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THE Suffolk Journal
VOLUME 81, NUMBER 12 |

In the news
Georgia Bourikas
is the 14th Suffolk
Rams leader to
surpass 1,000 career
points for women’s
basketball.
See back page.
Venezuelan
student shares her
immigration story.
Page 5.
Opinion: Dry
campuses may
negatively impact
student’s drinking
habits.
Page 10.
Stay tuned: Should
D-1 athletes be paid
for their efforts
and split time
toward athletics and
academics?
See next week’s
edition.
Spring showcase
latest installment
displays theater
talent.
Page 8.

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Kyle Crozier
Senior Staff Writer

He continued his response in the Nov. 30

semi-finalists would be invited to Boston after
references have been checked. He also said that a

See SEARCH - 2

See ENERGY - 2

PRESIDENT TO BE NAMED IN 2018
By Chris DeGusto, News Editor

Neither Presidential Search Chair John Brooks

or university spokesperson Greg Gatlin would

confirm logistics Brooks had previously detailed
on the ongoing process during a
Student Government Association
meeting on Nov. 30, 2017 as
during

recent

email

correspondences.
During this Nov. 30 pubic
meeting,

Brooks

spoke

about

the presidential search, which
had scheduled a Nov. 20 stop for

has indicated that a new president is expected to
assume office in 2018.

“Most people are contracted for the academic

“We are close
to 85 top-notch
individuals that are
qualified to become
president.”

accepting applications, but he

- John Brooks

said the Committee would keep

year,

there

deadline,”

is

no

said

absolute

Brooks,

as

recorded by the minutes. “If I
speculate we could have those
finalists by March, and we make
our

recommendation

around

April, and they would work with
the Committee to negotiate an
employment contract.”
Brooks
the

did

timeline

not
of

disclose

when

the

Committee would make a recommendation for the

the meeting minutes.

next permanent president to the university in the

SGA general meetings’ minutes are recorded
and typically posted online. The minutes from this
meeting that Brooks had attended were officially

The few
opportunities
that I should have
here on campus
are being limited
to American
citizens rather
than for all Suffolk
students.

sent to The Suffolk Journal on Monday.

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in “about January or February,”

message sent on Tuesday and neither Brooks or
Gatlin would confirm.
Journal reporters were directed to messages
posted on the university’s website in January. In

“We are close to 85 top-notch

recent email correspondences

individuals that are qualified to

on Tuesday afternoon, Gatlin

become president,” said Brooks

continued

in the meeting, according to the

reporters to a message sent by

transcript, who then reiterated

Brooks, one that was released

the number and explained there

Tuesday afternoon.

would be “no benefit of releasing

Brooks

[the applicants] names.”
Brooks said during the SGA
meeting

that

interviews

to

had

refer

Journal

outlined

in

the message to the Suffolk
with

semi-finalists will be conducted

Courtesy of Suffolk University

Chairman of the Presidential
Search Committee John Brooks

to which candidates would then be distilled down
to “about two or three.”

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Trump
seeks 72
percent cut
for clean
energy
funding

meeting to a question posed by a member of

CANDIDATES APPLIED:

the deadline open “a little longer,” according to

PERSPECTIVE
BY ALEX GAZZANI

February 7, 2018

Last
week
the
Trump
administration
announced it will suggest
reduced
government
funding
toward
all
renewable energy sources
by an unprecedented 72
percent.
This
action
is
a
continuation of Trump’s
rhetoric
surrounding
reunables, and follows
through
with
his
campaign promise to end
“the war on coal,” with
the goal of increasing
jobs throughout the coal
industry.
“It’s ironic [that] he
says jobs are a priority
of his, when he’ll be
removing
funding
for some of the most
important new jobs in
the country,” said Suffolk
University junior and
environmental
science
major Teresa Feijoo.
Energy
production
has been an imperfect
process since the first
water wheels of ancient
Egypt, or Thomas Edison’s
original design of a coalfired power plant for New
York City.
Numerous examples
of these imperfections
have existed throughout
all of our most popular
energy sources. Dams
with
water
turbines
have long been criticized
for flooding risks and
damage to drinking water
supplies. Wind turbines
have killed birds and bats,
as well as increased local
noise pollution. Solar
power faces scrutiny for
its inconsistency, and
expensive costs to build.
Despite
these
imperfections,
some
sources
have
been
the focus of increased
innovation and resulting
growth,
while
others
are falling behind in
relevancy.
Tesla,
Inc.’s
new
household battery has
turned
off-the-grid
lifestyles into realities
for those who have
wished to live off of the

current,

Stay tuned: Physics
students at Suffolk
astronomical
research at Mass
General Hospital
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SGA, regarding when a contract would be signed
with a new president. The university’s website

community sent on Tuesday
that

the

interviews

with

finalists will be underway “after
detailed reference checking and

due diligence” was completed.
In the Nov. 30 SGA meeting Brooks said

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NEWS BRIEFS
Award-winning poet
to visit Suffolk
Award-winning poet Jane Hirshfield will visit Suffolk University
on Wednesday, in what the University describes as “a day of
exploration and inspiration.” According to the University’s website,
Hirshfield will lead a roundtable discussion with members of
the Suffolk community and several invited guests hosted by the
Poetry Center. During the discussion participants will get to ask
Hirshfield about her craft. Hirshfield has published over a dozen
works, including The Beauty (2015), a finalist for the National Book
Award. “Her work is deeply informed by a confluence of Buddhist
thought and feminism,” said Fred Marchant, Professor Emeritus
and Director of the Poetry Center. At the end of the day, Hirshfield
will hold a reading at which she is expected to read new works,
which will be open to the public. “A reading is the unique occasion
of hearing the person who composed those works reading them
as they were intended to be read,” said Marchant. The roundtable
discussion kicks off at 3 p.m. at the Poetry Center in the Mildred
F. Sawyer Library, 3rd Floor. The public poetry reading will be
held at 7:00 p.m. in the Blue Sky Lounge & Commons in Sargent
Hall, 5th Floor.

Flu activity hits peak in
Massachusetts
Doctors and public health officials have quickly become
overwhelmed by the worst flu season in recent history. According
to the most recent numbers from the Department of Public Health
(DPH), 5,708 cases of the flu had been confirmed by the week
ending Feb. 2. At Massachusetts General Hospital alone, 11 people
have succumbed to the illness so far. Officials with the DPH are
urging people to get vaccinated, as the season is nowhere near over.
“It’s not unusual for us to see a second wave of influenza B after
the wave of influenza A,’’ Dr. Alfred DeMaria said to The Boston
Globe. “We are seeing an increase in the incidence of influenza B
so it could protect you from that.” DeMaria said that while there
is still concern about the flu in the greater Boston area, the rate
of infection is declining in the region. Central Massachusetts has
had a particularly low rate in comparison to the rest of the state.
While DeMaria says it’s not clear why the central part of the state
was spared, it’s a welcome relief for overwhelmed emergency
rooms. Increased flu activity has gotten the attention of at least
one member of the state’s congressional delegation. Senator Ed
Markey (D-MA) said during a recent visit to Massachusetts General
Hospital that Congress must invest $1 billion in the development
of a universal flu vaccination. Markey plans to introduce the bill
this week.

