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Suffolk University’s Center for Real Estate breaks down possible threats to the city’s
infrastructure due to climate change in the near future.
Suffolk men’s
hockey gear up for
their second season
as part of the CCC.
See the back page.
Green Party
activist talks IsraeliPalestine conflict
hosted by SJP.
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Cirque of the Dead
hosts horror and gore
in a sexy way.
Page 7.
The Feminist Letters
series display why
men should be
fighters for equality,
too.
Page 9.
Delaney Dunlap
makes a racket
by placing on the
All-GNAC singles
awards.
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Model of Boston’s Harborwalk and waterfront with mock-up of computer-generated
flooding due to climate change and its potential impact on the city.
POTENTIAL
FLOODING
THREATENS CITY
By Kyle Crozier, Senior Staff Writer
SW
everal of Boston’s leading groups on sea level rise and harbor disaster relief have
reached a very similar conclusion: due to climate change, the city faces a rise in
sea level so great that within the next 100 years, 30 percent of the city could be
underwater.
illiam Golden, the lead
speaker, opened the
discussion of this real disaster
scenario at an event Wednesday,
and said planning for the city’s
future has transformed from a
purely preventative nature, to
attempts to identify how Boston
can best survive from the inevitable
flooding.
e and other experts in real
estate, city infrastructure
and the stewardship organization,
Boston Harbor Now, came together
to each provide a unique and
troubling insight on what the city
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of Boston will need to prepare.
The panel was presented by the
Greater Boston Real Estate Board
and Suffolk University’s Center for
Real Estate. Panelists discussed the
projects that many of their groups
are working toward, and what more
is still to come.
olden, who co-founded
and directs the National
Institute for Coastal and Harbor
Infrastructure, offered a wide view
of what he calls the “triple threat”
posed to Massachusetts and the rest
of the country.
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Assistant Secretary for
Policy Coordination at
Massachusetts Department
of Transportation
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Political Pulse:
The National Debt Crisis
Future tax reform issues have potential to
impact generations to come
“I understand that the government can keep piling up debt, and there’s
nothing holding them accountable for slowing their spending.”
By Twitter user Independent
-Suffolk University senior Gina DeMatteo
Maggie Randall
D.C. Correspondent
The national debt issue
is closely intertwined with
tax reform. Both have
become a responsibility
that largely falls on
younger Americans, such
as many Suffolk students,
some experts say.
Suffolk
University
senior Gina DeMatteo
is a politics, philosophy,
and economics major
who has worked at Grant
Thornton, LLP as a public
policy and government
affairs intern where she
has researched tax policy.
“Students are probably
thinking about how they
will have to pay off their
loans after college, but
not how it will effect
the next generation of
workers,” she said. “You
hear the media say the
debt is high, but not a
lot of visibility of how it
effects you.”
Maya
MacGuineas,
president
of
the
Committee
for
a
Responsible
Federal
Budget (CRFB) explained
at a “Fix the Debt
Campaign” presentation
on Monday in D.C. that
the immediate impacts
of not addressing the
national debt will not
be recognized. The longterm effects, however,
hurt younger generations
the most, according to
MacGuineas, which may
lead to an unhealthy
economy
and
lowerpaying jobs in the long
run.
In
April,
Treasury
Secretary Steven Mnuchin
explained
that
the
Trump
administration
is committed to tax and
regulatory reform that
would spur economic
growth. Mnuchin also
expressed concern that
if tax reform does not
happen by the end of 2017,
there will be immediate
negative impacts on the
economy.
“To the extent we get
the tax deal done, the
stock market will go up
higher,” said Mnuchin in
a Politico podcast in midOctober. “But there’s no
question in my mind that
if we don’t get it done,
you’re going to see a
reversal of a significant
amount of these gains.”
MacGuineas projected
in a TIME Magazine op-ed
earlier this year that “the
President’s plan could
add over $5 trillion to
the national debt over the
next decade.”
Similarly, the Center
on Budget and Policy
Priorities, a non-partisan
financial policy institute,
estimated that tax cuts
made during President
George
W.
Bush’s
administration in 2001
and 2003 added $1.4
trillion to the national
debt.
U.S. Department of
Commerce
data
from
October
has
shown
that the U.S. debt now
exceeds gross domestic
product
(GDP).
Pew
Research Center pointed
out that the nation’s
financial
situation
is
most comparable now to
how it was immediately
following World War II.
“In the overall scheme
of things, I understand
that the government can
keep piling up debt, and
there’s nothing holding
them accountable for
slowing their spending,”
said DeMatteo.
A Suffolk University/
USA Today poll in March
indicated
that
only
22 percent of voters
believe,“policymakers
should take steps to
control the growing costs
of Social Security and
Medicare,” programs that
contribute to the deficit.
Data from Real Clear
Politics right before the
last midterm elections
showed that 82 percent
of voters think debt is
an important issue when
considering congressional
candidates.
This dichotomy could
reveal
two
distinct
understandings.
First,
the national debt could
influence voters in the
2018
elections,
and
second, that while voters
seem to care about the
national debt, they are
not willing to forgo
entitlement reform in
order to address the debt.
CRFB
data
from
October shows that in
THE Suffolk Journal
fiscal year 2016, the
federal
government
spent 24 percent of the
budget on social security,
a federal benefit system
for retired and disabled
workers.
Another
26
percent of the budget was
spent on Medicare and
Medicaid, the Children’s
Health Insurance Program
(CHIP),
a
program
that Congress failed to
renew this year, and the
Affordable Care Act.
As these costs have
continued
to
rise,
Congressional leaders on
both sides of the aisles
agree that entitlement
reform is necessary as
a means to combat the
national debt.
Mick
Mulvaney,
Director of the Office of
Budget and Management,
described, in a midOctober
interview,
a
conversation
where
Trump “promised people
[he]
wouldn't
change
Social Security.”
