enrollment
numbers. Beyond that,
there isn’t a third party
that has proven itself
capable of supporting
exactly.
What
the
President did is different
than what third parties
are doing. Trump used
an existing mechanism
— a fractured Republican
Party — as a means
for his political rise.
Trump’s brand was his
inexperience. His weapon
was his otherness.
And his pitch was of
“I am not one of them.”
But even with his antiestablishment,
at
the
end of the day he still
had a major organization
backing him. Our current
third parties do not.
But what would it
take for a third party to
break out onto the main
stage next cycle? First,
third parties need to
stop running candidates
during
presidential
elections.
Presidential
elections
alone,
but
presidential
elections
certainly
hamper
the
efforts of these parties
to establish a sort of
electoral
legitimacy.
A
party
must
first
entrench itself in local
and state politics. They
need to run candidates
for school board, water
commissioner,
mayor,
city council, and school
committee. The direction
of the party has to come
from the ground up.
Above all, third parties
need to identify and listen
to their target base. While
there is a constituency for
the Greens, Libertarians,
and other third parties,
those are relatively small
bases. They certainly want
a third party — 61 percent
of those polled by Gallup
back in September 2017
said that the Democratic
and Republican parties
are insufficient. What
most Americans want is a
candidate who is toward
the center on most issues.
The last few years
have demonstrated that
America is ready to move
past a two party system.
While exactly what that
may look like is not yet
clear, but we saw in 2016
what it won’t look like. A
viable third party will be
here to stay when it can
get elected at all levels of
government.
To win, that candidate
must appeal to middle
America — the large
chunk of the country
between the far left and
far right that believe this
has all gone on for far
too long. Only when all
of these criteria are met
will a third party flourish.
Until then, the other two
are all we have got.
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Payment is due: Division I athletes should be compensated for their commitment
Ryan Arel
Journal Staff
Division I athletics
is
a
multi-million
dollar industry. College
sports produce future
professional
athletes
and
Olympians
while
simultaneously
making
products displaying the
names on the backs of
these players’ jerseys.
Stadiums are packed with
screaming, rowdy, and
customers coming to see
these athletes play.
It
would
be
irresponsible to state
that there is not enough
cash flow to compensate
players
in
monetary
form, like a trust fund,
that
student
athletes
can
access
following
graduation or following
every athletic season. It’s
time for student athletes
to be rewarded not just for
the money they produce,
but the money they save
schools on marketing and
the money companies
make off of their names.
It’s time for student
athletes to stop being at
institutions’ disposal for
generating income. The
money is there - it’s just
a matter of redistributing
it.
As of the 2015-2016
academic years, there was
$797.7 million in revenue
for Division I Men’s
Basketball - for television
and
marketing
rights
alone. In addition, there
was a gain of $123.5
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Editor’s Word
The digital age has made it easier
than ever to become connected
with others, whether it be close in
proximity or halfway across the
planet. No matter where they are
located, a simple message can be
sent in seconds. What could go
wrong?
Human interaction and the way
we view others has seemed to be
negatively impacted through the
development of technology. Instead
of talking in person and meeting
more “organically,” a sentient being
has turned into a tinder swipe right,
with their worth being centered
around their attractiveness and
first profile picture. The emotions
attached to the initial instance of
wanting to know more about a
person has become obsolete and
the lust associated with those same
feelings is overpowered due to the
numb distance of an LED screen.
Yet, most young adults complain
about how they cannot find love.
It’s an enigma to why romance is
seemingly dead, even though a
“quickie” is the new pick-up line.
People type “lol” or “haha” with
an emotionless expression, waiting
for a response that will be just as
fake. Interpersonal communication
between others has become a game
of who can do it the least, all while
being glued to their phone when it
does happen, because a swipe left is
worse than fostering a friendship.
But it is time for us to take back
what we have given to this fictional
reality and reclaim the way we talk
to each other. The distance between
our screens leaves too much to the
imagination so when talking faceto-face, we become lost. It is time
to find our way back to actually
laughing; tear jerking, belly laughing
and retain the relationships created
through in-person interactions.
Happy Valentine’s Day, Rams.
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“The
typical
Division I
college football
player devotes
43.3 hours per
week to his
sport.”
Division I players
deserve better
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million
in
championship ticket sales.
That’s $921.2 million for
the NCAA alone just from
basketball, according to
the NCAA website.
But all is at the
expense of the athlete,
not the institution or
program, as the athletes
do not see a cent.
The most common
argument
is
that
institutions pay it in the
form
of
scholarships,
apparel,
trainers
and
other assets that athletes
can use. And this claim
isn’t
entirely
bogus.
However, programs can
pay for clothing, travel
and scholarships, but
many college students,
even those who aren’t
athletes, would claim
that being provided for in
cash value is much more
valuable than material
objects.
According
to
twotime Pro-Bowler Richard
Sherman
during
a
pre-Super Bowl press
conference
in
2015,
student
athletes
are
not given the time they
need to excel in school
and often have trouble
coming up with money
for everyday necessities.
During the interview,
Sherman reminisced on
his own time at Stanford
University
where
he
played college football
and earned a degree in
communications.
“Usually my [bank]
account was in the
negative more time than it
was in the positive. You’ve
got to make decisions on
whether you get gas for
your car or whether you
get a meal for the day,”
said Sherman.
It is not about student
athletes choosing not to
work either. According
to an article published in
2014 by Marc Edelman,
a contributor to Forbes,
“The typical Division I
college football player
devotes 43.3 hours per
week to his [or her]
sport.”
This
doesn’t
even
include
the
hours
student athletes put into
schoolwork. It would be
difficult to argue that
student athletes could
work part-time as a
large portion of college
students do to have some
tangible money to walk
around with.
In addition, Edelman
also points out that if a
sports program performs
at a high caliber, student
applications rise to any
given institution.
The fact of the matter
is that Division I athletes
contribute to colleges in
more than just money.
A sports program that
performs well produces
media coverage - and
with coverage of student
athletes comes marketing
for the school, turning
outstanding athletes into
free marketing puppets
for the school.
Overall,
Division
I
athletes in universities
across the U.S. should be
compensated for the time
they put in as a full-time
athlete while being a fulltime student.
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Political ignorance: Who can turn a blind eye
Nathan Espinal
Senior Staff Writer
Regardless of what
identity
you
hold,
you should be talking
politics. Men should be
listening to women about
reproductive
justice.
White people should be
listening to black and
brown people about gun
violence.
Cisgender
people
should
be
listening
to
transgender
and
genderqueer individuals
about their rights. It
sounds corny but we
really are in this together
and we need to start
listening to each other’s
problems and supporting
one another.
These
conversations
are important because of
the risks of not having
them.
It is important for
people who are most
benefited by politics to
engage in conversations
not only with one another,
but with those who
are most incapacitated
by them. They need to
understand how policies
take shape and how they
affect other people in
ways that don’t affect
them.
The co-President of
the
Women’s
March
Tamika Mallory came
by Suffolk University,
thanks to Black Student
Union and the Center
for Student Diversity and
Inclusion, and her words
has inspired this new way
of understanding politics.
I have been exposed
before, to the idea that
politics are something to
be considered seriously,
as a way of understanding
human rights. It wasn’t
until Mallory’s wise words
that I was able to fully
comprehend the gravity
of such a concept.
People of color, queers,
disabled, etc. do not have
the privilege to opt out of
the political conversation;
their lives depend on it.
Trump is president
of the United States for
many reasons, but a vital
reason to understand
is that he is president
because many people,
who had the least to lose,
were too uncomfortable
to tell the people close
to them that they were
wrong. That is a privilege
that the marginalized
cannot
afford.
Those
on
Deferred
Action
for Childhood Arrivals
(DACA),
Temporary
Protected Status (TPS)
cannot afford to stay
silent on politics. Those
targeted by the “Muslim
Ban” could not stay silent
on politics. Those who
aren’t targeted by this
monster known as 35
should not stay silent on
politics. No one should
have the right to ignore
politics, as politics affect
every aspect of our dayto-day lives.
Without it, we would
not have any language
to communicate how our
rights should be upheld.
It’s the reason we have
rights, and it’s the reason
we’re able to fight for
more rights.
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Freshman exhibits
potential to pave way
Don Porcaro
Journal Staff
Suffolk
University’s
women’s
basketball
freshman
point-guard
Jenni-Rose DiCecco was
named Great Northeast
Athletic
Conference
(GNAC) Corvias Rookie of
the Week. Along with the
honor, DiCecco surpassed
an
all-time
Suffolk
athletics
single-season
record with her seventh
award, placing her ahead
of sophomore teammate,
Alexis Hackett, who won
the award six times in
2016-17. DiCecco has led
the Lady Rams to an 18-6
season, putting them
third in the conference.
During
her
sixth
Rookie of the Week
stretch,
which
tied
Hackett,
DiCecco
averaged 15.3 points, 4.3
assists and 3.7 rebounds.
The freshman’s biggest
game came against Anna
Maria College, where she
broke out for 21 points
and eight assists in a 9257 win. She also put up 19
points and six rebounds
in a victory against Mount
Ida College.
“I was pumped when
I got [Rookie of the
Week] for the first time.
Every time after that has
been just as exciting,”
said DiCecco in a recent
interview
with
The
Suffolk Journal.