Suffolk in last stretch
of hiring process
From SEARCH - 1 integrity of the process,” this year. A candidate

number of candidates
already have jobs or are
current
presidents
at
other universities.
“Search
Committee
Chair
John
Brooks
provided
the
Suffolk
Community with an update
on the search today.
As he stated [Tuesday]
and in December, the
Presidential
Search
Committee has agreed
that it is in the best
interests of the University
that the search remains
closed to protect the
confidentiality
of
the
candidates
and
the

said Gatlin in an email
correspondence to The
Journal
on
Tuesday
evening.
The number of total
applicants or a current
timeline toward a hiring
was not confirmed to
Journal reporters as being
up to date or differentiated
from Brooks’ comments
in the Nov. 30 SGA
meeting during recent
correspondences.
In years past, semifinalist
presidential
candidates were brought
on campus for a tour and a
“day at Suffolk.” Recently,
multiple sources have told
Journal reporters that
protocol will be different

will eventually be chosen
and allegedly will not be
announced until after a
contract is signed.
Gatlin continued to
refer The Journal to
the message sent to the
Suffolk community on
Tuesday and said, “the
Committee
does
not
have any information
to add beyond that
communication at this
time.”
Brooks did not respond
to multiple inquiries to
comment.

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Ending ‘War on Coal’
Solar industry leader predicts massive
unemployment hike in response
to Trump’s budget cut
Coal and solar industry employment

Those employed

2 FEB. 7, 2018

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“The decision effectively will
cause the loss of roughly 23,000
American jobs this year”
From ENERGY - 1

nation’s power grid. Hundreds
of thousands of electric cars
hitting the roads has reduced the
demand for petroleum. Increased
mining automation has removed
much of the physical labor
associated with coal extraction.
The United States uses every
type of energy generation in
varying quantities, and employs
tens of thousands in the areas of
energy research, fuel extraction,
power grid maintenance and any
other sector along the supply
path of electricity.
“[Energy]
sectors
today
employ
approximately
6.4
million
Americans.
These
sectors increased in 2016 by just
under five percent, adding over
300,000 net new jobs, roughly
14 percent of all those created
in the country,” reported the
Department of Energy.
Not all energy sectors have
grown equally, as the greatest
decline was seen in the coal
industry over the past 10 years.
Many Americans who have been
employed by or have families
who have been employed by
the coal industry have felt
forgotten, or worse, actively
disenfranchised. This growing
mindset has led to an increase in
political motivations to speak on
protecting coal, as many voters
will seek out a candidate who
they feel will protect their dying
livelihood.
Trump’s decision to reduce

government
funding
for
renewables
ends
the
long
history of continuous job growth
and innovation for energy
production. His plan also risks
damaging the livelihoods of
hundreds of thousands who
are currently being employed
specifically by the solar, biofuel
and wind energy industries.
The
proposal
would
kill
research
in
bioenergy
technologies by 82 percent,
advanced manufacturing by 75
percent, solar energy technology
by 78 percent and fuel efficient
vehicles by 82 percent.
“The decision effectively will
cause the loss of roughly 23,000
American jobs this year, including
many in manufacturing, and
it will result in the delay or
cancellation
of
billions
of
dollars in solar investments,”
said the Solar Energy Industries
Association. “These [tariffs] will
create a crisis in a part of our
economy that has been thriving,
which will ultimately cost tens of
thousands of hard-working, bluecollar Americans their jobs.”
Feijoo remains optimistic on
her thoughts of her future career.
“Even though it’s grim right
now, it’s giving me hope that
there’s backlash to this decision
of his. Change will come, he is
just a barrier in the way. Him
prolonging this will only give
us more to clean up when he’s
gone.”

Connect with Kyle
by emailing
kcrozier@su.suffolk.edu

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BEFORE AND AFTER CHARLOTTESVILLE

A better model for tomorrow:
Inclusion, freedom in dialogue for students in the classroom
institutions.
Ben-Porath’s
lecture
inside Sargent Hall last
week tackled the concerns
and solutions to creating
a college environment
where all students have
the ability to speak
openly, even if their
opinions are unpopular
or cause debate.
“It’s a reason for me
to be very proud of our
institution, that it moved
very quickly after those
events in August to think
about how Suffolk would
respond and preserve its
principles as a community
but also embrace this
question of free speech,”
said professor and chair
of Suffolk’s philosophy
department
Gregory
Morgan Hume/ Journal Staff Fried.
Ben-Porath listed a
number
of
obstacles
that have prevented free
speech from occurring on
campus. She said civility
contracts,
regulating
we are,” said Ben-Porath. speech in a way that
“And so what we need satisfies political demands
to always ask is: have I and
prioritizing
bias
created the conditions to reporting systems have all
allow for the dialogue to been counterproductive
continue?”
to free speech.
The
concerns
“You want students not
surrounding free speech to feel intimidated when
on
college
campuses they are reporting that
stemmed from multiple somebody is treating them
factors.
According
to unfairly, so I understand
Ben-Porath, an increase the motivation [of bias
in diversity, including a reporting systems],” said
bigger representation of Ben-Porath. “But I think
racial minority groups as these kind of approaches
well as a greater divide are undermining students
between democrats and relationships
to
their
republicans, has brought instructors.”
different
perspectives
Ben-Porath
focused
to
higher
education on how to create and

“The work on maintaining an inclusive and free
environment is part of the work that we do as a
college campus.”
-Sigal R. Ben-Porath
Morgan Hume
Journal Staff

From the University of
California, Berkeley to the
streets of Charlottesville,
VA, the topic of free
speech
has
sparked
debate and protest in
recent months. Across the
country, universities are
trying to devise a plan
where students can be
educated in an orderly,
learning
environment
and have free inquiry to
express their thoughts

and ideas.
Sigal R. Ben-Porath,
professor of Education,
Political
Science
and
Philosophy
at
the
University of Pennsylvania
gave her opinions and
possible solutions to this
ongoing dilemma. She
emphasized that students
should be seen as equal
members of the school
community.
“The
work
on
maintaining an inclusive
and free environment is
part of the work that we
do as a college campus.
This is part of our
mission, it’s part of who

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maintain an inclusive
environment in school
communities so students
are able to share their
opinions confidently and
have open discussions
on topics that influence
and impact them, even if
some of the conversations
involve sensitive issues.
In addition to students’
ability to speak their
minds, Ben-Porath said
that professors should
encourage conversation
that arises in class even
if the conversation strays
away from their lesson
plan.
“I try to create to
basically model as much
as I can a comfortable
and respectful classroom
environment
where
I
allow for students to
speak their mind,” said
Communications
and
Journalism
professor
Shoshana
MadmoniGerber in an interview
with The Suffolk Journal.
“I encourage students to
ask questions, to say if
they’re not comfortable
with something. I try
to check in to see how
students feel about a
specific topic.”
Two
seniors
in
attendance,
Claire
Mulvena and Elena Jacob,
said in an interview with
The Suffolk Journal that
they have had no issues
with free speech during
their time at Suffolk. BenPorath showed them a
new point of view in the
issues revolving around
free speech debate and
allowed them to think

about it from a different
angle.
“There’s a lot of grey
area that I think you
don’t understand when
[you’ve only experienced]
the student perspective,”
Mulvena said. “I think it’s
interesting hearing from a
professor who is not only
really kind of supporting
free speech but also has
to think of it in terms
like, ‘I have to run an
institution,’ so I thought
it was interesting.”
This event was hosted
by “Before and After
Charlottesville: Inclusion
and Freedom in Dialogue,”
Suffolk
University’s
yearlong initiative that
was launched in the
wake of the events of
Charlottesville, V.A., after
a white nationalists rally
became violent in August
2017. The series invites
guest speakers, screens
films and other events for
the Suffolk community
that are directed at
issues that could emerge
after the controversy in
Virginia.
The “Before and After
Charlottesville: Inclusion
and Freedom in Dialogue,”
initiative
has
more
events planned for this
semester, which include
a “Congress to Campus”
event on February 28 and
a screening of the film
“Gook” on March 22.