Former
Secretary
of Labor and expert of
income equality Robert
Reich explained in a
recent Huffington Post
editorial that entitlement
reform
has
only
temporary effects.
“Social Security won’t
contribute
to
future
budget deficits. By law,
it can only spend money
from the Social Security
trust fund,” said Reich.
MacGuineas
argued
that
the
traditional
structure, paired with
an
aging
population,
should be a concern for
young people, and said
that the national debt
is a reflection of “how
broken our government
has become.” MaGuineas
also expressed that little
will be resolved without
bipartisan
support;
something Congress sees
little of these days.
“Write
to
your
representatives and your
senators,” said DeMatteo.
“Be aware of what’s
coming up in Congress
to remind them that they
reflect their constituents’
opinions, and college
students count too.”
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Harvard professor emphasizes
News Briefs
student impact on gerrymandering
Former Suffolk commencement speaker
to host CBS Evening News
Jeff Glor, who received an honorary journalism
degree from Suffolk University and served as the
College of Arts & Sciences’ 2011 speaker, was
recently named the new host for CBS Evening
News. Formerly a position held by Scott Pelley,
and most recently as Interim Anchor Anthony
Mason, Glor will now step in as the full-time
host. Glor, who used to be an anchor for WHDH
Channel 7, received high praise from the CBS News
President David Rhodes in a recent statement.
“Jeff is a thoughtful, probing journalist with the
versatility to anchor in any circumstance — from
daily reporting to the most significant events
of our time,” said Rhodes. “In his more than 10
years at CBS News, Jeff has earned the trust of
viewers and his colleagues. He represents the
best journalistic values and traditions that will
carry the ‘Evening News’ into a digital future.”
Kelly talks student economic
contribution with Jenny Johnson
Hannah Arroyo/ Asst. Sports Editor
Harvard Beneficial Professor of Law Charles Fried
Andrés Rodriguez
Journal Contributor
If there was a way
for one political party in
America to stay in power
forever, the best method
would be gerrymandering,
according to Harvard
Beneficial
Professor
of Law Charles Fried.
Gerrymandering,
according to Fried, is a
way to manipulate our
voting system and weaken
the
most
prominent
aspect
of
democratic
governments. Fried spoke
to the Suffolk University
students on Wednesday
to deliver the message
of the consequences of
gerrymandering and what
students can do about it.
“I did not know of the
prominence in current day
society of gerrymandering
and [Fried] gave good
perspective on [what is]
going on right now,” said
sophomore Micaela Clark
in an interview with The
Suffolk Journal. “They're
legislating this right now,
that’s crazy.”
Elbridge
Gerry,
a
politician
for
Massachusetts in 1744,
manipulated the votes
of his district in order
to aid the re-election of
his party, by creating
new borders that mainly
had his supporters. Since
then, the practice of
“They have data on
every voter in the state,
where that voter lives,
how that voter has been
registered over the
years, and so on and so
forth.”
-Charles Fried,
Harvard Beneficial Professor of Law
gerrymandering has only
increased
and
spread
worldwide, but as Fried
shared, it has happened in
America in every election
cycle and is not exclusive
to one party.
Gerrymandering
did
not go unrecognized, and
after much pressure from
the public, the Supreme
Court established rules
for how to draw borders
in districts to have equal
populations,
having
districts
be
compact
in terms of size and to
respect
the
county's
political borders. Now
with the use of digital
mapping, a political party
can bypass the set rules
that the Supreme Court
had in place to avoid
gerrymandering.
“They have data on
every voter in the state,
where that voter lives,
how that voter has been
registered over the years,
and,” said Fried. “It’s
very complex, but that’s
what
computers
are
for. And what are their
instructions? We can do
this anyway you want.”
Computers can create
multiple maps that follow
the rules but can still
be biased toward one
political party due to
loopholes in the system.
In the era of President
Donald
Trump’s
administration
where
Republicans have won
most seats in the House
and Senate, there appears
to be possible damage that
gerrymandering can do to
the future of America’s
democracy,
according
to Fried. The Democrats
for the past elections are
guilty of doing the same
gerrymandering
that
Republicans are currently
doing, he said
According to Fried, in
2012 the U.S. was 51.3
percent democratic, but
only had 39.4 percent
of seats in country,
that has showed a clear
imbalance in the value of
the other 60.6 percent of
Republican seats. In the
following election year,
the Republicans were able
to fight back and gained
66 percent of the seats
and shifted the country to
52 percent Republican.
“It will not be only
a
Republican
issue,
we’re doing this for the
republic,” said Fried when
telling his audience why
gerrymandering
should
be eliminated.
In an interview with
The Journal, professor
Fried voiced advice to
student bodies across the
nation.
“Vote. Get involved in
politics, that’s what I want
you to do,” said Fried.
Connect with Andres
by emailing
arodriguezmartinez@
su.suffolk.edu
In a recent interview in Studio 73, Comcast
Newsmakers host Jenny Johnson sat down with
Suffolk University’s Acting President Marisa
Kelly. The two discussed the school’s recently
announced partnership with international
recruitment firm, INTO International, as well
as the economic significance that international
students have in the city of Boston. The school
has ranked No. 7 by U.S. News and World Report
in regards to the university’s international
student population; 103 countries represent
the student body population. Kelly noted that
collegiate institutions need to focus on building
on the strengths that universities possess.
Suffolk’s international student population is one
element that Kelly said is a critical part for all of
Suffolk’s students. Kelly highlighted that Suffolk
students contribute approximately $80 million to
the regional economy, while also being employed
in an estimated 1,100 jobs as well. Engagement
with the city and access to internships prompts
students to remain in the area after graduation,
according to Kelly.