DiCecco’s
best
performance of the season
came in an overtime win
against Framingham State
University. Playing 44 of
a possible 45 minutes,
the freshman put up 29
points while shooting 50
percent, 7-14, from the
three-point line. Dicecco
recorded three steals,
five rebounds and three
assists, as she captured
her third Rookie of the
Week honor while also
being named “Best rookie
over a seven day stretch”
by the New England
Women’s
Basketball
Association.
“She’s
going
to do
amazing
things in
her four
years
here,
keep an
eye out
for her.”
- Captain
Georgia
Bourikas
Jumpstarting into her
collegiate career, DiCecco
immediately made an
impact on the team. In her
first game of the season,
the freshman scored 21
points and notched two
steals while playing the
entire 40 minutes of the
game.
She
continued
her early success in
the Roadrunner Tip-Off
Tournament, leading the
Lady Rams to the crown.
In the semi-final game,
DiCecco came one assist
shy of a double double
with 10 points and nine
assists. The next day, the
freshman added 11 points
with four assists in the
championship game.
“[DiCecco] has brought
so much to the team,
stepping into the role as
our starting point guard.
That’s not an easy job for
anyone to do, especially
a freshman,” said senior
captain Georgia Bourikas
in an interview with The
Journal. “She’s going to
do amazing things in her
four years here, keep an
eye out for her.”
In her first collegiate
season, DiCecco currently
averages 14 points, five
rebounds and four assists.
The freshman is leading
the team in assists per
game, steals per game,
total three-pointers made
and total free throws
made as well as tied for
first in points per game.
“She's a very good
point
guard,”
said
forward Jordan Hipwell
in an interview with The
Journal. “She knows how
to control the offense and
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Jenni-Rose DiCecco solidifies spot in Lady Rams’ record
book with seventh GNAC Rookie of the Week award.
see the floor. She’s one of
the reasons why we are
[18-6]. I love how fearless
she is.”
One
statistic
that
sticks out is DiCecco’s
ability to stay in the
game for long stretches
of time on the court. The
freshman averages more
than 35 minutes out of
40 per game. It is clear
Lady Rams head coach Ed
Leyden has given DiCecco
complete control of the
point-guard
position.
While the work load as
a freshman may seem
tiring, DiCecco insists it
actually helps her on the
court.
To take home her
record-breaking seventh
Rookie of the Week award,
DiCecco boosted Suffolk
to a 75-71 victory over
conference rival Regis
College. The point guard
dropped 16 points to go
along with five rebounds
and four steals. Once
again, DiCecco played the
entire 40 minutes of the
game.
“It’s hard to be thrown
into a game after you've
been sitting out for a
while. To be on the court
for most of the game,
it not only helps my
endurance, but my ability
to play the game. I’m also
really glad coach trusts
me as much as he does,”
said DiCecco.
DiCecco is one of six
freshman recruits, all
of which have had an
immediate impact on
the Lady Rams. With
such a strong freshman
class, DiCecco and her
teammates believe they
can have success not only
this year, but in the long
term as well.
“With
such
young
talented girls, we have
so much potential. I hope
we can bring home a
GNAC Championship and
an NCAA appearance too.
I think that is everyone’s
goal,” said DiCecco.
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Rams skate toward strong playoff run in CCC
From SENIOR - 12
minutes
later,
freshman
Joseph
Mortillaro
answered
on the power play with
Suffolk’s first goal of
the night to make the
game 3-1. Sophomore
Brian Brooks inched the
Rams forward with a
shorthanded goal two
minutes later. Mortillaro
brought the energy back
to the Rams, tying the
game. The Rams came out
on top to win 6-3.
“We stayed positive
on the bench and were
able to get the win,” said
Jenkins. “That was a huge
win and something that
I’ll definitely remember.”
Another
memorable
moment for the Rams this
season came out of their
electrifying take-all win in
the Manchester PAL Cup/
Stovepipe
Tournament
hosted by Southern New
Hampshire
University.
On the first day of the
tournament,
Suffolk
ousted the University of
Massachusetts Dartmouth
3-2
where
Mortillaro
scored two of the team’s
goals.
“It [brought] the team
closer together,” said
Sweeney.
“We
didn’t
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Men’s ice hockey celebrates one of six
goals at senior night game.
win the last two years
and being able to beat
those teams obviously
makes it a lot more
fun. It’s something we’ll
remember for a while.”
Suffolk will head to
Endicott
College
this
Saturday
where
they
will fight to keep the
seniors playing in the
Commonwealth
Coast
Conference Quarterfinals.
“It’s like starting the
season all over again
heading into practice this
week,” said Jenkins. “If we
stay positive and focus on
ourselves then we have a
pretty good shot to move
on.”
As the hockey season
winds down, Sweeney
reflected on how his
hockey career has related
to real life.
“Everything’s
not
going to go the way you
want it, but it’s just how
you handle it, how you
face it and run with it that
really defines who you
are,” said Sweeney. “Just
like in hockey you lose a
game and you get yourself
together and come back
and win the next game.”
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Seniors gear up for final stretch
Hannah Arroyo / Asst. Sports Editor
By Hannah Arroyo, Assistant Sports Editor
J.B. Sweeney, #3
Jack Jenkins, #8
Four years have gone by for four
Suffolk University men’s ice hockey
seniors that competed in their last
regular season game on Saturday.
A ceremony filled with family and
friends before the game honored Rams
Jack Jenkins, J.B. Sweeney, Shayne
Bailey and Sam Kent.
The seniors have seen a tremendous
amount of change in the hockey
program since they first crossed the
blue line. Sweeney explained how
during his freshman year, the Rams had
no true home ice and had to migrate
from rink-to-rink in the Boston area.
Since then, Suffolk has been gifted new
equipment and a home locker room
at Emmons Horrigan O’Neil Rink in
Charleston.
“We’ve come a long way,” said
Sweeney in an interview with The
Suffolk Journal on Tuesday. “I’m really
excited to see what happens with the
program. It’s taking a step in the right
direction every year.”
Suffolk finished out their regular
season ending with a record of 9-12-3
and notching a total of 67 goals.
The Rams put up a convincing fight
early in the season as they won their
seventh straight home opener, skating
past Assumption College 5-2. Standout
freshman Matt Bucher held the game
down, scoring the first tally of the game
and his first collegiate goal. Later on he
would add another unassisted goal to
keep the Rams on top.
“All the freshmen have done
exceptionally well this year,” said
Sweeney. “Some have played every
game and they fit right in. They’ve done
everything they’ve been asked.”
What seemed to be an impressive
start, skidded into a landslide of four
straight losses for the Rams where
their opponents outscored them 14-5.
Suffolk would take this losing streak
with a grain of salt coming back to win
the following four games, even shutting
out Western New England University
5-0.
“It’s a little bit up and down in the
win column, but we’ve got a great
group of guys,” said Jenkins in a recent
interview with The Journal.
Jenkins, who is one of the team’s
captains, has played in a total of 97
career games for Suffolk. He said that
it feels like just yesterday he took the
ice for the Rams for the first time.
In their last regular season game
the Rams found themselves in a hole,
as they were down by three goals nine
minutes into the second period. Four
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Three Democratic hopefuls are looking
to challenge current Governor Charlie
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O- Modern love
Most young adults complain about
how they cannot find love. It’s an
enigma to why romance is dead.
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S- End of the road
Four Suffolk seniors push
Rams to come back win
for regular season finale.
Turn to the back page.
By Alexi Korolev
Venezuelan native and SGA’s first international student president has stuck to his roots and focused on creating
resources available for all students, keeping to his commitment that he took on since he ran for the vice presidency.
FIGHTING SPIRIT
By Alexa Gagosz, Editor-in-Chief
W
ith plans and initiatives in hand, Student
Government Association (SGA) President
Daniel Gazzani headed into the final
stage of his term. Ambitious as he is available,
Gazzani’s work as the first international student as SGA
president so far has been rooted in his deep passion to
build a sense of community at the university.
The string of dominating topics he had chosen to pinpoint
will find Gazzani essentially everywhere on campus. Whether
he’s sitting behind his desk on the fourth floor of Sawyer,
in Presidential Search meetings, connecting students across
the globe or decoding the workings of a mobile app as a
“one-stop shop,” his work has been meant to “serve Suffolk’s
students and make their lives easier.”
Gazzani spoke candidly in a recent interview with The
Suffolk Journal, which regarded his administration’s four
main goals that he set out in the beginning of his term in
May. These objectives included setting up an emergency
fund scholarship for international students, rebuilding a
relationship between the Board of Trustees, Faculty Senate
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Secrets of infinite depth: the makings of a poet
By Kaitlin Hahn
Lead Copy Editor
Three years of gained
silent knowledge in a
Buddhist
monastery,
tireless work as a New
York City girl on a farm,
jumped into a fire engine
red Volkswagen van with
multi-color curtains with
the dream to move West,
all
blended
together
along with what she calls
her generation’s “foolish
optimism,” helped Jane
Hirshfield’s
poetry
become what it is today.
Suffolk
University
was visited by acclaimed
poet
Hirshfield
and
poetry reviewer for the
Washington Post Elizabeth
Blunt
on
Wednesday
night. Despite the lack
of student participation,
the conversation between
Hirshfield
and
Blunt
seemed to be anything
but ordinary.