Connect with Morgan
by emailing
mhume@su.suffolk.edu

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POLITICAL PULSE

Trump’s State of the Union
looked to take credit, hardline stances

P

resident
Donald
J. Trump
delivered
his first State of the Union
Address – a speech made
annually by the President
of the United States for
over two-hundred years.
“Over the last year
we have made incredible
progress and achieved
extraordinary
success,”
said
Trump
in
his
80-minute speech, which

“It was clear
that Trump
wanted
to make a
hardline stance
on immigration
in the State of
the Union”
highlighted the passage
of the Republican tax
plan. The President called
for immigration policy, a
stronger
infrastructure
package and strict foreign
intervention
against
North Korea.
Suffolk
University
Government
Associate
Professor
Dr.
Brian
Conley was surprised by
some of the president’s

policy choices.
“The thing I was
most surprised by is
the idea that the U.S.
is going to continue to
use Guantánamo [Bay
detention
camp]
as
some part of foreign
policy and the war on
terrorism,” said Conley in
a recent interview. “Both
previous administrations
acknowledged
that
it
was a really problematic
response to wars in
Afghanistan and Iraq.”
Toward
the
end
of
Barack
Obama’s
presidency,
Obama
reflected
on
his
administration and one
change he would make
if he could, which was “I
think I would have closed
Guantánamo on the first
day,” according to the
New Yorker.
Suffolk
students
were most struck by the
president’s comments on
immigration.
“It was clear that
Trump wanted to make
a hardline stance on
immigration in the State
of the Union,” said senior
International
Relations
major Jenny Rego.
Rego
added
that
advisers such as Stephen
Miller likely influenced
Trump’s
immigration

decision.
Trump characterized
immigration reform in
the State of the Union
Address as “one where
nobody gets everything
they want, but where our
country gets the critical
reforms it needs.”
Trump’s immigration
plan included creating
a path to citizenship for
immigrants who meet
work
and
education
requirements
where
Democrats can likely agree
with. Other areas of the
plan are more polarizing
like building a wall along
the
Mexican-American
border, eliminating the
Diversity
Immigrant
Visa and ending what
Republicans call “chain
migration,”
which
is
when immediate families
immigrate together.
James
Usovicz,
a
freshman
double
majoring in History and
Government agreed with
Rego.
“I think immigration
really stood out in this
address, Trump seems
very keen to put pressure
on the matter,” said
Usovicz.
Massachusetts
Congressman
Joe
Kennedy delivered the
Democratic party’s official

response to President
Trump’s first year in
office. A technical school
in what Kennedy called
“a proud American city,
built by immigrants” of
Fall River, Massachusetts
served as the venue for
his response.
“This administration
isn’t just targeting the

“It is standard
for presidents
to claim
whatever
benefit is
happening
while in office.”
laws that protect us –
they are targeting the
very idea that we are all
worthy of protection,”
said Kennedy.
Rego,
who
has
interned for Kennedy,
felt the Congressman
accurately reflected the
position of his party and
his own values.
“What stood out to
me most in his speech
was his statement [which
was] spoken Spanish that
the Democrats will fight
for the Dreamers,” said
Rego. “A message I think
showed a lot of solidarity

Maggie Randall
Political Commentator
By Twitter user CNN

with immigrants around
the country who are being
persecuted on multiple
fronts by the Trump
administration.”
Some of the nation’s
leading publications, such
as the Washington Post,
the New York Times,
ABC News and others
offered “fact-checks” that
assessed the truthfulness
of various assertions and
lies made by Trump.
“There are implications
any time elected officials
mislead the public,” said
Conley, who assured that
saying the President lied
in the State of the Union
Address is “a really quite
bold assertion.”
Trump
boasted
economic achievements
such as job creation,
increased
wages
and
historic
low
unemployment
rates
for
African-Americans.
The question remains as
to what extent Trump
played a role in shaping
the economy so quickly in
his first year.
“It is standard for
presidents
to
claim
whatever
benefit
is
happening
while
in
office,” Conley explained,
regardless of whether or
not he played a role in
that success.

Trump also made calls
for bipartisanship in his
address, rhetoric that may
be foiled if Congressional
Republicans
and
the
White House fail to
negotiate a budget this
week and suffer another
government shutdown.
“Another
shutdown
would likely serve to
only further lower public
faith in Congress,” said
Usovicz who believes
that Congress will pass a
budget, or a continuing
resolution that would
fund the government
temporarily.
“It means that its purely
rhetorical,” said Conley
if the government does
shut down, “that there
is working bipartisanship
in Washington – it’s a
rhetorical claim.”
Conley
also
recommended
that
students gather
an
understanding
of
the
president’s agenda, not
just from the State of the
Union, but by reading
newspapers regularly and
even using Twitter to
stay up to date on actions
taken by Congress and
the administration.

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by emailing
mrandall@su.suffolk.edu

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#BREAKING: Syrian media: Air
defenses respond to ‘new Israeli
aggression’ near Damascus

WORLD



STAY TUNED

Acclaimed Israeli-Palestinian author
and screen writer Sayed Kashua
comes to Suffolk to talk media.
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A PERSONAL STORY

To leave home behind
for a US education

Scenes from a journalist in Prague
Assistant World News Editor Amy Koczera went into Prague
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,
while posting pictures for The Suffolk Journal.
She is heading to Austria on Friday.