Trump releases JFK files
Last week, thousands of documents relating to
the assassination of the thirty-fifth President
of the United States, John F. Kennedy were
published by the National Archives. President
Donald Trump ordered for this release, which
did not reveal all of the documents due to
national security concerns, but did disclose some
material. A series of Central Intelligence Agency
meetings outlining a price to kill Cuban Dictator
Fidel Castro and the search to locate a stripper
who knew Lee Harvey Oswald’s killer, Jack Ruby,
were just some of the tidbits provided. With
certain documents being held for months to
come, Trump’s order of information released to
the public about Kennedy provides insight into
the era. Other documents, such as internal bribes
and the Federal Bureau of Investigation having
tracked Oswald, provided insight into the past
and answered certain questions, that some have
wondered about after all of these years.
Correction
Correction: Due to an error from sources, a previous version of the Oct. 11 article “Alum forced
to postpone place for office” included a quote
from Justin Murad that stated voters feared there
would be repercussions from Tim McCarthy, the
current City Councilor-at-Large for district five of
Boston, for signing the petition to get his name
on the ballot. This is incorrect, as it was not based
on any factual circumstance. It was previously
published that McCarthy held the position for 20
years. This is incorrect as he was elected in 2013.
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Climate change threatens Boston’s coast
From CLIMATE -1
This combination of
threats consists of rising
sea levels, extreme storms
and aging infrastructure.
Golden continued that
to resolve this danger,
“We now have to change
from
responding
and
repairing, to planning and
investing.”
Four possible basic
solutions were laid out by
Golden in response to the
rising sea level; to retreat,
to buy time, to live with
the water or to ignore the
threat.
Highly conscious that
none of these were ideal,
Golden asserted that the
reason some people do not
admit to the existence of
climate change is because
they don’t want to admit
to what the solution will
have to be. The solution
will have to involve large
amounts of funding and
require intense planning
efforts.
The
Massachusetts
Department
of
Transportation’s
(MassDOT)
Assistant
Secretary
for
Policy
Coordination
Kate
Fichter spoke from the
perspective
of
what
the Boston area public
transportation
systems
face in opposition to
climate change and sea
level rise.
“If the [MBTA] Blue
Line goes down, you
essentially
cut
off
East Boston from the
mainland,” said Fichter.
In discussing various
proposals and projects
that are being pushed
forward within MassDOT,
whether they are physical
changes or changes in
bureaucracy,
Fichter
demonstrated that due
to the incoming threat
of sea level rise, Boston’s
subways will need to be
prepared.
One of the several
physical solutions would
be the building of storm
doors that can close off
the entries to subway
tunnels in the case of
flooding,
minimizing
damage to those systems.
Bureaucratic
plans
included multiple staffing
additions to create more
room for departments
to work closer together
and increase efficiency
in confronting issues of
climate change.
Working in a newly
established
position
Kyle Crozier/ Senior Staff Writer
William Golden discusses the toll of climate change on Boston’s harbor
by
Boston
Mayor
Marty Walsh, Richard
McGuiness
explained
what he has helped plan
as Deputy Director of the
Waterfront Planning &
Development Agency.
McGuiness
reflected
on how the actions of
the city were once highly
“Retrofitting
wharf
style
buildings
by
eliminating the second
floor and elevating the
first floor is a good
example of how you can
protect those wharf style
buildings which are part
of Boston’s fabric, it’s
history of architecture,”
neighborhoods
from
being destroyed in the
floods to come.
On a more intimate
level of dealing with the
problem, WS Development
Vice President for the
Boston Seaport Yanni
Tsipis spoke on how they
take into account that
how he has to consider
what will happen in the
next
half-century
to
affect his developments
in regards to rising sea
levels.
Some of the newly
developed
standards
include putting very little
of a building’s priority
“We now have to change from responding
and repairing, to planning and investing.”
- William Golden, Co-founder and Executive Director of the
National Institute for Coastal and Harbor Infrastructure
motivated by what the
Federal
Emergency
Management Agency said
any active risks were.
This meant that the city
would not be able to
react to threats that had
not been analyzed by the
government agency and
thus could not respond
to the far future dangers
of sea level rise to the
Boston area.
Now, as the city and
state has become much
more aware of what risks
are to be faced, a new
and larger push to harden
the city’s infrastructure
against
flooding
has
begun.
said McGuiness.
McGuiness emphasized
that many of Boston’s
future plans will focus
less on reducing carbon
emissions to stop climate
change from happening,
rather focusing on the
city
reducing
carbon
emissions so that when
those negative effects
do arrive, they will not
become any worse than
what is predicted. The
public and the private
sector reflected in the
talk how much time and
money is being spent
on developing methods
to prepare all of the
city’s infrastructure and
these
new
guidelines
and research plans when
working on their new 23acre project in Boston’s
seaport district.
Describing what the
three
developments
are being built at the
South Boston Waterfront
Seaport are, Tsipis listed
buildings, transportation
infrastructure, and ten
acres of public space.
Tsipis’s
experience
has
spanned
more
than
$2
billion
of
development
projects
in Boston, throughout
many
different
areas
of
development.
His
discussion reflected on
maintenance equipment
on the first few floors and
keeping much of a new
building’s electrical and
ventilation machinery on
the roof.
“The science caught up
with the concern really
just in the last five years
or so,” said Tsipis.
President and CEO
of Boston Harbor Now
Kathy Abbott, was the
last person to speak at
the event and discussed
much
of
her
past
experience with city-wide
infrastructure
changes
similar to those other
speakers presented.
Considering
the
process of how the
various Boston Harbor
cleanup projects were
developed and executed,
Abbott insisted that the
first major step to move
forward in defense of sea
rise will be to create new
government systems to
allocate funding for all of
the needed developments.