“I am not a practical
person, I am a poet”,
said Hirshfield to her
audience.
Hirshfield attributed
her knowledge of poetry
from studying other poets
works, and said how she
never studies her own
poetry for inspiration, but
looks to other poets she
loves to discover how the
poetry works on the page.
Poetry is a method of
coping for Hirshfield, as
she told the audience that
when a tragedy happens,
for her, it is easier to get
closer to the subject than
to stand further away.
Citing the event of 9/11,
Hirshfield described how
she wrote a poem about
the pain and suffering she
felt instead of avoiding
the subject. The words
she wrote helped her deal
with the issue of people
wanting ill-will towards
each other, something she
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“
I am not a
practical
person,
I am a poet.
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Poet Jane Hirshfield
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Gazzani talks
terms’ final stretch
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and students, frame a
mobile app for students
and develop a leadership
coalition
program
between Suffolk’s SGA
and local high schools.
Referencing
former
SGA
President
Sean
Walsh’s term as a “time
of transition,” Gazzani
said that he also assumed
office during a critical
point for the university.
“After
[former]
President
[Margaret]
McKenna was terminated,
we were in a period where
the university was looking
for stability again,” said
Gazzani, who is also a
sitting student member
on Suffolk’s Presidential
Search Committee, led
by frontman and Trustee
John Brooks. “I think we
had moved forward from
that period and so when
I became president, my
entire goal was to resume
the work that I had
started when I was vice
president.”
As a student leader
who began to be apart
of
SGA
during
his
sophomore year as a
senator, the Venezuelan
native has been dedicated
to his work for his
fellow
international
students since he ran
for and clinched the vice
presidency for his junior
year.
Throughout this past
summer and fall semester,
a
string
of
natural
disasters had impacted
the
home
countries
of many international
students in the Boston
area. Since international
students do not receive
need-based scholarships,
Gazzani set out to help
those affected by these
events.
“What
if
there
is
an
international
student that’s facing an
unprecedented financial
circumstance where they
cannot pay for college,”
said Gazzani. “There’s
little relief to help these
types of students out.”
Earnest
for
these
students,
Gazzani
looked to create the
“International Assistance
Scholarship,”
that
would strictly be for
international students in
case of an emergency.
“We don’t want the
message from Suffolk to
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“We don’t want the message from
Suffolk to be to their international
student community that we only
want you if you can pay. We want
the message to be that this is a
university that embraces diversity
and inclusion.”
be to their international
student community that
we only want you if you
can pay,” said Gazzani.
“We want the message to
be that this is a university
that embraces diversity
and inclusion. And we’re
going to help you stay
here as long as we can.”
Gazzani worked with
Senior Vice President of
Finance Laura Sander,
Associate Vice President
of Bursar & Financial
Planning
Michelle
Quinlan and Director of
Student Financial Services
Jennifer
Ricciardi
to
put in a request for the
scholarship to the Board
of Trustees for the next
fiscal year. If it passes, the
scholarship will provide
$30,000 worth of relief
each year.
“It’s not too much
of an amount where
the Board will say no
and it’s big enough to
completely cover one-full
semester with tuition and
room and board for one
student,” said Gazzani.
“We can prevent one
student from going home
to where their life could
be in danger.”
SGA Secretary Morgan
Robb, who works closely
with Gazzani, said he
has been clearly focused
on inclusion and has
stayed persistent with the
administration.
“Not only were we, as
an organization, able to
raise money, but he also
has worked on having
the university focus on
building a fund for it,”
said Robb to a Journal
reporter
on
Tuesday
night. “His passion has
never wavered all year.”
Both
Sander
and
Quinlan did not respond
to contact with The
Journal as of Tuesday
night.
“This is the goal I
am most proud of. As
an international student
myself, I can definitely
feel for this and I know
the struggles that we
face here on campus,”
said Gazzani. “I want to
make sure that we keep
creating opportunities for
all students.”
With
just
three
months left in his term,
Gazzani has been proud
to serve as Suffolk’s first
international
student
president,
where
he
has been able to “open
new doors” for future
international
students
looking to run for office.
As he has stuck to his
roots throughout his time
in SGA by standing by
diversity and inclusion,
Gazzani believes that his
legacy is “one of change.”
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The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, the agency
responsible for greater Boston’s massive public transportation
network, may soon cost more to ride. With news of a budget
shortfall of over $110 million dollars, top T officials are reportedly
mulling over fare hikes, potentially the second fare hike in three
years. “Revenue growth is less than expense growth,” said MBTA
chief administrator Michael Abramo at a meeting Monday. The
MBTA’s rising costs were attributed to a myriad of new expenses,
including pension contributions and a year-round extension of
commuter rail service to Foxborough. The last fare increase, which
occurred in 2016, saw fares rise by nine percent system wide.
The move garnered widespread criticism, including rider protests.
As a result, the Massachusetts state legislature passed legislation
limiting fare hikes to seven percent every two years. The MBTA
will be eligible to hike fares again next January. Fare hikes aren’t
the only option to raise revenue; many have suggested possible
parking fee increases. “It would be good to get a little bit of
sensitivity about what different options give us for either fare or
parking adjustments,” said Joseph Aiello, the agency’s oversight
board chairman.
Harvard hires next president
Lawrence Bacow, lawyer, economist and longtime president of
Tufts University, was chosen this week to succeed Drew Gilpin
Faust as Harvard University’s president. Sunday’s announcement
by the university’s Board of Trustees came after a seven-month
search for Faust’s replacement, according to The Boston Globe.
Faust, who was the first woman to lead the university, has served
as Harvard’s president since July 2007 and will step down in
June. “We wanted someone who could hit the ground running,
because neither we nor higher education have time to spare,”
said William F. Lee, chairman of Harvard’s presidential search
committee said on Sunday following the announcement. Bacow,
the son of immigrants, grew up in Michigan, receiving a law
degree, master’s degree, and PhD from Harvard. He is credited
with turning around Tufts during his tenure, raising more than
$1 billion in fundraising and unifying the university’s numerous
schools. Following Sunday’s announcement, Bacow spoke on a
myriad of university-specific issues, including controlling costs
and focusing on “those the economy left behind.”
White House aide out after
abuse allegations
White House Staff Secretary Rob Porter resigned last Wednesday
after allegations of abuse hit the media from both of his ex-wives.
Porter’s resignation comes after Chief of Staff Gen. John Kelly gave
Porter his full support just a day earlier in a statement sent out by the
White House. Kelly called Porter “a friend, a confidant and a trusted
professional,” someone whom he was “proud to serve alongside.” On
Wednesday, news began circulating that Kelly and others within the
administration knew about the abuse long before it came to light,
and that Porter’s security clearance had been held up because of
the allegations. Kelly responded with another statement Wednesday
night, in which he said he “was shocked by the new allegations”
against Porter, noting that he stood by his previous comments “of the
Rob Porter that [he has] come to know since becoming chief of staff.”
The White House Staff Secretary is responsible for what information
gets to the president’s desk. In Porter’s case, his legal background
was key in vetting the various documents that came to President
Donald Trump’s desk for signature. Porter is the most recent in a
long line of appointees of Trump to see their tenure cut short. Dr.
Brenda Fitzgerald of the CDC resigned last month after it came to
light that she had invested in the tobacco industry, while FBI Deputy
Director Andrew McCabe was forced to resign after pressure from the
president.
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Paying it forward: one state at a time
Nathan Espinal
Senior Staff Writer
Katherine Yearwood
Journal Staff
Civil rights activist
and organizer, Tamika
Mallory, addressed the
harrowing issues of racial
discrimination that have
continued to exist in
society on Wednesday.
What
started
as
a
protest
against
discrimination
quickly
turned into a large scale
movement with millions
of participants. Rather
than focus a protest on
the outcome of 2016’s
presidential
election,
Mallory’s main goal is to
pay it forward.
“We will never get five
million people again to
do anything within the
Women’s March at one
time,” said Mallory. “It’s
never going to happen
because historic moments
like that come once in a
lifetime, if at all. That’s
just the truth of how
things work.”
Having originated last
year in Washington D.C.
the organizers of The
March are embarking on
what they call the Power
to the Polls tour which
will hit ten states starting
in Las Vegas, Nev. by the
midterm elections.
Power to the Polls
is a project centered
on
voter
registration
and
education
for
members of marginalized
communities.
Contributions to the
growth and prosperity of
future generations are an
honor paid to those who
came before who fought
against past injustices,
according to Mallory.
“We commit to a
struggle without truly
knowing for sure whether
we will ever be able to
experience the fruit of
our labor,” said Mallory
during her speech. “That is
really the most important
part of paying it forward,
not knowing how you
will ever benefit from it,
but understanding that
you are leaving a legacy
for your children and
your children’s children’s
children.”
Mallory recounted a
conversation when the
group of women organized
Tthe Mmarch; they spoke
of how the 53 percent of
white women that voted
in the election, voted for
Trump. The majority of
the white women said
it was uncomfortable to
discuss politics with their
families.
Mallory recounted her
daily routine with her son.
She told him to withdraw
discrimination
against
him based on his skin.
She told him to do as he’s
told if there’s a chance
his life depends on it. He
has been told he must
make it home safe, that
they will fight his battles
together. This is not a
daily conversation that
only her and her son have
had. Many parents have
had these conversations
with their children of
color, regardless of what
neighborhood they lived
in.