Amy Koczera/ Asst. World News Editor & Prague Correspondent

View from a castle overlooking Prague city.

of your parents house or

mean that we stop caring

your whole life into two
suitcases and leave the
place you grew up in,
your friends and your
family, to start it all from
scratch; because home is
not a safe place anymore.
It is not that we want
to leave, we do not. It
is not that we want to
“invade” other countries
to steal jobs, it is that we
cannot survive in the sad
reality that has become
our home. We are sad.
We are terrified. We just
want to live normally.
There are things that
people who have been
living their whole lives
in developed countries
might take for granted.
Sadly, Caracas has become
one of the most dangerous
cities in the world and
daily occurrences have
become a luxury. Walking
the streets without the
constant fear of being
robbed or kidnapped,
being able to find food
in the supermarket or
medicine for the ill in a
hospital are only some of
the numerous problems
we face every single
day back home (Not to
mention
the
massive
increase in poverty).
This is why anyone
who finds the opportunity
to leave and lead a normal
life, goes in search of
comfort and tranquility.
However, it does not

beings, we all deserve
to live somewhere we
feel safe and where
have the opportunity to
thrive emotionally and
professionally.
Make no mistake; it is
a bittersweet sentimentleaving one’s country.
Should we be happy
we left or sad that we
“abandoned” the cause?
Why do some of us get this
opportunity while others
continue struggling in the
prison that has become
our home?
These are not easy
questions
to
answer,
but something we can
be certain of is that
those of us who find the
opportunity should take
advantage of our luck and
make the best of it.
Here is my advice for
all emotionally conflicted
immigrants out there: do
what interests you. Get
an education and flourish
as a professional so that
you can eventually go
back home and be part
of the generation that
will rebuild the country
that saw you grow and
blossom. Be the person
that will help recover the
land that owns half of
your heart and is forever
present in your dreams.

Alex Gazzani
going away for college. I for our country. We do. It
Journal Contributor
am talking about packing just means that as human
Every day I dream of
waking up to the sound
of the wind in the palm
trees and the sound of
crashing waves. I dream
of the warm, tropical
breeze
stroking
my
cheeks in the sunlight
and I dream of a happy
family dinner filled with
jokes, laughter and the
flavors and smells of my
mother’s kitchen. Instead,
I study, work hard and
spend my days thinking
about how lucky I am to
have escaped our reality
and of being able to start
a new life elsewhere.
Nonetheless, it is with a
heavy heart that I cherish
the memories of growing
up in a country that had
so much potential, and
yet, fell into a downward
spiral of chaos.
Venezuela used to
be one of the most
economically and socially
thriving
countries
in
South America, where
people went to dive
into the crystal waters
at the beach or to seek
adventure
within
the
exotic mysteries of the
Amazon Jungle. But the
economic and political
anarchy we have been
facing this past decade
plunged our country into
its darkest years.
Having to leave your
home is not easy. I am not
talking about moving out

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by emailing
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An authentic tredelnik pastry enjoyed on the cobblestone.

The Charles Bridge, which spans the Vlatan River.

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The world at-large

Deadly earthquake hits Taiwan
A 6.4-magnitude earthquake hit near
Hualien, Taiwan just before midnight
Monday, 12 miles off the country’s
coast. Officials have confirmed with
multiple news sources that two people
have been killed and more than 200 people were
injured. The tremor collapsed portions of Hualien
and left hundreds of people trapped in buildings
across the city, BBC reported. Early reports from
Taiwan News stated that more than five major
Hualien buildings have been rendered to rubble
and the paved streets have split open in some
areas. Photographs that have emerged depicting
the devastation in Hualien show buildings that
have collapsed completely, or are leaning at
precarious angles. Two bridges in in the city
have been sealed off because of the damage they
have sustained. Multiple landslides along the
Suhua Highway have also been triggered by the
earthquake, closing the highway to traffic. The
tremor occurred on the second anniversary of a
6.4-magnitude earthquake that killed 117 people
in Tainan, Taiwan. Aftershocks could reportedly be
felt 100 miles away in the island country’s capital
of Taipei. Taiwan sits on two tectonic plates and
is has been hit by a long string of earthquakes
in the last week. Monday night’s earthquake was
the most powerful and has followed nearly 100
smaller recent tremors, according to the Guardian.
Taiwan’s president, Tsai Ing-wen, announced on
Facebook that emergency services around the
island were gearing up to assist those affected.

UN alleged chemical attack in Syria
United Nations war crime expert are
investigating are looking into reports
of chorine-filled bombs in the rebeloccupied Eastern Ghouta area; on
Thursday, more than 40 people were killed by
the airstrikes in the Damascus suburb, according
to multiple news sources, but it has not been
confirmed if the airstrike was a chemical one.
Medics activists and Western powers in the
region told BBC that the government has used
more than six toxic attack in the last 30 days.
The government has dismissed the claims as
“lies.” These attacks are not the first to be
recorded in the nation of Syria, as similar
violence have occurred in 2014, 2015 and last
April when an aerial attack killed 100 people.
The United States and Russia have traded verbal
blows over the rooted responsibility of these
attacks. U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki
Haley told the Security Council on Monday that
Russia’s proposal for an investigative body in
Syria, “is a way to whitewash the findings of
the last investigation that Russia desperately
wants to bury,” according to CBS News.
Russian Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia initiated
a body of investigation that would determine
the responsibility of these attacks against
the U.S.and its allies. According to the San
Francisco Chronicle, Nebenzia claimed that the
common goal is to work toward accusing the
Syrian government of using chemical weapons
“where no perpetrators have been identified.”

W

Cult busted for slavery in Brazil
Brazilian police arrested 13 members of
a religious sect for alleged enslavement,
human trafficking and money laundering.
The religious group known as the
Evangelical Community of Jesus, the Truth that
Marks was targeted by Brazilian authorities as
part of an investigation into the sect, according
to multiple news sources. Police raided several
businesses owned by the group and is currently
looking for nine more people, including the sect’s
leader, who is identified as “Father Cicero.” The
church is estimated to have approximately 6,000
followers, reported BBC. According to statements
released by investigators in Brazil, the church in
São Paulo convinced “vulnerable” and “fragile”
people to leave their families in exchange for a
new life in the countryside, and told them that
the sect was egalitarian so they would give all of
their possessions to the church. Once on the sect’s
rural businesses, people were not compensated
for work and would be under surveillance if they
travelled to local town. “The reality is this, it’s the
manipulation of the mind. The guys can totally
undo your life, make you leave your family,” said
one unnamed follower to Brazilian news channel
Globo G1. “When I opened my eyes it was too
late. And there were lots like me. And they had
handed over everything.” Brazilian police said
that the church’s hierarchy used the profits from
donations, as well as unpaid labor, for land,
houses and luxury cars, BBC wrote in a report
this week.

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ARTS & CULTURE

FEBRUARY 7, 2018 | PAGE 7

SPEAK AND BE HEARD

Using the power of spoken word and personal accounts of hardships,
Nigerian women shed light on the truth of the daily struggles women face.
Courtesy of Gretjen Helene Photography

By Kaitlin Hahn, Copy Editor

Illuminated by the 10 electric
candles held by 10 respective women,
the small OBERON stage was
brightened for the briefest of moments
to start a night dedicated to shedding
light on the stories of the Nigerian
women who have suffered the most
extreme hardships. They start off in
unison, swaying their lights together
as they move about the stage, only to
eventually go their separate ways.

This
opening,
introducing the women as
united is the first of many
in the production “Hear
Word! Naija Woman Talk
True” by Ifeoma Fafunwa,
illustrating the hardships
Nigerian women face as
they deal with oppression
and discrimination in
their country.
The
production
is
composed
of
varying
mini-scenes, each giving
different
perspectives
on events that happen
in life as a Naija woman.
From
heartaches
to
successes, the audience
grew entranced as each
actor gave her whole
heart, passionate about
the treatment of women
in Nigeria.