She continued, explaining
that these developments
will be numerous, as so
much of the city will have
to become involved in
order to make a positive
move to protect itself
from the damage caused
by climate change.
“Each time a report
comes out we find out the
sea is rising higher than
we thought before,” said
Abbott.
Abbott named many
of
the
wide-ranging
discussions
that
are
occurring in both the
public
and
private
sectors with optimism,
claiming that, “We are
doing better than many
other cities in terms of
the level of conversation
we are having and the
collaboration
we
are
having and the steps we
are beginning to take.”
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Green Party activist condemns American
military involvement in global conflicts
Jacob Geanous/ World News Editor
Jacob Geanous
World News Editor
The
2016
VicePresidential
Green
Party candidate Ajamu
Baraka came to Suffolk
University Monday to
discuss his opinions on
the longstanding IsraeliPalestinian conflict.
As
Baraka
spoke,
multiple news sources
confirmed that seven
Palestinians were killed
when
Israeli
forces
detonated explosives in
the Gaza Tunnel, just the
latest lives claimed by a
conflict the United States
has meddled in.
Baraka, a renowned
grassroots organizer for
more than 25 years, has
been at the forefront of
applying
international
human rights framework
to social justice within
the U.S. He is also the
national organizer and
spokesperson
for
the
newly recreated Black
Alliance for Peace.
During
his
presentation, he set his
sights on the IsraeliPalestinian
conflict,
which has been one of the
most precarious affairs
that the U.S. has involved
itself with in the last halfdecade. Israel has been
one of the top recipients
of U.S. aid since the end
of World War II and
has received more than
$124 billion since 1976.
In a September press
conference, U.S. President
Donald Trump announced
that the U.S. would open
their
first
permanent
military base in Israel.
According to Baraka,
U.S.
support
from
Israel stems from the
shared idea of “western
civilization” that both
countries identify with a notion that Baraka tied
directly to Caucasians.
Baraka
went
through
America’s laundry list of
violent foreign affairs and
highlighted that many
of the countries that
have witnessed military
action from the U.S. are
primarily non-Caucasian.
He said the fact that Israel
has repeatedly identified
as a “western nation” has
helped garner popular
civilian support for the
arming and backing of
the Israeli army by the
U.S. as well.
“When we look at all
these conflicts, since the
end of the Second World
War, what has been the
primary
characteristic
is the U.S., in conflict,
waging war on, people
of color.” said Baraka.
“Because of that we find
that there continues to be
popular support for these
conflicts.”
Baraka claimed that
the contrasting ideals
between the U.S. and
Palestine have resulted
in the marginalization of
Palestinians on a global
scale.
“When
we
talk
about how we build a
movement to support
Palestine, you see what
you are up against,”
said Baraka. “Basically
the first thing we have
to do is humanize the
Palestinians, because they
have been dehumanized.”
Baraka
challenged
the idea of western
civilization and branded
it a false ideology fueled
by white supremacy.
He also condemned the
U.S. Military involvement
around the world because
he said it has been
fueled by racially specific
targeting and asserted
that the U.S. military
presence is due to foreign
policy laced with hints of
white superiority.
“We have to talk
about notions of white
supremacy and how it is
manifested in policy,” said
Baraka. “It’s a difficult
conversation, but we have
to take it on.”
Baraka laid out the
struggle
in
Palestine
against a backdrop of
America’s recent military
investigation around the
world and insinuated that
government officials have
misled Americans.
“In the last 16 years
we have had a war in Iraq
and were told Saddam
Hussein had weapons
of mass destruction and
therefore there was a
justification for us to
go into their country,”
said Baraka. “We had
intervention in Syria,
we have had the second
longest war in U.S.
history, in Afghanistan.
We have the continuation
of drone warfare where
it is estimated that over
4,000 civilians have died
in seven nations. We have
a grotesque situation in
Yemen that a lot of people
don’t know about.”
Following
Baraka’s
presentation, the floor
was opened to audience
members
who
asked
questions ranging from
global, national and local
topics.
The
night
was
organized and run by
the Suffolk University
Students for Justice for
Palestine (SJP).
Connect with Jacob by
emailing jgeanous@
su.suffolk.edu
WORLD . .
BRIEFS
..
HOTEL ATTACK KILLS 23 IN SOMALIA
CATALAN LEADER SUMMONED BY COURT
Just two weeks after a city bombing that left more than 350 dead
in Mogadishu, five attackers from the Islamist al-Shabaab militant
group stormed a hotel and killed 23 people and wounded more
than 30 this past Saturday. The five gunmen, dressed in intelligence
service uniforms, inconspicuously entered the hotel after a truck
bomb decimated the front-entrance. The gunmen were able to hold
off security forces for more than 12 hours while other gunmen went
room to room shooting guests. The attackers obtained professional
identification cards from the country’s intelligence service in order
to sneak past police officers. Nearly 55 minutes after the attack,
al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the hotel bombing on one
of its websites. Seeing as this attack has occurred only two weeks
after the massive bomb that killed 350 people, also blamed on alShabaab, many are questioning the Somali security establishment.
Somalia’s government fired two of the country’s most senior security
officials after the attack. The bombing two weeks ago was one of
the single most lethal terrorist strikes in recent years. This move
towards strengthening Somali government is aimed at restoring
public confidence. Somali Special Forces managed to kill three of
the gunmen and capture the other two, according to officials.
Former Catalan leader Carles Puidgemont has been summoned by
Spain’s high court, alongside 13 other members of his dismissed
government. Puidgemont triggered the crisis in early October in
Spain by initiating an independence referendum. Although Madrid
seriously opposed the referendum and the Constitutional Court
declared the vote illegal, he still continued with the referendum.