Mallory also spoke
about the significance
of the date in which she
spoke at Suffolk. This day
would have been Sandra
Bland’s 31st birthday.
Bland, who was arrested
in 2015 for a routine
traffic stop, was found
dead in her cell days later;
ruled a suicide, details
surrounding her death
were called into question
by some who claimed she
was killed by police while
in custody.
“We could be her next,
today, [or] tomorrow. Any
day we could actually be
walking in the shoes or
driving in the car that
looked like Sandra Bland’s
car,” said Mallory. “So, we
continue to be brutally
beaten and murdered by
the law enforcement. And
again people say maybe
she did commit suicide.
[The] point is she had no
business being in jail in
the first place.”
The event was hosted
by the Black Student
Union (BSU) and the Office
of Diversity and Inclusion.
BSU wanted to spread
awareness to those in the
community and assert the
significance that Mallory
be recognized for her
work in the Women’s
March, according to Vice
President of the BSU
Jakira Rogers.
Mallory also spoke of
how Suffolk is a current
example of paying it
forward by explaining
the impact that Suffolk’s
founder has had.
Gleason Archer Sr.,
founder of Suffolk Law
School, had started from
humble beginnings and
worked towards building
a law school where
students can expand their
knowledge and advance
their careers.
“I think this group is
already sitting at the table
of revolution, whether or
not you understand that
and have owned it, just
by nature of being here
in a place where someone
took nothing and made
something,” said Mallory.
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From practicality to poetry
From POET - 1
feels unique to tragedies
such as 9/11, as opposed
to natural disasters.
Hirshfield
explained
how she strives to keep
her private life out of
her poems, as she is a
private person. She told
the audience how her
poems are like x-rays of
her real life, below the
hard
facts.
Hirshfield
compared her writing of
poetry as another way of
expressing herself.
“The
experience
of
finding
myself,
completely moved from
one being to another [in
my writing]. The ability to
transform myself and my
writing into something
that I wouldn’t have
seen without the writing
bringing it to me,” said
Hirshfield in an interview
with The Suffolk Journal.
Hirshfield advocated
for the keeping of secrets,
how humans are beings
of infinite depth, who
cannot fit into labels but
only show what to be
seen or unseen. Hirshfield
exemplified this thought
by citing Emily Dickinson,
and how the world has yet
to find out who Dickinson
was so madly in love with
according to her poetry,
how Hirshfield hopes we
never find out.
The evening was a
beneficial
experience
to all students, with
extensive knowledge of
what it takes to be a poet
and how to connect to
your audience.
“I
think
it’s
an
incredible experience to
get writers like Jane to
universities because what
[the writers] have to say
can open you up to things
you have never thought
of before,” said Blunt.
Register for a ticket at
facebook.com/suffolkQSU
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by emailing
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by emailing
kyearwood@su.suffolk.edu
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POLITICAL PULSE:
What’s next for
Massachusetts?
Three Democratic hopefuls
jockey for the corner office
Haley Clegg/ Photo Editor
Maggie Randall
Political
Commentator
The
Massachusetts
Governor’s race is inching
closer as three Democratic
candidates have emerged.
Former
Governor
Deval Patrick’s Budget
Chief
Jay
Gonzalez,
Newton
Mayor
and
Suffolk University Law
alumnus Setti Warren
and
environmental
advocate
and
former
Democratic
nominee
for Lt. Gov. Bob Massie
have all announced their
candidacy over the past
year.
In a statement to The
Suffolk Journal, Massie’s
campaign explained how
the candidate will fight
for college students.
“For
students,
[Massie’s] platform seeks
to help people just like
them,” said Arjun Singh,
a
Communications
Associate on Massie’s
campaign. “The current
economy
is
slanted
to
benefit
wealthy
individuals
and
corporations. If elected
governor, [Massie] would
reduce
the
economic
burden of students and
create a fairer state where
they have a better chance
of moving upwards.”
Warren released a
statement to The Journal
on why college students
should support him.
“Many of those who
go to college are saddled
with crushing debt that
limits their job prospects
when they graduate. Many
more can’t afford college
at all,” said Warren. “I
support making public
college free, just like high
school. There’s no reason
public education should
stop at 12th grade.
Gonzalez’s campaign
had not responded for
comment as of Tuesday.
In speeches and on
their campaign websites,
the candidates have all
called for a more equitable
economy, environmental
protections and equality
among
women
and
minorities. The candidates
have also used the same
criticisms of Republican
Governor Charlie Baker.
In April of last year,
Gonzalez summed up the
sentiments toward the
Baker Administration in
a WGBH interview, “It’s
easy to be popular when
you don’t do anything.”
“Everyone knows that
rides the ‘T’ that the
system is broken. It’s
inadequate. It’s under
resourced,” said Warren,
according to CBS Local.
Warren blamed the
governor for the status
of the MBTA after riding
the red line with a Suffolk
student in September.
In early January, when
the temperatures dipped
below freezing, Gonzalez
and other Bostonians used
the MBTA to travel to
his Cambridge campaign
headquarters from his
home
in
Needham,
according
to
Boston
Magazine.
With the MBTA, the
candidates
might
be
tapping into the needs of
the commonwealth. “The
number one issue I hear
complaints about is the
‘T.’ It’s not even close,”
Gonzalez said to the
Boston Globe last month.
Their criticisms of
the MBTA and Baker’s
ineffectiveness may not
be enough to unseat what
many refer to as “the
most popular governor
in the country,” Charlie
Baker.
Although Baker beat
then-Massachusetts
Attorney General Martha
Coakley in 2014 by a
margin of just 1.9 percent,
according to Politico,
his approval ratings in a
recent WBUR poll stood
at 73 percent, the highest
of any governor in the
United States.
Baker has separated
himself from President
Donald Trump’s rhetoric
and taken progressive
steps, such as passing
a law that guaranteed
access and affordability
of oral contraceptives in
the state, advanced rural
access
to
high-speed
internet and treatment
for those affected by the
opioid epidemic.
Where the Democratic
candidates are an echochamber in their policy
stances and talking points,
they differ in experience.
Warren
described
himself to The Suffolk
Journal as “a lifelong
public servant and third
generation
combat
veteran” with experience
ranging from the Clinton
White House, to a U.S.
Senate office, to two-term
mayor of his hometown.
Warren reflected on
his time as mayor and
ability to correct the
city’s $40 million deficit
and put them on a clearer
financial track, actions he
hopes to replicate on a
statewide scale.
“We must do the same
thing in Massachusetts,”
said Warren. “We’ve got
to make investments to
solve these challenges
– investments from freepublic college to eastwest rail to wrap-around
addiction treatment –
but we’ve also got to be
honest that it’s going to
take new revenue.”
Warren’s
candidacy
has drawn the attention
from young people to
established Massachusetts
policy actors. Former
Governor
Michael
Dukakis,
a
long-time
leader in Massachusetts
politics, endorsed Warren
in December.
“We need leadership in
this state that’s dynamic,
that’s committed, that
surrounds
itself
with
excellent people,” said
Dukakis as reported by
Boston.com. “That’s what
I hope and expect we’re
going to get from Warren
as governor.”
Senator Jamie Eldridge
of Acton, a progressive
in the state Senate, has
endorsed Gonzalez.
“Since the day that
Gonzalez announced his
candidacy for governor,
I have seen him on the
front lines fighting for
a brighter and more
compassionate
future
for
all
Massachusetts
residents,” said Eldridge
in his endorsement of
Gonzalez. “I have seen
him energize activists
in my district with his
progressive
vision,
and believe he would
be a transformational
governor.”
Gonzalez
was
the
first to announce his
candidacy
in
January
2017, and beforehand
“served
as
[Governor
Patrick’s] Secretary of
Administration
and
Finance during the Great
Recession,” according to
his campaign website.
Gonzalez’s
prior
experience is in the health
insurance industry.
Singh
added
that
Massie’s
unique
experiences with issues
related
to
climate
and social justice in
Massachusetts, New York
and South Africa make
him fit to be governor.
“Massie’s background
has provided him with the
tools to understand all
angles of the problem and
implement solutions for
how to put Massachusetts
back on track to being a
state that favors the many
not the few,” said Singh, a
communications associate
on Massie’s campaign.
Other
Democratic
leaders in Massachusetts
have yet to endorse any
of the candidates. For
one, their endorsements
will likely occur after the
Sept. 4 primary. Mayor
Marty Walsh, however,
may not endorse at all
given his “bromance”
with Baker.
Regardless of who
voters choose to be the
Democratic
nominee
in the primary this
September, it is certain
that Massachusetts has
never elected a female
governor and one will
not be elected this time
around.
All
three
of
the
Democratic gubernatorial
candidates will be visiting
Suffolk on March 8 at
7:00 p.m. for a Candidates
Forum hosted by the
Suffolk Democrats.
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by emailing
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election.
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Author, screenwriter Sayed Kashua talks Israeli sitcoms
The Israeli-Palestinian
conflict rages on in
the Middle East - and
according to journalist,
author and screenwriter
Sayed Kashua, hope to
find the situation will
improve, one has to be
naive.