Each scene discussed
a different side to the
oppression women face
in Nigeria, ranging from
the pressure to marry at
the age of seven to losing
all your possessions and
rights when you become
a widow later in life.
Along with providing
an
insight
to
these
tragedies, the women
also took part in the
societal
reaction
to
these injustices, from
a mother rejecting her
12-year-old
daughter
due to her miscarriage
which resulted in a failed
marriage to a woman
dancing and singing to
fight off oppression with,
“I reject all limitations
placed
on
my
life’s

expectation.”
The women’s words
were
accompanied
with a three-man band,
providing
traditional
music with their use
of drums and cymbals
to create emotion and
complexity which worked
to solidify the message of
the scenes, drawing the
audience to open their
eyes to this world of
discrimination.
The simplicity of the
set, with each scene
having one prop per
character at max, added
to the meaning of the
message,
displaying
how much these women
actually struggle as they
try to make the best out
of their situations. The

traditional dress helped
identify the characters
in their different stages
of life, as simple dresses
showed the age of the
young girls, while the
wrap dresses differed
the mothers from the
children.
Besides the musicians,
no men appeared on
stage, which added to
the emphasis on female
empowerment. The only
mention of men in the
play happened when a
widower’s late husband’s
family came to take her
belongings
that
she,
herself had worked for.
The women who were
playing the “men” were
wearing dark clothing
and not in the light,

putting the focus on the
oppression the woman
was feeling as all the
possessions
she
had
worked for was taken.
The last few scenes
of the play focused on
the positives of female
empowerment, as women
took the stage totting
messages of self love
with, “How are you going
to love others if you
don’t love yourself?,” and
the wonders of women
enjoying the sex they
partake in with their
partners instead of the
expectation of having
sex for the enjoyment
of
others
and
not
themselves.
Each member of the
cast, standing in unity

with each other, listed off
the obscenities that each
scene dealt with, bringing
the audience face-to-face
with the oppression Najia
women deal with headon on a daily basis. This
summary, or condensing
of the production, enticed
great
applause
from
the audience, erupting
into multiple standing
ovations for the actresses,
musicians and director.
“Hear Word!: Naija
Woman Talk True” will be
running at the A.R.T until
Feb. 11 at the Loeb Drama
Center in Cambridge.

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Spring Showcase 2018: an existential crisis, celebrating women
Felicity Otterbein
Arts & Culture Editor
Within the theater
community
lies
an
undeniable thirst to create
and
suspend
reality,
if only for the briefest
of moments. A hunger
to
create
passionate,
personable and personal
content is always on the
rise. At Suffolk University,
this
trend
remains
amongst its gifted theater
student writers, directors
and producers. Perhaps
one of Suffolk’s greatest
accolades is its ability to
showcase the talents of
its patrons in a way that
encapsulates each one’s
personality and character
on a platform that begs
for attention. This year’s
Spring Showcase does just
that.
Comprised of just two
shows this year, Showcase
offers up a pair of sinfully
creative and innovative
performances
that
displays the raw talents
hidden deep within the
floors of the Theatre
department.
However,
without
the
student
directors and their ability
to see beyond the barren
onyx walls of the Sullivan
Studio black box theater,
these creations may never
have seen the light of day,

Felicity Otterbein / Arts & Culture Editor

Freshman Grace Rizzuto(left) and
sophomore Alice Byrne(right) in
“I Enjoy Being a Girl.”

and their creators the
chance to shine.
Though perhaps the
most inspirational part of
this particular event, is
the level of support that
circulates
throughout
the department. Faculty
supporting
students,
students supporting one
another - the current
system in place is so
self-sufficient, it draws
attention
into
itself
and tends to glow from
within.
Senior Theater major
Elektra
T.
Newman
described her gratitude
toward the department
and this year’s Showcase

for the continuation of
support and assistance.
“It’s a collaborative
process,” she said in an
interview with The Suffolk
Journal on Tuesday night.
“It’s inspiring, it makes
me feel happy that I’m
doing this. Happy and
proud.”
No stranger to the
stage,
Newman
has
had her fair share of
involvement with the
department
and
the
variety of productions
within it, all of which
she said, have helped her
reach this pivotal moment
in her career.
“It’s exciting and it’s

different obviously, it’s
kind of nice too because
I’ve gone through four
years of college and this
is kind of like piecing all
of that together and doing
design work and writing a
show, and directing. It’s a
lot, but I’ve had a lot of
help along the way,” she
said.
Newman’s production,
“Acting
101//Ames’
Room,” originally started
when she was in high
school. Taking inspiration
from the concepts of
teachings within various
religions,
Newman
described her show as an
individualistic
journey.
Newman said she noticed
performance
studies
aspect of theater in life
and religion and what it
takes to become more
refined self and reach a
higher state of being.
“You can take life and
make it a performance,”
she said.
Similar to Newman
is senior Theater major
Victoria
Isotti.
Also
a frequenter of the
theater
department
and its colorful array
of
productions,
Isotti
is all too familiar with
the concepts of theater
production and all that
goes
into
launching
a
successful
show.
Spending the past four
years
participating

in
other
student-run
performances, Isotti told
The Journal how excited
she was to finally call a
performance her own.
“This
is
different
because
it’s
more
personal,” she said. “It’s
my baby, it’s my show, I
created it, I cast it, I’ve
been working on it for
about a year now so it’s
not more meaningful it’s
just more of my own.
Which as before it was
always someone else’s
vision, now it’s completely
mine.”
Isotti is particularly
proud of how she was
able to combine two
passions of hers - women
and gender studies and
musical theater - into a
performance that would
be groundbreaking for
the showcase series.
“No one had done a
musical showcase before
so I was determined to be
the first. I really wanted
to do a show that I could
create, because I’m not a
playwright. This felt like
something that I could
fully be proud of,” she
said.
Isotti’s performance,
“I Enjoy Being a Girl,”
is entirely comprised of
women with a heavy focus
on songs and feelings
that evoke femininity and
what it means to be a
female.

“I just really wanted
to portray how women
have
been
portrayed
throughout the century
and i want people to see
that even though the
songs have gotten bigger
and brighter, that nothing
has really changed so far,
even though the portrayal
is still the same basically,”
she said.
While
the
two
directors prepped for
their performances, news
came just a week and
a half before curtain
call that their third
counterpart,
junior
theater major Sam Deans,
would have his show cut
from this years Showcase
installment. Both Deans
and Theatre Department
Managing Director James
Kaufman, in separate
interviews
with
The
Journal corroborated that
Deans’ show has only been
postponed until late April
to coincide with additional
Theatre
department
programming.

Spring Showcase will
run Feb. 8 - 11 at the
Sullivan Studio Theater
at 8p.m. Tickets are
free but reservations
are encouraged, sign up
online at web.ovationtix.
com/trs/pe.c/10232702.