Puidgemont fled to Belgium with other former ministers when
Spanish Attorney General Jose Manuel Maza called for Catalan leaders
to face charges of sedition, rebellion and misuse of public funds. He
said he is not there to seek asylum, according to BBC. Spain’s chief
prosecutor said that he would press charges on Puidgemont this
past Monday, according to BBC. Spain’s central government has now
taken direct control of Catalonia. These sacked Catalan officials have
been summoned to appear in court on Thursday and Friday. If the
officials do not appear, prosecutors could issue a warrant for their
arrest. Several of Puidgemont’s colleagues remain in Catalonia and
may decide to appear in court, according to BBC. Puidgemont says
he will appear in court if he is guaranteed a fair hearing. Judge
Carmen Lamela said in a ruling that the prosecution’s arguments
against the group are rational, logical and serious. If charged with
rebellion, Catalan government members may face a maximum 30year sentence, according to BBC.
ARTS & CULTURE
‘Cirque of the Dead’
delivers Halloween
horror, stunts &
erotica
By Shayla Manning
Journal Contributor
Blood, sex, clowns and zombies took the stage as the
Boston Circus Guild put on their annual performance of
‘Cirque of the Dead’ this past Saturday night.
The Halloween-themed event took place at the
American Repertory Theater’s Oberon club-styleatmosphere in Cambridge, where guests in costumes of
all kinds packed into the sold-out show.
High-energy Boston based comic, Wes Hazard hosted
the show, dressed in a flashy purple velvet suit. He wasn’t
just introducing the acts, he became the host of a very
gory game that was going to take place. Contestants
(members of Boston Circus Guild) took part in a Jumanjistyle board game where they had to fight for their lives
through tortuous acts that their dice roll decided
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Shayla Manning / Journal Contributor
The
Queens Return
By Juliana Tuozzola, Journal Staff
Extravagantly bedazzled outfits,
spunky wigs and fun makeup are all
major ingredients to a successful and
captivating drag show. All of which
were present last Wednesday at the
Annual Drag Show hosted by the
Queer Student Union and Performing Arts Office at Suffolk University in
celebration of LGBTQ history month.
The room was filled with vibrancy as
the drag queens and king took the
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Ramifications reverberate across Boston
By Ryan Arel, Journal Staff
Lexie Piepmeier/ Journal Contributor
Queen Kamden T. Rage during a liveset at
Suffolk University’s annual drag show.
Drag show returns in
celebration of LGBTQ
History Month
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stage to perform lipsynced versions of popular and upbeat songs. The
show certainly honored
the LGBTQ community’s
historical background and
colorful spirit.
Drag Queen Kamden
T. Rage made her big debut, performing “Highway to Hell,” in an outfit that captured a total
punk-rock essence. It was
Rage’s first time ever performing at Suffolk, and
she left her mark on the
audience.
“If I didn’t have a voice
I wouldn’t have gotten
into as much trouble as
I’ve gotten into- which is
fun. It’s fun to be different and to be rebellious,”
said Rage to the audience.
Rage embodied both
the spirit and appearance
of a true rock star during
her first set. This fierce
queen snapped her fingers, shook her hips and
freely moved with the
beat as she introduced
Drag King Tyler.
“Tyler holds the title
of Mr. Boston Pride 2016
and is the first transgender male to win in that
category,” said Rage as
she introduced him. Drag
King Tyler then took to
the stage next, performing a lip-sync cover of “Let
me Love You” with a pink
and blue glittered beard,
honoring the transgender
flag, and fairy wings.
“The dancing diva”
Miss Misery had the entire audience captivated
the second she stepped
onto the stage in her fabulous black heels. Misery
brought the room to life
by doing a split, which
stunned the crowd.
“We like to have fun
here, and I’m just thankful for you guys for being
here and supporting us
every single year,” said
Misery.
The audience was fully engaged throughout
the show, many smiled,
laughed and cheered on
as the drag queens and
king performed.
The show concluded
with the Queen’s performance of “Lady Marmalade.” The Queen’s outfits for this final set were
nothing short of astonishing- between Misery’s
fabulous gold accessories
and Krystal Crawford’s
purple feather boa, the
stunning ladies exuded
confidence almost too big
for the tiny stage to contain.
“We enjoy what we do,
we love what we do and
we want to share it and
make your lives just a little bit more happy,” said
Crawford.
Connect with Juliana
by emailing
jtuozzola@su.suffolk.edu
The Ramifications, one
of two a cappella groups
at
Suffolk
University,
perform further than the
borders of campus. The
group has performed at
renowned venues around
Boston,
including
TD
Garden, where they sang
the
national
anthem
for the Boston Celtics,
the Hatch Shell at the
Esplanade, the Faneuil
Hall Annual A Cappella
Competition
and
on
Valentine’s Day on Fox
25 News, according to
Suffolk’s website.
Formed in the spring
of 2001 as the first a
cappella group on campus,
the co-ed group has been
known to sing across an
array of genres, which has
included “pop and rock to
R&B and soul,” according
to Suffolk’s website; all
without
instrumental
assistance.
“It has been around
for 10 [plus] years and
bursted right into the a
cappella scene as soon as it
could,” said junior theatre
major and Ramifications
President Kane Harper.
“Several
CD’s
were
made, competitions won
and [the group] rapidly
became a proud Suffolk
University name.”
The group is far from
being without accolades;
in February of 2011, the
Ramifications placed No.
2 at the International
Championship
of
Collegiate A Cappella
(ICCA) and were awarded
Best
Choreography
and Outstanding Vocal
Percussion,
according
to the group’s Facebook
page. They went on to
compete at the ICCA
again in 2012 and 2013 at
Berklee College of Music
and MIT. Then placed
fourth in 2017 at Berklee,
according to Harper.
To become a part of
the group, students must
go through a rigorous
process; first, students
must sign up for a live
audition.