Last Wednesday night,
students
and
faculty
lined the seats of Modern
Theatre to welcome the
Arab-Israeli author to
give a presentation and
screen an episode from
“Arab Labor,” a popular,
bilingual TV show in the
Israeli-Palestinian region,
created and written by
Kashua. Kashua is also
the author of the novels
“Let It Be Morning,”
“Second Person Singular,”
“Native” and “Dancing
Arabs,” which speak to
the situation and tension
between the Palestinians
and Israelis residing in the
region, which continues
to go unresolved given
sectarian tensions in the
region.
“Arab Labor” follows
a man named Amjad and
his family. Amjad is an
Arab journalist working
for a Hebrew newspaper
trying
to
assimilate
into a different culture.
The episode screened
was from the second
season of “Arab Labor”
titled
“Remembrance.”
It depicts the struggles
Amjad’s
family
faces
when
his
daughter
wrestles with her cultural
identity as an Arab
attending a Jewish school
in Jerusalem. Although
she is an Arab, she wants
to sing in her school
choir as part of a Jewish
Memorial Day celebration
- which commemorates
the death of Israelis
who serve and have
served in Israel’s armed
forces in Israel’s military
conflicts - to avoid feeling
excluded from her Jewish
classmates.
“It honestly reminded
me of an American sitcom
in a sense... Just because
it was so funny and it kind
of showed how humor
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is still in other cultures
in times of conflict,”
said senior journalism
major Sadie Haddad in
an interview with The
Suffolk Journal. “They
were talking about the
war and Independence
Day and how it is a super
controversial subject, but
[the episode] still was
funny.”
Kashua, during the
presentation,
claimed
that “Remembrance” was
unlike any of his other
episodes due to the fact
that it included very
specific details about the
traditions the two sides
follow, making it a more
importance humor plays
when writing a show
with undertones of a
very serious issue. “It
was clear that in order
to bring an Arab family
to the primetime, to
the living room of the
mainstream
Israelis,
we need to use a lot of
humor,” said Kashua.
“We need to familiarize
the Israelis, and you have
to show them that it's not
threatening them.”
Following
Kashua’s
own take on the screened
episode; Communications
and
Journalism
Associate
Professor
Shoshana
Madmoni-
Scenes from a journalist in Austria
Assistant World News Editor Amy Koczera went into Europe
with ambitions of achieving numerous goals this semester.
She is looking to explore the foreign streets on a daily basis,
discovering new architecture and landscapes. She writes
every day about her experiences in her own personal blog,
advocatesanthology.com, while posting pictures for The
Suffolk Journal.
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“It was clear that in
order to bring an
Arab family to the
primetime, to the
living room of the
mainstream Israelis,
we need to use a lot
of humor.”
View overlooking the city of Salzburg, Austria.
- Sayed Kashua on international sitcoms
political episode than
most others. The episode
was set in the days leading
up to the Israeli Memorial
Day and its counterpart
known as Nakba Day.
Nakba
Day,
which
typically falls on May 15
of the Gregorian calendar,
is a day of importance
for Palestinians as it
represents the day after
Israel
was
officially
created.
“It’s
very
specific;
usually most of [the
episodes] are not that
specific
for
Israeli
ceremonies
and
traditions, but this one
is,” said Kashua in his
presentation.
“This
episode would never be
accepted if it was first
episode of the second
season
or
the
first
season.”
Kashua
went
on
to
speak
about
the
Gerber
moderated
a
open
discussion
with
Kashua and the audience.
Madmoni-Gerber
also
hails from Israel, like
Kashua, and her parents
are of Yemeni descent.
She stated that her
parents moved to Israel in
1949 from Yemen during
the discussion.
Kashua lived in West
Jerusalem before moving
to Champaign, Ill. with
his three children, which
he jokingly described
as being “very tragic.”
He writes about why he
left in his article “Why
Sayed Kashua Is Leaving
Jerusalem
and
Never
Coming Back” published
in July of 2014 on Harretz.
com in one of his weekly
columns.
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Lock bridge, In Salzburg, Austria over the Salzach River.
View of Lake Wolfgangsee in the town of
St. Wolfgang im Salzkammergut
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Olympics spark possible peace talks in Korea
Jacob Geanous
World News Editor
The
collaboration
between North and South
Korea during the winter
Olympic
games
has
ignited rumors of future
peace
talks
between
the
adjacent
feuding
countries.
On Saturday, North
Korean leader, Kim JongUn formally invited South
Korean President Moon
Jae-in
to
Pyongyang,
which would be the first
meeting of the Korean
leaders since 2007.
Moon
responded
and suggested that the
two
countries
should
“accomplish
this
by
creating
the
right
conditions”
and
also
said that talks between
North Korea and the
United States were also
important to this budding
relationship.
According to Suffolk
University
history
professor and Director of
Rosenberg Institute for
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North and South Korea meet about the demilitarized zone separating the countries
East Asian Studies Ronald
Suleski,
North
Korea
has used the Olympic
games as a catalyst for
diplomacy between the
two countries before.
“It's
important
to
remember that the same
happened
under
Kim
Jong-Un’s father, Kim
Jong-Il,” said Suleski.
“He invited the South
Korean President, who
went to Pyongyang. They
had talks. They reunited
families that had been
separated by the Korean
war. Now it’s being done
again.”
Suleski said that the
rumblings of peace talks
could potentially settle a
contentious region, but
whether or not the U.S.
will be included in the
shared peace hinges on
how President Donald J.
Trump acts in the near
future.
“I think what it could
do is diffuse the whole
situation for a while,”
said Suleski. “The biggest
problem I see is if, right
after it, President Trump
goes ahead with the U.S.South Korean military
exercises, that’ll throw a
stink bomb in things.”
If Korea can find a
way to unite, they will
become a geopolitical
force to be reckoned with,
Suleski said, due to the
abundance of valuable
natural resources that
both
countries
have
access too.
“People always say
that if North and South
korea can find a way
to unite, they’ll be a
powerhouse,”
Suleski
said. “They have natural
minerals,
waterpower
for
hydroelectricity,
precious ores, all kinds
of precious things. They
would become so strong
geopolitically that they
may scare China a little
bit. They would definitely
scare Japan.”
Although
media
surrounding the games
in Pyeongchang is abuzz
with news of potential
peace talks, Suleski does
not think this newly
reported
attempt
at
diplomacy will be a short
process between the two
countries that have had
a violent, argumentative
history.
“The dream of many
Koreans is to stand
up an say no, we’re
together again as one
ethnic, cultural people,”
he said. “When that
will happen, I certainly
don’t know. Some people
see it happening in the
foreseeable future, but
they’re more optimistic
than I am.”
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by emailing jgeanous@
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The world at-large
Israeli PM Netanyahu faces indictment
Israeli police recommended the indictment
of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu,
as a result of a year long investigation into
charges of bribery, fraud and breaches
of trust. The multiple corruption cases
involve expensive gifts from two Israeli Hollywood
producers, as well as an attempt to strike a deal
with Israeli newspaper publisher, Yediot Ahronot,
reported multiple news sources. Netanyahu allegedly
intended to limit the circulation of Ahronot’s primary
competitor, in exchange for more favorable coverage
of his time as prime minister, reported the Washington
Post. In a separate investigation that is coming to a
close, members of Netanyahu’s inner circle have been
arrested on charges of corruption and bribery in a
multi-billion dollar submarine deal with Germany, the
Washington Post reported. The police stated that there
is sufficient evidence for the attorney general to indict
Netanyahu. Netanyahu maintains his innocence, and
said in a Facebook statement that he will again win
the trust of the Israeli people for the next election.
In addition, the police have also recommend the
indictment of Netanyahu’s wife Sara on charges of the
misuse of public funds. The case details how the money
was used to pay for multiple lavish meals for her and
her family, CNN reported. Netanyahu has previously
accused the police of bias in their investigations,
and replied to this latest news in saying that the real
issue that should be considered is the integrity of the
investigation. Netanyahu’s predecessor, Ehud Olmert,
was forced to resign in 2009 due to corruption and was
indicted in 2014
Russian plane crash kills 65
The crash of a Russian
airliner that killed all 65
of its passengers and six
crew members is now being
attributed to false flight speed data, BBC
reported. The instrument malfunction occurred
after pilots failed to turn on a heating system
for the probes, leading to the freezing of a key
speed monitoring device shortly after takeoff.
The Russian media group RBK reported that
the pilot had refused to follow the de-icing
procedure, as they felt the temperatures were
not cold enough to justify it. A criminal case
has opened, highlighting negligent activity and
a failure to follow aircraft operation rules as
the causes of death for two or more people,
reported the New York Post. A preliminary
analysis showed the inability to correctly
interpret the speed of the airplane led to the
pilot’s decision to switch off auto-pilot to
perform a series of manual maneuvers, one
of which led to the crash of the jet just over
five minutes after takeoff. Wreckage and was
dispersed across an area of about 74 acres, just
50 miles southeast of Moscow. Aiding in the
search for DNA samples and pieces of wreckage
are more than 700 volunteers, along with
Russia’s emergencies ministry, BBC reported.
The crash of an Air France flight that killed
228 people on board in 2009 was attributed to
the same iced-over speed probes as the Russian
airliner, reported multiple news sources.