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Versace on the ground: tragedy in a fashion empire
Jacquelyn Jarnagin
Journal Contributor

Ryan Murphy’s latest
installment in his awardwinning
“American
Crime Story” franchise
has everyone talking.
According to Show Buzz
Daily, “The Assassination
of Gianni Versace” had
2.22
million
viewers
glued to their screen on
the night of its premiere;
by the following morning,
Versace’s name was the
most searched-for topic
on the internet.
While it will only have
nine episodes in total,
“American Crime Story”
has already proven itself
to be Emmy-nominated
material. The costume
and set designs are
absolutely phenomenal,
and
the
resemblance
between the actors and
the people they are
portraying is uncanny.
From the heartbreaking
emotions of Versace’s
widowed lover Antonio
D’Amico played by Ricky

By Twitter user @ACSFX

Penélope Cruz as Donatella Versace in
“American Crime Story:
The Assassination of Gianni Versace.”
Martin to the tour de
force that is Versace’s
sister Donatella played by
Penélope Cruz, “Versace”
has all of the glamor, sex
and scandals that make
for quality television.
Undoubtedly, the most
unforgettable element of
this season’s hottest show
is its antagonist, Andrew

Cunanan. Portrayed by
the charismatic Darren
Criss, best remembered
as Blaine Anderson from
“Glee,” also created by
Ryan Murphy, Andrew
Cunanan is the true
subject of the series.
The first ten minutes of
episode one are a chilling
performance of the one

thing Cunanan would be
best known for doing:
murdering
acclaimed
fashion designer Gianni
Versace played by Édgar
Ramírez. From there,
viewers are taken back
in time — and inside
Cunanan’s mind — to
explore the events that
led to this shocking crime.

Only two episodes
have aired so far, but
that’s more than enough
to prove that this is the
role of Criss’ career. The
actor does a first-rate job
as Cunanan, capturing his
desire for attention and
the outrageous lengths he
took to be noticed.
Not much was known
about Andrew Cunanan
back in 1997 when he
shot Versace on the
front step of his Miami
mansion; as a matter of
fact, not much is known
about him to this very
day. This is not surprising,
as Cunanan himself was
a pathological liar who
made himself impossible
to find. One can imagine
how much trouble this
caused the FBI as they
embarked on what would
be dubbed “the largest
failed manhunt in U.S.
history.”
What little is known
about Cunanan lies within
the pages of Maureen
Orth’s “Vulgar Favors: The
Assassination of Gianni
Versace,” is derived from.
Orth writes of a man-child

obsessed with his image
whose reckless behavior
ultimately led to his own
self-destruction.
Cunanan’s final victim
was himself: a little over a
week after killing Versace,
Andrew shot himself in
the head with the gun
he had used to kill three
other people, including
Gianni Versace. He had
stolen this gun from his
first victim Jeffrey Trail.
His body was found in the
second-story bedroom of
a Miami Beach houseboat.
Andrew Cunanan, the
man “most likely to be
remembered,” finally got
the fame he wanted all
his life.
“The Assassination of
Gianni Versace: American
Crime
Story,”
airs
Wednesdays at 10 p.m.
on FX.

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the
full
review
online
at
thesuffolkjournal.com.

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International students are not granted enough
work-study positions, even though they have no
other options for paid work outside the university’s
By Alex Gazzani, Journal Contributor

S

everal
Suffolk
University students
have been speaking
up
about
the
difficulties of finding oncampus jobs to which
they might be eligible
for. It is known that
Suffolk has a very diverse
set of students within
its community, and yet,
many of them feel they
are not considered in the
work ambit.
Student employment
at the university is mostly
sponsored by the Federal
Work Study Program,
which
is
considered
exclusively for American
Citizens.
This
program
distributes
jobs
on
campus for full and parttime students, depending
on their demonstration of
financial needs. Since this
is the largest resource
for student employment,
the majority of the jobs
offered on campus are
based on the program,
which makes it hard for
the average international
student to find a paid
job
on-campus.
Even
though American citizens
are legally able to work

outside the university,
most
students
prefer
working
on
campus
because of its adaptability
to working schedules
and
concurrence
with
the
semester
calendar.
Nevertheless,
international
students

the student must be on
their sophomore year
of college, restricting
freshmen that want to
work.
It could be argued
that this matter has
transcended
into
a
national issue rather than

the job availability for
international
students.
Many of us are very
capable and willing to
work but, at least in my
case, whenever I found a
job I was interested on,
I needed to be eligible
for work study hours,

“Even though Suffolk
makes the statement that
diversity plays a big role
in our community, many
internationals feel left out on
working opportunities.”
who
want
to
gain
professional experience
find themselves within a
very limited option range.
Some of the few jobs that
they can legally work on
are teaching assistants,
residence assistants and
orientation leaders, but
even then, in some cases

just a concern at Suffolk
University because the
Work Study Program is
a governmental matter,
and used in every higher
education entity across
the country. “The thing
is, the university is not
considering that there
might be unfairness in

and since I am not
American, work study
does not apply”, said
Valeria Losada, a current
freshman from Colombia
in search of an on-campus
job.
Even though Suffolk
makes the statement that
diversity plays a big role

in our community, many
internationals feel left out
on working opportunities.
This is due to the fact
that the university is
the only place they can
legally work, and many
feel American students
who have other working
opportunities are taking
their spots.
Suffolk
sophomore
Claudia Sachs of Costa
Rica said, “If I could
work anywhere outside
of campus I would, but
I literally do not have
that option, and the
few opportunities that
I should have here on
campus are being limited
to
American
citizens
rather than for all Suffolk
students”.
On
a
personal
note, being myself an
international
student
who had a very hard
time finding an oncampus job, I can certify
that the limitation of
work
opportunities
here at Suffolk is rather
frustrating, because many
of us come from countries
where we do not have
the work opportunities
the United States is so

praised to hold. We come
here in search of a better
education and a better
way to gain experience
in our professional work
ambit, and having to
struggle with not finding
jobs in the only place we
are legally able to, can
really become a hardship.
So what could be
done in order to provide
more
opportunities
for on-campus jobs for
international students?
A possible solution
could be to create a specific
student
employment
program that focuses
on the distribution of
jobs for non-American
citizens,
as
well
as
opening up spots for
internationals in current
job positions that are only
available for Americans.
This way, our Suffolk
community
can
truly
become undifferentiated
ideologically, and the
international students can
gain the work experience
they deserve.

Connect with Alex
by emailing
agazzani@su.suffolk.edu

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Most college students
impatiently wait for the
day they turn 21 and can
legally drink alcohol in
the United States. But
even before that day,
underage young adults
will find ways to consume
alcohol behind closed
doors from dorms to
dingy apartments.
Suffolk
University
is considered a “dry
campus,” meaning that
no alcohol is permitted
on campus or in dorms,
no matter the age of
the student, according
to
the
University’s
Student Handbook. The
goal of this policy is to
discourage
underage
drinking, especially since
underage students are
normally the ones who
live in the dorms.
This policy seems outof-date and ineffective
to
combat
illegal
intoxication. Just because
there is a rule in place,
does not mean that
students will not find a
way to break it. This also
allows students to drink
irresponsibly,
leading
to alcohol poisoning or
worse because there is
little supervision at an
age where many people
don’t know their limit.

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Patrick Holmes
Opinion Editor

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An advice to the next leader,
whether they have been at the
university or not:
Be student driven by asking
what students want. Get them
engaged in major decisions and
we guarantee, alumni will donate,
more students will apply and the
enthusiasm for Suffolk will grow.
But, stop assuming what the
students need.