Newcomers
must prepare a song of
their choice for the first
round and do a pitch
match to determine if
they can hit a certain
vocal range, according
to freshman Darby Sabin,
who was accepted into
the group this year.
“It’s
very
nervewracking,” said Sabin. “It’s
a very selective group.”
Following the first
round
of
auditions,
callbacks are determined
by all current members
of the group. Those
invited back learn a
song presented by the
group, and the potential
members rehearse a song
with all members present
to see how the new voice
blends. Then, the final
cuts are made.
“They all cheered and
celebrated when they told
me I got in,” said Sabin.
“It instantly felt like
family.”
For
the
semester,
the group plans to hold
performances on Dec. 2
for the Boston Winter
A
Cappella
Festival,
as well as the annual
Performing Arts Office
(PAO) Winter Showcase
on Dec. 7, according to
junior business major
and
Ramifications
Business Manager Kristy
Fitzpatrick.
The group is currently
looking for a new public
relations director and
student musical director,
following junior Jenna
Locke’s
acceptance
into the Disney College
Program where she will
be a character performer
at Walt Disney World in
Orlando come February.
Locke is not alone in
the group of students who
have had opportunities
by being a part of the
Ramifications.
“Many of our group
members and past group
members have gotten
fantastic
opportunities
with their involvement in
the Rams,” said Harper.
“Some [of our alumni]
have flown across the
country to pursue major
label industries.”
Locke described this
year to be a rebuilding
year due to only a few
returning members. The
group has also sought
outside help from PAOhired Music Director,
Anna Morsillo, according
to Locke.
Though the group is
full of new faces, they
are confident they will
measure up on stage.
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ty. Along with the music, a montage of clips
from iconic horror films
played on a giant screen
on stage.
Primarily
featuring
aerial acts, one performer danced through ropes
while dressed as a clown,
to “Sexy and I Know It,”
by the group LMFAO. Another performer, ‘player
one,’ pulled a card for his
round for the game and
was “electrocuted” during
his aerial hoop performance, twirling in the air,
and revealed a striking
glow-in-the-dark paint all
over his body.
The show also featured
a burlesque dancer that
performed more of a torture than a tease, as she
stripped and proceeded to
stab ‘player two’ to death,
as fake blood poured over
her and the stage. ‘Player
two’ later came back to
perform as well, where
he ripped off his clothes
to reveal a flesh-eating infection on his skin, which
was covered in eyeballs.
All of the sexiness, of
course, included gore.
Throughout
playing
the game, Hazard often
made jokes to the audience, repeatedly referencing the movie Jumanji as
he discovered no one’s
lives were safe until the
game was completed. His
humor took away from
the horror a bit, but also
entertained.
Quite possibly the
most eye-catching performance of them all included two aerial silk artists
dancing above a satanic
star and candles on the
floor, as bone-chilling
music played throughout
the theater.
In one of the final
rounds of the game,
Hazard pulls a card that
summons a performer
dressed as the iconic vampire Nosferatu. Nosferatu
enters to comedic music,
then goes on to execute
a mind-blowing performance where he juggles a
small crystal ball. Hazard
revealed what Nosferatu
possessed was the Moon,
and he needed it to finish
the game.
The show ended as the
‘contestants’ and other
performers of the show
ran on the stage and went
into a full out dance, as
the live band played upbeat music behind them,
celebrating the end of the
game.
While most of the performances were comic
horror, some proved to be
actually quite scary.
Cirque of the Dead
puts on a wildly entertaining show, including
all the guts, gore and sexiness people love to see
around Halloween. The
performers, as well as the
workings of the lights,
makeup and music, made
for a spectacularly spooky
For
listeners
who
cannot make the group’s
upcoming shows, they
can also be heard outside
of their conventional live
setting; they currently
have two albums titled
Voices in the Attic (2007)
and If Maniacs Riot (2010),
which can be found at the
Suffolk bookstore.
Connect with Ryan
by emailing
rarel@su.suffolk.edu
Gore galore at Boston Circus Guild’s annual event
for them. The narrative followed the four
contestants who were
“picked at random” and
followed their fight for
survival.
Four contestants were
given the titles of player “one” through “four,”
and endured physically
demanding performances to complete the game,
where the extraordinary
circus acts such as aerial
hoops and silks, burlesque
and contact juggling were
displayed. The audience
stared in awe as the performers flew through
the air above them, and
enticed them with their
skills.
Hazard would take
occasional breaks from
the game, in which the
avant-garde jazz stylings
of the Emperor Norton’s
Stationary Marching Band
would send the audience
into a full-on dance par-
Connect with Shayla
by emailing
smanning@su.suffolk.edu
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OPINION
Negotiating with the Taliban is not an option
Stiv Mucollari
Journal Staff
While in a state of
civil war, Afghanistan
has the foundation of
a
democratic
state.
Recently,
the
United
States Secretary of State
Rex Tillerson said that
the U.S. would be open
to
negotiating
with
“moderate”
members
of the Taliban. He also
added that the U.S.
could allow them to take
part
in
Afghanistan’s
government,
according
to a report by The
Washington Post. Not
By Twitter user @realDonaldTrump
only would this proposal
to end the civil war not
work, but also it would
equal the concession of
defeat for America.
To believe that there
are moderate elements
within the Taliban is to
ignore the organization’s
history.
The
Taliban
is
a
violent
Sunni
fundamentalist
group
that wants to reestablish
control over Afghanistan
and install Sharia law.
The Taliban should not be
able to negotiate for the
democratic government
that is in place, especially
since they should be
considered a terrorist
organization.
Currently,
no
U.S.
government
entity
classifies
the
Afghan
Taliban as a terrorist
group,
according
to
The Feminist letters:
Feminism is not just for women.
Men should be proud to be fighters for equality.
Haley Clegg | Photo Editor
Where along the line did feminism
become synonymous with “hating
men?”