New study finds sea is rapidly rising
Rises in sea level have been shown
this week to not only be definitively
occurring, but rapidly increasing in
severity. This information comes from
a new study that compiled 25-years of satellite
imaging that includes often neglected areas
of open ocean, reported CNN. Where scientists
previously predicted a 30cm rise by 2100, the
study has shown the actual rates to be nearly
double this. “Any flooding concerns that coastal
communities have for 2100 may occur over the
next few decades,” said Katy Serafin, a coastal
flooding expert at Oregon State University. The
findings are consistent with the most recent
International Panel on Climate Change report.
The study also sought to increase the reliability
of the predictions by taking into account several
natural phenomenon that lead to changes in
global weather patterns, as reported by CNN. The
researchers also gathered information from other
projects such as GRACE, the Gravity Recovery and
Climate Experiment, to identify the causes of the
rate of acceleration, the Guardian reported. Their
findings showed that global warming, caused by
human action, has lead to a large expansion of
ocean water, as well as melted permafrost and icecaps in Greenland and Antarctica. Although the
world is still a few years away from feeling direct
impacts from the rise, the destruction caused by
super-storms similar to those that occurred in the
last few years is made far worse as the coastline
moves closer inland.
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Spring Showcase 2018: musicals & minimalism
Felicity Otterbein / Arts & Culture Editor
Cast of “Acting 101/Ames Room,” performed at this years Spring Showcase.
The Spring Showcase 2018,
featured “Acting 101/ Ames
Room,” directed and written
by Elektra Newman, and “I
Enjoy Being a Girl,” a cabaret
directed and choreographed
by Victoria Isotti. “Acting
101/ Ames,” room represents
a journey toward fulfillment
and happiness, while “I
Enjoy Being a Girl” is a
historical path about female
empowerment.
Juliana Sanchez
Journal Contributor
“Theater is the whore
of art,” one of the most
memorable
lines
of
the “Acting 101/ Ames
Room play,”
said by
the unnamed mentor
of the main character.
The
symbolism
of
unintentional
objects,
gestures
and
color
oozing through easily
delivered the concepts of
loneliness, confusion and
enlightenment.
The minimalist setting
included a block interlaced
with black and white,
representing
“dualism
back in forth from one
extreme to another” said
Newman to The Suffolk
Journal in a post-show
interview.
Minimalism
was an important factor
for Newman as this was
a way of balancing the
writer,
director
and
designer
ideas
while
including a touch of her
style.
It begins with seven
actors all dressed in solid
black with seven different
colors tied around the
waist. From a simple
view it may not mean
much, but these seven
fabrics represent “The
seven chakras, days of the
week, and colors of the
rainbow,” said Newman.
The
metaphorically
complex
play
shows
the
journey
of
an
unnamed
character
reaching nirvana through
vignettes. The peculiar
presentation was meant
to give the audience “an
individual and different
journey with audience,
creating
unique
and
different opinions,” said
Newman.
“It’s been a work in
progress and seeing a
person's journey and very
personal and everyone can
leave with something,”
said Newman, adding how
this work took four years
to complete. Newman
began writing it since
junior year of highschool,
and over winter break
completed the final script.
The second showcase,
“I Enjoy Being a Girl”
included a compilation
of songs which Director
Victoria Isotti explained
as a timeline, beginning
from the 1920’s to the
2000’s; choosing the song
that best represented how
women were portrayed
during that decade.
Beginning
with
the song “He’s Gone
Away,” there was a
clear
prominence
of
submissiveness
and
dependency.
As
the
musical numbers passed
by, little by little the tone
becomes less complaint
and yielding and the
dances became more racy.
The combination of red
ruby lips and accessories
with black clothing apart
from representing the
journey of sexuality for
women, also “empowered
the girls more,” said
Isotti.
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Arts Commentary
Is Hollywood running out of
ideas?
Kaitlin Hahn / Lead Copy Editor
Humor vs. hardships
A discussion surrounding the Israeli-Palestinian
conflict and how the use of comedy can soften the blow
of the reality.
From KASHUA - 5
“I was silent, knowing
that my attempt at living
together with others in
this country was over.
That the lie I’d told my
children about a future
in which Arabs and Jews
share the country equally
was over,” writes Kashua.
Although Kashua once
called West Jerusalem
his home, he explained
traumatic [leaving Israel]”
said Kashua. He also said
that in order to believe
there soon be a shared
state, “you need to be
very naive in order to
think that way.”
As
tragic
events
continued in the Middle
East, Kashua referenced
the Gaza War of 2014
and said that he stopped
writing the series after
the fourth season because
they [Palestinians and
Israelis] will share the
land equally. [But] it’s not
rational talking about it.”
In addition to writing
the
television
series,
Kashua is a columnist
for Haaretz, an Israeli
newspaper,
and
has
recently released another
novel
titled
“Track
Changes.” “Arab Labor”
can be streamed online
in the United States from
“I was silent, knowing
that my attempt at living
together with others in
this country was over.
That the lie I’d told my
children about a future
in which Arabs and
Jews share the country
equally was over.”
-An excerpt fron
Sayed Kashua’s column
on Harretz.com
that he currently has no
reason to be optimistic
about the ongoing IsraeliPalestinian conflict.
“It’s frustrating when
you lose hope, I gave
up. Back in the summer
of 2014, that’s when
I realized it was very
he felt too despaired
over the events that were
unfolding between the
two sides.
“It's not the time for
comedy. It's not the time
to create such characters
and
episodes,”
said
Kashua. “Maybe one day
PBS and TV Guide.
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college freshmen in 1993
Howard made a solid
choice
with
Donald Glover as Lando
Calrissian, and the set
designs look nothing
short
of
incredible.
While Alden Ehrenreich
is clearly as attractive as
Harrison Ford is (Yes, I
think he aged nicely),
he still has some pretty
big shoes to fill. Will he
be able to capture Solo’s
sarcasm and wit? Let’s
hope so.
Let’s also hope that
the Marvel Cinematic
Universe finishes on
a high note with the
forthcoming
“Infinity
War.” Bringing together
all of the superheroes
and
villains
from
Marvel’s ten-year run
with smash hit films,
“Infinity War” is the
crossover event we’re
all waiting for.
While Marvel has
had greater success than
DC Comics in terms of
movies in recent years,
“Infinity War” needs to
amp up its game after
the previous “Avengers”
flick, “Age of Ultron.”
That movie shouldn’t
have opened right in
the middle of a battle
scene, and there were
many plot points that
went
unexplained
(Since when are Natasha
Romanoff and Bruce
Banner a thing?). If
“Infinity War” avoids
these mistakes, it should
do all right with fans
and critics alike.
Except for Jurassic
World, of course. That
just looks awful.
Jacquelyn Jarnagin
majored in paleontology. casting
Journal Contributor
Stop me if you’ve
heard this one: a hot
muscular guy is held
hostage by a group of
terrorists at the top
of an extremely tall
building. The terrorists
are also threatening his
family and the other
people in the building.
No, it’s not “Die
Hard;” it’s the upcoming
(and quite unoriginal)
Dwayne Johnson action
flick
“Skyscraper.”
“Skyscraper” was one of
several major summer
blockbusters
teased
during Super Bowl 52
this past Sunday. Some
looked
good;
some
looked bad; some just
looked like a huge waste
of money.
Overall, there were
five — yes, five —
trailers for films that
fall under the sequel
or prequel category
during the big game. It
seems that most movie
companies today are
somewhat lazy; rather
than creating a fresh
new idea for thousands
of people to enjoy, they
just decide to continue
to make sequels of
movies that really don’t
need to begin with.
Take
“Jurassic
World: Fallen Kingdom”
for
example.
The
original “Jurassic Park”
trilogy,
directed
by
Steven Spielberg, was
a massive box office
success.
Bringing
Michael
Crichton’s
novel of the same name
to life, “Jurassic Park”
became so popular that
thousands of incoming
With such popular critical
acclaim,
revamping
“Jurassic Park” sounds
like a great idea, right?
In
short,
2015’s
“Jurassic World” brought
in new director Colin
Trevorrow, who failed
to give audiences a
consistent
story
and
instead relied on overthe-top special effects to
keep the people excited.
It was messy, there was
little to no character
development, and it just
didn’t have the wonder of
the original movies.
The
upcoming
“Jurassic World: Fallen
Kingdom,” has yet another
new director, J.A. Bayona.
It will feature only two
actors from the previous
film,
the
lackluster
lovebirds Bryce Dallas
Howard and Chris Pratt.
Original cast member
Jeff Goldblum is slated to
make a cameo, but that
won’t make the film any
less underwhelming than
it looks already.
Another movie cashing
in on a franchise reboot is
“Solo: A Star Wars Story.”
Like “Jurassic Park” and
“Star Wars” was also
revamped in 2015. “The
Force
Awakens”
was
pretty good in having a
consistent plot—with the
exception of killing off one
of the main characters,
a very bold move. In
2017, “The Last Jedi” was
mildly successful, albeit
somewhat loosely tied up.
It would be reasonable
to assume “Solo: A Star
Wars Story” is trying to
come off as an apology
card to lifelong fans of the
series. And it doesn’t look
as horrendous as “Fallen
Kingdom.” Director Ron
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OPINION
Elephants.
Donkeys.
Nick Viveiros
Journal Staff
For many voters,
2016
presented
a
difficult
dichotomy.