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Two years ago, Suffolk was in
the midst of their largest media
debacle. Since that time, it has
attempted to repair the integrity
of this institution, yet haven’t
involved its students enough.

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Students are what create and
make the university, and for what
some Suffolk veterans say-- upper
administration has targeted their
top offices as their only focus.
Suffolk, start investing in your
students.

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Suffolk needs a new direction, a
new brand. It needs to promote
not just the overused “in the heart
of the city” statement, splashed
across ultra-repetitive brochures,
but to showcase its students and
their drive to make the university
succeed.

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For the past seven years, Suffolk
University has accumulated as
many presidents, and as each
have created a new “issue” on
campus that has resulted in the
next head, many of them have
placed a “bandaid” on each of
these problems. From the lack of
classrooms to a low retention rate,
the parade of presidents have sold
buildings with the next person
sitting in the high seat leasing the
same ones, one will recognize the
absence of space and the next one
will cram students in a conference
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Editor’s Word

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Most of our lives,
there are advertisements,
commercials and stores
everywhere that promote
the
consumption
of
alcohol. The media and
film
romanticize
the
effects,
alluding
that
drinking is part of having
fun. So, it seems like no
surprise that even people
who are underage seek
alcohol.
A dry campus puts
the idea in students
heads that drinking is
considered
negative,
even though their whole
life, they’ve been shown
otherwise.
Something
negative about alcohol
would be if it is abused or
not properly consumed,
which happens to a lot
of young adults. If a
university still wants to
be a dry campus, it would
be helpful to include
alcohol education.
Moreover,
its
not
just
college
students
who are prone to drink.
For
example,
when
prohibition was in effect
in 1920, people still found
ways to drink alcohol,
even though it was
illegal. This goes to show
how banning, not just
alcohol, but anything for
that matter, is a waste of
time and can have greater
repercussions
than
educating others about
the subject.
Instead of limiting

access and spaces where
underage drinking can
happen, there should be
more done to combat
the promotion of alcohol
consumption.
The
university should illicit
more
conversations
around the effects of
being intoxicated and
the dangers of too much
alcohol in the blood
stream.
Precautions
should be taken instead
of punishment after the
fact.
On
many
dry
campuses, if being caught
with alcohol is punishable,
students are less apt to
go to university police
or resident assistants for
help. This could mean a
life or death situation, in
which a student’s safety is
at risk and the university
could be to blame. A life
is more important than a
rule.
This also closes the
conversation surrounding
alcohol and while most
students turn 21 during
college, they may not
know too much about it,
which leads to mistakes
being
made
in
the
consumption of alcohol.
And maybe next time,
even if they aren’t on
campus, they will still be
afraid to get help. Isn’t it
the university’s priority to
keep their students safe
and teach them?
Education can go a long

way toward preventing
alcohol-related
injuries
and
hospitalizations,
instead of making it
prohibited. If students
know they cannot have
something, it can make
them want it more, which
can lead to bad decisions
and more problems will
occur involving alcohol.
When
entering
Suffolk, all freshmen are
required to take a small
online course in alcohol
education, which is a step
in the right direction and
all universities should
follow suit.
However, there should
be more comprehensive
education
on
alcohol
and its effects. This
information should span
the course of each year
of college so students
are reminded to drink
responsibly and take care
of themselves, and each
other.
Overall,
education
is a key component to
combating the illegal
consumption of alcohol
and drinking responsibly.
Let’s start being more
upfront and honest about
these every day issues
instead pushing it under
the rug and hoping it will
go away.

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Eagles clinch
Lombardi trophy
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Suffolk
University
alumna Lauren Spencer,
‘15, attended this years
Super Bowl as the Patriots
social media coordinator.
“I feel so lucky to be
a part of the Patriots
organization and learn
from some of the best
each and every day,” said
Spencer in an interview
with The Suffolk Journal
on Tuesday. “To travel
to the Super Bowl for a
third straight year was
something I’m so thankful
for. I am looking forward
to another great season in
2018.”
After halftime, Brady
and the Patriots offense
looked to dig out of a
10-point deficit.
The Patriots and Eagles
both traded touchdown
passes throughout the
third quarter, with New
England
scoring
two.
The quarter ended with a
score of 29-26.
The
Patriots
were
satisfied with holding the
Eagles to merely a field
goal to begin the fourth
quarter. The score was
32-26, leaving Brady and
the Patriots a chance at
taking their first lead in
the tilt. After charging
their way down the field,
Brady found tight end Rob
Gronkowski in the end
zone for the second time
of the night. After kicker
Stephen
Gostkowski
netted the extra point,
the Patriots took the lead.
With 9:22 to go in
the game, Philadelphia
needed a championship
drive from inexperienced
players. After a third down
stop, New England had
Philadelphia on the ropes.
On fourth down, the
Eagles went for it, again.
They managed to knock
off seven minutes while
completing the drive in
the best possible fashion:
scoring a touchdown to
give them a five-point
advantage. They were
two minutes away from a
stunning upset.
With
Brady
being
one of the greatest
quarterbacks in history,
the Patriots went onto
the field with confidence.
Brady connected with
Gronkowski on the first
play for eight yards.
Then, the Eagles made
a
game-altering
play.
Defensive end Brandon
Graham broke through
the offensive line and
got to Brady, knocking
the ball out of his hands.
The Eagles recovered the

football, and knocked the
wind out of the sails of
the New England offense.
The
fumble
was
the only real chance
remaining
for
New
England, as the game
came down to a prayer.
The Hail Mary pass by
Brady at the end of the
game fell to the ground
un-harmed. Philadelphia
completed
a
massive
upset and won their first
ever Super Bowl title, 4133.
“I’m proud of the way
our players, coaches and
everybody competed for
60 minutes. It just wasn’t
quite
enough,”
said
Belichick in a post-game
interview with ESPN.
A disappointed Brady
said that someone needed
to make a play to change
the game, and noted it
was the Eagles on the
strip-sack.
“The [Eagles] made