Feminism isn’t an attack on men,
and it doesn’t claim that men are
inferior to women, yet many continue to view it
as such. Feminism was created to make all genders
have equal opportunity.
Over the past century, women have had some
major successes in creating such an environment.
The right to vote in 1920, the Equal Pay Act in
1963, and Roe v. Wade in 1973 all propelled women
toward equal rights.
For many men, feminism is regarded as a
personal attack. While the core of the feminist
movement is based on the advocacy of women’s
rights on the equality of the sexes, admittedly there
have been some extremists that have radicalized
the movement. These individuals have been labeled
‘feminazis’ and have tainted the way the feminist
movement is viewed as a whole. Moreover, these
‘feminazis’ have driven men away from the core
values that the original feminist movement worked
so hard to achieve.
Excluding men only perpetuates the negative
connotation “feminism” has acquired, which only
slows our progress. Men who feel threatened by
feminism don’t want to participate in the fight for
it. Even some women stray away from labeling
themselves as feminists because of how negative
the term has become.
Whether we like to admit it or not, we need
both men and women to be on board with feminism
if we want to see it succeed. True equality can
only be achieved if all genders work together to
fight against stereotypes, misogyny and patriarchal
views.
Overall, the most frustrating aspect of this
“man-hating stigma” is that there are actually so
many reasons why men should want to be feminists.
Women are not the only people benefiting from this
movement; men do as well.
Feminists actively work to dismantle the idea that
men have to be the sole providers for the family,
and that it is shameful to be a stay-at-home father.
Feminists want both boys and girls to know that
it’s okay to show emotion, that all genders can be
successful, regardless of whether those careers are
traditionally thought of as masculine or feminine.
Boys should grow up feeling comfortable pursuing
a job as a nurse or a teacher, while girls should feel
confident being an engineer or a scientist.
While feminism focuses on equality, it also works
to redefine the way society views masculinity, while
breaking down gender stereotypes. This benefits
everyone in society, by increasing diversity into
different fields, while relieving individuals of these
societal pressures.
Many men agree that men and women should
be treated equally in all walks of life, yet many
still admit that they are uncomfortable to label
themselves as a feminist due to the man hating
“feminists.”
In order to get men involved in the feminist
movement, we need to reclaim and redefine
feminism. Its crucial that everyone understands that
feminism is truly about treating women as equals
in society.
It is crucial that both men and women realize
this for what it is worth so that we can work toward
a brighter future together, one that provides equal
opportunities for everyone. No matter what gender,
people should be able to successfully pursue their
career path and aspirations.
Connect with Haley by emailing
hclegg@su.suffolk.edu
Trump has
changed his
rhetoric from
2013 and as
president, he is
going to send
more troops into
Afghanistan.
the State Department’s
of
Foreign
Terrorist
Organizations. Classified
as an armed insurgent
group, the U.S. should
rename the Afghan Taliban
as a terrorist group. From
persecuting the people of
Afghanistan to bombing
American
troops,
the
legal definition of what is
a terrorist group applies
to
the
organization.
The proper naming will
send a message that the
U.S. is not interested
in negotiating with the
Afghan Taliban. Likewise,
it will show America’s
commitment to the longterm task of defeating
them.
During
President
Barack
Obama‘s
administration, attempts
taken to negotiate with
moderate members of the
Taliban failed. In 2015,
the Taliban affirmed its
alliance with Al-Qaeda
and vowed to continue
waging war against the
U.S, according to The
Brookings
Institute.
For an administration
that is distancing itself
from the policies and
procedures of Obama’s
administration, to restart
failed negotiations has no
political value.
Instead of negotiating
with
the
Taliban,
members of President
Donald
Trump’s
administration
should
promote the plan already
in place. In August,
Trump announced his
Afghanistan
strategy.
Troop levels were going to
increase by an unspecified
amount, continue training
Afghan counterinsurgent
forces and the U.S. would
continue
destroying
existing
terrorist
sanctuaries
within
Afghanistan.
Allowing the Taliban
to
speak
for
the
current
government
of Afghanistan would
destabilize it. Inviting
the same group that
bombed civilians who
voted in the most recent
presidential
election
for Afghanistan sends
a
disastrous
message
that the U.S. does not
believe that the current
democratic government
of Afghanistan is stable
in the long run. Given
the support that the
Afghanistan government
receives from the U.S,
this would delegitimize it
within the eyes of its own
populace.
While Americans are
wary of nation building in
Afghanistan, completing
it the right way is a
must, even if it takes
countless years. The U.S.
has wasted too much
blood and resources to
“Inviting the
same group
that bombed
civilians
who were
voting sends
a disastrous
message
that the U.S.
does not
believe that
the current
democratic
government
of Afghanistan
is stable in the
long run.”
build a functioning state
in Afghanistan. Taking
the effortless way out of
the conflict by reaching a
deal with the Taliban will
empower a radical group
that could seize power
once again in a vacuum.
Afghanistan must not
become a moral and
geopolitical failure for
the U.S.
Connect with Stiv
by emailing smucollari
@su.suffolk.edu
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Editor’s Word
Everyday, cruelty and cynicism wreak
havoc throughout the unfair world we live
in. As poverty grows hastily in developing
nations and terrorist attacks take the lives
of millions, devoted journalists can be
found eagerly scribbling down every last
word of each disheartening incidence in
order to make a living. As intrinsically
dismal stories flood the news hour after
hour, a vehement writer can be found
cogitating in the shadow of those words.
Reporting is essentially a direct way of
writing the instructions, or perhaps the
rules, for how global culture functions.
Many admire the passion and dedication
of journalists who report such depressing
news every day without adopting a
misanthropic persona. However, there is
always a flipside to every coin. For every
fervent reporter, there is always at least
one menial, unaware journalism major
lacking the direction required to make it in
such an impassioned discipline.