The nominee from each
major political party
was widely unpopular,
even
amongst
the
party’s
respective
bases. Hillary Clinton
and
Donald
Trump
were disliked by more
voters than perhaps
any other nominees
in modern political
history. Just before the
election, a USA Today
poll of registered voters
showed exactly how
dire the situation was
for both candidates.
Clinton had 59 percent
un-favorability,
and
Trump had 60 percent.
Yet, their names were
at the top of the ballot,
sparring
in
three
nauseating
debates
throughout the fall of
2016 and absorbing
press
coverage
like
sponges.
The
main
narrative: we are all
you got.
However, they were
not. On the ballot in
most states were both
two-term
governor
and
Libertarian
Gary
Johnson
and
physician and Green
Party member Dr. Jill
Stein. While Johnson
and Stein were seen
by many, as the only
two
serious
thirdparty contenders there
were dozens more. In
23 states, there was
attorney Darrell Castle
of
the
Constitution
Party, in 10 states,
Independent
Evan
McMullin, former CIA
agent and chief policy
director for the House
Republican Conference,
What’s next?
Does the US need a third political party?
as well as countless
others. There was also
Rocky De La Fuente of the
Reform Party, the party
Ross Perot ran under in
1996 and received eight
percent of the popular
vote. One cursory look
at election results shows
more than twenty other
choices in the political
spectrum.
Why,
then,
in
a
year where the two
major party’s respective
nominees
were
so
unpopular, and there
were so many other
choices, did third parties
fail so miserably?
Their primary problem
is ambition. America’s
third parties aim too
high, too soon. Strong
voter bases of committed
party loyalists may not
decide
elections
the
way independents do,
but they sure do help
political parties in a
myriad of ways, especially
with financial support.
Strong parties are built
on the state and local
level. None of the minor
third parties have the
necessary base to support
a successful batch of
candidates for federal or
state office. There are no
Greens, no Reformers, no
Constitutionalists in any
state houses, nor in either
house of U.S. Congress, for
this very reason. The only
itself as a political entity.
What about Trump?
Wasn’t he a top-down
candidate, having had no
experience in government
prior to running? Not
“A party must first entrench
itself in local and state
politics. They need to run
candidates for school
board, water commissioner,
mayor, city council, school
committee. The direction of
the party has to come from
the ground up.”
third party to succeed in
this is the Libertarian
Party, which has several
state
legislators
and
around 200 lower-level
office holders and boasts
growing
enrollment
numbers. Beyond that,
there isn’t a third party
that has proven itself
capable of supporting
exactly.
What
the
President did is different
than what third parties
are doing. Trump used
an existing mechanism
— a fractured Republican
Party — as a means
for his political rise.
Trump’s brand was his
inexperience. His weapon
was his otherness.
And his pitch was of
“I am not one of them.”
But even with his antiestablishment,
at
the
end of the day he still
had a major organization
backing him. Our current
third parties do not.
But what would it
take for a third party to
break out onto the main
stage next cycle? First,
third parties need to
stop running candidates
during
presidential
elections.
Presidential
elections
alone,
but
presidential
elections
certainly
hamper
the
efforts of these parties
to establish a sort of
electoral
legitimacy.
A
party
must
first
entrench itself in local
and state politics. They
need to run candidates
for school board, water
commissioner,
mayor,
city council, and school
committee. The direction
of the party has to come
from the ground up.
Above all, third parties
need to identify and listen
to their target base. While
there is a constituency for
the Greens, Libertarians,
and other third parties,
those are relatively small
bases. They certainly want
a third party — 61 percent
of those polled by Gallup
back in September 2017
said that the Democratic
and Republican parties
are insufficient. What
most Americans want is a
candidate who is toward
the center on most issues.
The last few years
have demonstrated that
America is ready to move
past a two party system.
While exactly what that
may look like is not yet
clear, but we saw in 2016
what it won’t look like. A
viable third party will be
here to stay when it can
get elected at all levels of
government.
To win, that candidate
must appeal to middle
America — the large
chunk of the country
between the far left and
far right that believe this
has all gone on for far
too long. Only when all
of these criteria are met
will a third party flourish.
Until then, the other two
are all we have got.
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Payment is due: Division I athletes should be compensated for their commitment
Ryan Arel
Journal Staff
Division I athletics
is
a
multi-million
dollar industry. College
sports produce future
professional
athletes
and
Olympians
while
simultaneously
making
products displaying the
names on the backs of
these players’ jerseys.
Stadiums are packed with
screaming, rowdy, and
customers coming to see
these athletes play.
It
would
be
irresponsible to state
that there is not enough
cash flow to compensate
players
in
monetary
form, like a trust fund,
that
student
athletes
can
access
following
graduation or following
every athletic season. It’s
time for student athletes
to be rewarded not just for
the money they produce,
but the money they save
schools on marketing and
the money companies
make off of their names.
It’s time for student
athletes to stop being at
institutions’ disposal for
generating income. The
money is there - it’s just
a matter of redistributing
it.
As of the 2015-2016
academic years, there was
$797.7 million in revenue
for Division I Men’s
Basketball - for television
and
marketing
rights
alone. In addition, there
was a gain of $123.5
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Editor’s Word
The digital age has made it easier
than ever to become connected
with others, whether it be close in
proximity or halfway across the
planet. No matter where they are
located, a simple message can be
sent in seconds. What could go
wrong?
Human interaction and the way
we view others has seemed to be
negatively impacted through the
development of technology. Instead
of talking in person and meeting
more “organically,” a sentient being
has turned into a tinder swipe right,
with their worth being centered
around their attractiveness and
first profile picture. The emotions
attached to the initial instance of
wanting to know more about a
person has become obsolete and
the lust associated with those same
feelings is overpowered due to the
numb distance of an LED screen.
Yet, most young adults complain
about how they cannot find love.
It’s an enigma to why romance is
seemingly dead, even though a
“quickie” is the new pick-up line.
People type “lol” or “haha” with
an emotionless expression, waiting
for a response that will be just as
fake. Interpersonal communication
between others has become a game
of who can do it the least, all while
being glued to their phone when it
does happen, because a swipe left is
worse than fostering a friendship.
But it is time for us to take back
what we have given to this fictional
reality and reclaim the way we talk
to each other. The distance between
our screens leaves too much to the
imagination so when talking faceto-face, we become lost. It is time
to find our way back to actually
laughing; tear jerking, belly laughing
and retain the relationships created
through in-person interactions.
Happy Valentine’s Day, Rams.
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“The
typical
Division I
college football
player devotes
43.3 hours per
week to his
sport.”
Division I players
deserve better
From ATHLETES - 9
million
in
championship ticket sales.
That’s $921.2 million for
the NCAA alone just from
basketball, according to
the NCAA website.
But all is at the
expense of the athlete,
not the institution or
program, as the athletes
do not see a cent.
The most common
argument
is
that
institutions pay it in the
form
of
scholarships,
apparel,
trainers
and
other assets that athletes
can use. And this claim
isn’t
entirely
bogus.
However, programs can
pay for clothing, travel
and scholarships, but
many college students,
even those who aren’t
athletes, would claim
that being provided for in
cash value is much more
valuable than material
objects.
According
to
twotime Pro-Bowler Richard
Sherman
during
a
pre-Super Bowl press
conference
in
2015,
student
athletes
are
not given the time they
need to excel in school
and often have trouble
coming up with money
for everyday necessities.
During the interview,
Sherman reminisced on
his own time at Stanford
University
where
he
played college football
and earned a degree in
communications.
“Usually my [bank]
account was in the
negative more time than it
was in the positive. You’ve
got to make decisions on
whether you get gas for
your car or whether you
get a meal for the day,”
said Sherman.
It is not about student
athletes choosing not to
work either. According
to an article published in
2014 by Marc Edelman,
a contributor to Forbes,
“The typical Division I
college football player
devotes 43.3 hours per
week to his [or her]
sport.”
This
doesn’t
even
include
the
hours
student athletes put into
schoolwork. It would be
difficult to argue that
student athletes could
work part-time as a
large portion of college
students do to have some
tangible money to walk
around with.
In addition, Edelman
also points out that if a
sports program performs
at a high caliber, student
applications rise to any
given institution.
The fact of the matter
is that Division I athletes
contribute to colleges in
more than just money.
A sports program that
performs well produces
media coverage - and
with coverage of student
athletes comes marketing
for the school, turning
outstanding athletes into
free marketing puppets
for the school.
Overall,
Division
I
athletes in universities
across the U.S. should be
compensated for the time
they put in as a full-time
athlete while being a fulltime student.
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Political ignorance: Who can turn a blind eye
Nathan Espinal
Senior Staff Writer
Regardless of what
identity
you
hold,
you should be talking
politics. Men should be
listening to women about
reproductive
justice.
White people should be
listening to black and
brown people about gun
violence.
Cisgender
people
should
be
listening
to
transgender
and
genderqueer individuals
about their rights. It
sounds corny but we
really are in this together
and we need to start
listening to each other’s
problems and supporting
one another.
These
conversations
are important because of
the risks of not having
them.
It is important for
people who are most
benefited by politics to
engage in conversations
not only with one another,
but with those who
are most incapacitated
by them. They need to
understand how policies
take shape and how they
affect other people in
ways that don’t affect
them.
The co-President of
the
Women’s
March
Tamika Mallory came
by Suffolk University,
thanks to Black Student
Union and the Center
for Student Diversity and
Inclusion, and her words
has inspired this new way
of understanding politics.