Rookie honored, again
Don Porcaro
Journal Staff

Last week, Suffolk
University’s
men’s
basketball
freshman
Brendan
Mulson
was
named
the
Great
Northeast
Athletic
Conference
(GNAC)
Rookie of the Week for his
fourth time this season.
Mulson is the youngest
member of the Rams
leading trio with Michael
Hagopian and Thomas
Duffy. He stands as a
member of the trilogy
with about 12 points-pergame.
During his latest threegame stretch, Mulson
averaged more than 23
points and nine rebounds,
while shooting 57 percent
from the field.
At the start of the
season,
it
took
the
freshman time to find his
footing. In his first five
collegiate games Mulson
averaged only six points
per game, while playing
30 minutes per game.
Mulson’s
breakout
game this season came in
a win against St. Joseph’s
College on Dec. 2. The
freshman recorded 15
points and a team-high
of five steals, while he
shot 60 percent from
the three-point line. The
win sparked a five-game
winning streak, which
propelled the Rams to
jump over .500 where
- Bill Belichick,
they have stayed all
Patriots head coach season. Mulson earned
his first GNAC Rookie of
a good play. They got a the Week honor after his
good rush,” said Brady on
the play.
Suffolk
graduate
Spencer was hoping to be
able to celebrate another From BOURIKAS - 12
Patriots
Super
Bowl
victory, she still enjoyed
her experience with the
complained once in
team.
five years and she just
“Despite
a puts in the work day in
disappointing outcome, and day out.”
the opportunity to work
Head coach Ed Leyden
at Super Bowl LII this past said it is helpful to have
week was truly a special Bourikas and Nagri as
experience,” said Spencer. captains of the Lady Rams
Brady now holds the because of their maturity
record for most passing level. He explained that
yards, 505, in any Super this is essential, especially
Bowl.
when you have a team
The 2018 Super Bowl that
includes
seven
was a host to many underclassmen.
records, including most
“They know how to
total yards from both pace the season and
teams. The Eagles and when things go wrong to
Patriots combined for keep everyone cheerful
over 1,100 total yards, and
counting
their
displaying the complete blessings,” said Leyden
lack of defense.
in an interview with The
Journal on Tuesday. “It’s
really
important
that
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the coach.”

“I’m proud
of the way
our players,
coaches and
everybody
competed for
60 minutes.”

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Brooke Patterson / Sports Editor

Freshman Brendan Mulson named GNAC Rookie of the Week
performance against St.
Joseph's.
“As the season went
on, I naturally became
more comfortable playing
with the guys and with
the speed of the game.
I’m very grateful to be
part of the starting lineup
and look to get better
and better everyday,”
said Mulson in a recent
interview
with
The
Suffolk Journal.
During the winning
streak, Mulson earned his
second GNAC Rookie of
the Week honor after the
Rams defeated University
of Massachusetts Boston
79-69 on Dec. 12.
Being
the
only
freshman in the Rams

starting five has not
stopped Mulson from
continuing his aggressive
play-style. The forward
has put up the third
most shots on the team
and leads the Rams in
rebounding.
“[Mulson] not only is
an offensive threat, but
is also one of the team’s
best
defenders,”
said
sophomore guard Cam
Powers in an interview
with The Journal. “He’s
normally guarding bigger
players than him and
he does a great job of
bringing toughness and
grit to our team.”
Mulson makes up for
his lack of height by being
able to stretch the floor

on offense. Suffolk’s head
coach, Jeff Juron, has
been impressed with the
freshman’s ability to play
on both the offensive and
defensive side of the ball.
“[Mulson’s] versatility
on offense allows him
to score in different
ways,” said Juron in a
recent interview with The
Journal. “He’s also been
reliable to defend and
rebound on most nights.”
The next chance to
catch the Rams in action
is Saturday against Lasell
at 7 p.m.

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Lady Ram scores 1,000 career points
While she has been a
key asset in helping the
Lady Rams win games,
Bourikas has also been a
dedicated teammate. She
explained that she hopes
to leave a lasting impact
on the younger players
so they can continue to
progress in the program
with a positive mentality.
“Basketball
is
important
but
who
they are as people is
important too and taking
care of themselves,” said
Bourikas.
With nearly a week
and a half left in the
regular season, the Lady
Rams hold a record of 166.
Suffolk
will
look
to
face
off
against
competitors such as Saint
Joseph’s College of Maine
in the upcoming playoffs.
Earlier in the season the
Lady Rams, after letting a

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Captain Georgia Bourikas becomes 14th
Lady Ram to join 1,000-point club.
solid lead slip, lost a close
game to the Monks, 8279.
“The big goal is to win
the league and we feel
that that’s realistic,” said

Leyden.

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Bourikas
shoots for
history
Hannah Arroyo
Asst. Sports Editor
While she may not be
a history major, fifth-year
senior Georgia Bourikas
went down in the history
books Thursday night
becoming
the
14th
Lady Ram in women’s
basketball history to score
1,000 career points.
Appearing
in
her
100th collegiate game,
Bourikas stepped onto
the Lady Rams’ home
court against Anna Maria
College three points shy
of the 1,000-point mark.
Bourikas clinched her
spot in the Lady Rams’
archives and helped the
team to a 92-57 victory
against the Amcats.
This season, Bourikas
has averaged a personal
best of 14 points and 30
minutes of playing time
per game.
“Overall
it
was
overwhelming with the
love and support from
everybody,” said Bourikas
in an interview with
The Suffolk Journal on
Tuesday.
Bourikas
was
the
first Lady Ram since
Iliana Quadri, ‘14, to
notch this achievement.
Having previously played
with Quadri, it was a
goal of Bourikas’ to live
up to those kinds of
expectations.
“It was on my mind,
but the back of my mind,”
said Bourikas. “I would
have rather gotten a
win than score a ton of
points.”
During her sophomore
year
on
the
team,
Bourikas was shut down
with a torn ACL just ten
days shy of the teams first
practice.
Bourikas was unsure
of how she would ever
come back from her
injury. After her recovery,
to her surprise, basketball
still came with ease and
she pushed forward to
become a top performer
on the team in hopes
to see her name hang
on a banner in Regan
Gymnasium.
“There is no one
more deserving,” said
co-captain Alex Nagri in
an interview with The
Journal. “She hasn’t

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BOWL
LII

Eagles soar past Patriots

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By Joe Rice, Assistant Sports Editor

The New England Patriots burst into U.S. Bank
Stadium in Minneapolis on Sunday with one goal in mind:
capturing the team’s sixth Super Bowl title during the
Brady-Belichick era and third in the past four seasons.
The only barrier that stood between the Patriots and
their goal was the underdog Philadelphia Eagles, led by
backup quarterback Nick Foles.
The Eagles started
with the ball and
their offense wasted
no time marching
down the field to
score an opening
field
goal.
New
England needed a
strong opening drive
to show they were
ready for the tilt.
P a t r i o t s
quarterback
Tom
Brady, fresh off being
crowned
regular
season MVP, looked
to get the New England offense going. With head coach
Bill Belichick, the Patriots have totaled zero points in
seven previous Super Bowl first quarters. This game
would prove to defy history in many ways, including
this stat. The Patriots netted an early field goal, tying
the game 3-3.
As the theme of the game was replying to Patriots

scores with scores of their own, the Eagles made quick
work of the Patriots on the next drive and scored a
touchdown in just over a minute.
As halftime was rapidly approaching, the Patriots
found themselves in a 15-6 hole to the Eagles. Brady
brought the Patriots back to the Eagles territory and Super
Bowl standout James White bounced off tacklers and ran
the ball in from 26
yards out to cap off
a 90-yard drive. The
game was now 15-12
and looked like the
Patriots were finally
getting
down
to
business.
With just over
two
minutes
to
play in the half,
the Patriots were
looking to make a
stop to potentially
get the ball back and
take the lead going
into the half. This was not the case, as Foles connected
with running back Corey Clement on a pass for 55 yards.
The drive ended dramatically, as the Eagles decided to
go aggressive and roll the dice on fourth down. On a
trick play, wide receiver Trey Burton passed the ball to
an open Nick Foles, who caught the pass in the end
zone. The half ended 22-12 in favor of Philadelphia.

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