I have been exposed
before, to the idea that
politics are something to
be considered seriously,
as a way of understanding
human rights. It wasn’t
until Mallory’s wise words
that I was able to fully
comprehend the gravity
of such a concept.
People of color, queers,
disabled, etc. do not have
the privilege to opt out of
the political conversation;
their lives depend on it.
Trump is president
of the United States for
many reasons, but a vital
reason to understand
is that he is president
because many people,
who had the least to lose,
were too uncomfortable
to tell the people close
to them that they were
wrong. That is a privilege
that the marginalized
cannot
afford.
Those
on
Deferred
Action
for Childhood Arrivals
(DACA),
Temporary
Protected Status (TPS)
cannot afford to stay
silent on politics. Those
targeted by the “Muslim
Ban” could not stay silent
on politics. Those who
aren’t targeted by this
monster known as 35
should not stay silent on
politics. No one should
have the right to ignore
politics, as politics affect
every aspect of our dayto-day lives.
Without it, we would
not have any language
to communicate how our
rights should be upheld.
It’s the reason we have
rights, and it’s the reason
we’re able to fight for
more rights.
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Freshman exhibits
potential to pave way
Don Porcaro
Journal Staff
Suffolk
University’s
women’s
basketball
freshman
point-guard
Jenni-Rose DiCecco was
named Great Northeast
Athletic
Conference
(GNAC) Corvias Rookie of
the Week. Along with the
honor, DiCecco surpassed
an
all-time
Suffolk
athletics
single-season
record with her seventh
award, placing her ahead
of sophomore teammate,
Alexis Hackett, who won
the award six times in
2016-17. DiCecco has led
the Lady Rams to an 18-6
season, putting them
third in the conference.
During
her
sixth
Rookie of the Week
stretch,
which
tied
Hackett,
DiCecco
averaged 15.3 points, 4.3
assists and 3.7 rebounds.
The freshman’s biggest
game came against Anna
Maria College, where she
broke out for 21 points
and eight assists in a 9257 win. She also put up 19
points and six rebounds
in a victory against Mount
Ida College.
“I was pumped when
I got [Rookie of the
Week] for the first time.
Every time after that has
been just as exciting,”
said DiCecco in a recent
interview
with
The
Suffolk Journal.
DiCecco’s
best
performance of the season
came in an overtime win
against Framingham State
University. Playing 44 of
a possible 45 minutes,
the freshman put up 29
points while shooting 50
percent, 7-14, from the
three-point line. Dicecco
recorded three steals,
five rebounds and three
assists, as she captured
her third Rookie of the
Week honor while also
being named “Best rookie
over a seven day stretch”
by the New England
Women’s
Basketball
Association.
“She’s
going
to do
amazing
things in
her four
years
here,
keep an
eye out
for her.”
- Captain
Georgia
Bourikas
Jumpstarting into her
collegiate career, DiCecco
immediately made an
impact on the team. In her
first game of the season,
the freshman scored 21
points and notched two
steals while playing the
entire 40 minutes of the
game.
She
continued
her early success in
the Roadrunner Tip-Off
Tournament, leading the
Lady Rams to the crown.
In the semi-final game,
DiCecco came one assist
shy of a double double
with 10 points and nine
assists. The next day, the
freshman added 11 points
with four assists in the
championship game.
“[DiCecco] has brought
so much to the team,
stepping into the role as
our starting point guard.
That’s not an easy job for
anyone to do, especially
a freshman,” said senior
captain Georgia Bourikas
in an interview with The
Journal. “She’s going to
do amazing things in her
four years here, keep an
eye out for her.”
In her first collegiate
season, DiCecco currently
averages 14 points, five
rebounds and four assists.
The freshman is leading
the team in assists per
game, steals per game,
total three-pointers made
and total free throws
made as well as tied for
first in points per game.
“She's a very good
point
guard,”
said
forward Jordan Hipwell
in an interview with The
Journal. “She knows how
to control the offense and
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Jenni-Rose DiCecco solidifies spot in Lady Rams’ record
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see the floor. She’s one of
the reasons why we are
[18-6]. I love how fearless
she is.”
One
statistic
that
sticks out is DiCecco’s
ability to stay in the
game for long stretches
of time on the court. The
freshman averages more
than 35 minutes out of
40 per game. It is clear
Lady Rams head coach Ed
Leyden has given DiCecco
complete control of the
point-guard
position.
While the work load as
a freshman may seem
tiring, DiCecco insists it
actually helps her on the
court.
To take home her
record-breaking seventh
Rookie of the Week award,
DiCecco boosted Suffolk
to a 75-71 victory over
conference rival Regis
College. The point guard
dropped 16 points to go
along with five rebounds
and four steals. Once
again, DiCecco played the
entire 40 minutes of the
game.
“It’s hard to be thrown
into a game after you've
been sitting out for a
while. To be on the court
for most of the game,
it not only helps my
endurance, but my ability
to play the game. I’m also
really glad coach trusts
me as much as he does,”
said DiCecco.
DiCecco is one of six
freshman recruits, all
of which have had an
immediate impact on
the Lady Rams. With
such a strong freshman
class, DiCecco and her
teammates believe they
can have success not only
this year, but in the long
term as well.
“With
such
young
talented girls, we have
so much potential. I hope
we can bring home a
GNAC Championship and
an NCAA appearance too.
I think that is everyone’s
goal,” said DiCecco.
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minutes
later,
freshman
Joseph
Mortillaro
answered
on the power play with
Suffolk’s first goal of
the night to make the
game 3-1. Sophomore
Brian Brooks inched the
Rams forward with a
shorthanded goal two
minutes later. Mortillaro
brought the energy back
to the Rams, tying the
game. The Rams came out
on top to win 6-3.
“We stayed positive
on the bench and were
able to get the win,” said
Jenkins. “That was a huge
win and something that
I’ll definitely remember.”
Another
memorable
moment for the Rams this
season came out of their
electrifying take-all win in
the Manchester PAL Cup/
Stovepipe
Tournament
hosted by Southern New
Hampshire
University.
On the first day of the
tournament,
Suffolk
ousted the University of
Massachusetts Dartmouth
3-2
where
Mortillaro
scored two of the team’s
goals.
“It [brought] the team
closer together,” said
Sweeney.
“We
didn’t
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win the last two years
and being able to beat
those teams obviously
makes it a lot more
fun. It’s something we’ll
remember for a while.”
Suffolk will head to
Endicott
College
this
Saturday
where
they
will fight to keep the
seniors playing in the
Commonwealth
Coast
Conference Quarterfinals.
“It’s like starting the
season all over again
heading into practice this
week,” said Jenkins. “If we
stay positive and focus on
ourselves then we have a
pretty good shot to move
on.”
As the hockey season
winds down, Sweeney
reflected on how his
hockey career has related
to real life.
“Everything’s
not
going to go the way you
want it, but it’s just how
you handle it, how you
face it and run with it that
really defines who you
are,” said Sweeney. “Just
like in hockey you lose a
game and you get yourself
together and come back
and win the next game.”
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Seniors gear up for final stretch
Hannah Arroyo / Asst. Sports Editor
By Hannah Arroyo, Assistant Sports Editor
J.B. Sweeney, #3
Jack Jenkins, #8
Four years have gone by for four
Suffolk University men’s ice hockey
seniors that competed in their last
regular season game on Saturday.
A ceremony filled with family and
friends before the game honored Rams
Jack Jenkins, J.B. Sweeney, Shayne
Bailey and Sam Kent.
The seniors have seen a tremendous
amount of change in the hockey
program since they first crossed the
blue line. Sweeney explained how
during his freshman year, the Rams had
no true home ice and had to migrate
from rink-to-rink in the Boston area.
Since then, Suffolk has been gifted new
equipment and a home locker room
at Emmons Horrigan O’Neil Rink in
Charleston.
“We’ve come a long way,” said
Sweeney in an interview with The
Suffolk Journal on Tuesday. “I’m really
excited to see what happens with the
program. It’s taking a step in the right
direction every year.”
Suffolk finished out their regular
season ending with a record of 9-12-3
and notching a total of 67 goals.
The Rams put up a convincing fight
early in the season as they won their
seventh straight home opener, skating
past Assumption College 5-2. Standout
freshman Matt Bucher held the game
down, scoring the first tally of the game
and his first collegiate goal. Later on he
would add another unassisted goal to
keep the Rams on top.
“All the freshmen have done
exceptionally well this year,” said
Sweeney. “Some have played every
game and they fit right in. They’ve done
everything they’ve been asked.”
What seemed to be an impressive
start, skidded into a landslide of four
straight losses for the Rams where
their opponents outscored them 14-5.
Suffolk would take this losing streak
with a grain of salt coming back to win
the following four games, even shutting
out Western New England University
5-0.
“It’s a little bit up and down in the
win column, but we’ve got a great
group of guys,” said Jenkins in a recent
interview with The Journal.
Jenkins, who is one of the team’s
captains, has played in a total of 97
career games for Suffolk. He said that
it feels like just yesterday he took the
ice for the Rams for the first time.
In their last regular season game
the Rams found themselves in a hole,
as they were down by three goals nine
minutes into the second period. Four
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Shayne Bailey, #25
Sam Kent, #28