For the journalism majors that sit
in class day after day, uninvolved and
underworked, the world will soon sort
you out in a manner relative to your
mediocrity. In order to be whole-heartedly
successful, any field of study worth
working in requires ambition and vigor.
So many individuals do not show up to
the world on a daily basis; they go through
life without knowing what’s going on
right outside U.S. borders. Social media
floods our so-called “news feed” with what
is often deemed to be fake or irrelevant
news. Studying news reporting requires
remarkably more than just scrolling
through Facebook and showing up to
your visual aesthetics class. Ultimately,
it requires the adoption of a redesigned
lifestyle - a lifestyle that morphs one’s
mindset into a psyche that embraces all
outlets of news. From The Washington
Post to The New York Times, from NPR
to BBC the information floating just
within our reach is both innovative
and absolutely endless. It is time for
all journalism students to become fully
immersed in global and political news.
The future is in our hands - in order to be
able to manage that future effectively, it is
inherent to read the rules first.
Regulations are meant to be
improved, not erased
O
Trump’s administration begins to scratch progress in reduced
carbon emissions and rules involving unsafe chemicals
Kyle Crozier
Senior Staff Writer
The
Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA)
was created with a simple
and singular goal: to
protect human health and
the environment.
The
EPA’s
reach
extends to the public and
private sector, as they
are intended to remain
unbiased in that pursuit
of health. This pursuit
has been poisoned by
the inclusion of an open
member of the chemical
industry into a new
position at the EPA, and
humans’ health will see a
decline because of it.
Dr. Nancy Beck worked
for five years as an
executive at the American
Chemistry Council, the
primary trade institution
for American chemical
companies. Her position
came to an end this year,
after being appointed in
May to one of the key
regulatory positions of the
EPA where the decision is
made on which chemicals
will be considered too
risky for the public.
If
this
does
not
seem like a clear and
almost blatant conflict
of interest, it is hard
to identify what the
definition of conflict must
be for President Donald
Trump and his cabinet.
The mission as set out by
her new department is to,
“protect you, your family
and
the
environment
from
potential
risks
from pesticides and toxic
chemicals.”
In her time in the
new position, Beck has
already slashed more
than a dozen regulations
on
various
chemicals
that had been previously
deemed unsafe, making
these chemicals much
more difficult to regulate
“In her time
in the new
position,
Beck has
already
slashed
more than
a dozen
regulations
on various
chemicals
that had
been
previously
deemed
unsafe,
making
these
chemicals
much more
difficult to
regulate
despite
their proven
negative
effects.”
despite
their
proven
negative effects.
Some
of
these
chemicals
include,
perfluorooctanoic
acid (PFOA) that has
been linked to birth
defects, immune system
disorders, kidney cancer,
and was once used in
non-stick
pans,
food
packaging, stain-resistant
carpeting and a number
of industrial processes.
These findings were the
result of a large study
completed more than
two years ago of several
peer-reviewed
studies
concerning the chemical.
President
Donald
Trump’s
pick
for
Administrator
of
the
Environmental Protection
Agency,
Scott
Pruitt,
has shown how reliant a
government agency like
the EPA is on having
administrators who are
working in tandem with
the goal of the agency.
Instead of continuing the
long history of ensuring
a betterment of the
environment and human
health, Pruitt has taken
measures to retract steps
forward in the battle to
lessen the emissions of
carbon.
With his withdrawal
from the Clean Power
Plan (CPP), Pruitt stated
that he believed this
plan was not meant to
reduce carbon emissions,
but rather it was a
plan that the Obama
administration
was
using, “to pick winners
and losers and how we
generate electricity in this
country.” Pruitt’s opinion
comes in spite of the
EPA’s estimation that the
CPP could have prevented
2,700 to 6,600 premature
deaths and 140,000 to
150,000 asthma attacks in
children.
This new movement
of rolling back safety
measures put forward
by a government agency
created solely to ensure
public health is so far
removed from the best
interest
of
American
citizens that it is almost
malicious.
The issue of an EPA that
is acting against its own
ideals creates a difficulty
to imagine dichotomy. An
agency that was endowed
with legislative strength
in order to defend the
health of people and the
environment is being
used for third parties
to profit at the expense
of those citizens it was
“This new
movement
of rolling
back safety
measures
put forward
by a
government
agency
created
solely to
ensure
public
health is so
far removed
from
the best
interest of
American
citizens that
it is almost
malicious.”
created to protect.
Government agencies
cannot be allowed to turn
their back on citizens just
so that private companies
can have more room for
profit in the future.
The damage that this
kind of administration
could
cause
is
catastrophic, as it takes
much more time to put
legislation in place than it
does to tear it down.
Connect with Kyle
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su.suffolk.edu
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S
Dunlap honored for season achievements
Hannah Arroyo
Asst. Sports Editor
In her first-ever season
with the Suffolk University
women’s tennis team,
junior Delaney Dunlap
was able to capture the
feat of being recognized
as a member of the AllGreat Northeast Atlantic
Conference
(GNAC)
Singles First-Team.
Dunlap became the
fifth consecutive player
for Suffolk to receive
this first-team selection.
The honor is voted on by
the National Collegiate
Athletic
Association
(NCAA) and given out to
some of the best players
in the GNAC per Dunlap.
Ever
since
Suffolk
joined the GNAC ranks in
2007, they have obtained
38
All-GNAC
awards,
eight being second-team
doubles.
In her first season with
the Lady Rams, Dunlap
achieved a 9-6 singles
record and a 7-4 doubles
record with sophomore
teammate Keely Hardy,
making them best duo on
the team.
As a whole, the Rams
captured a 7-6 overall
season record and were
able to make it to the
GNAC semifinals where
the team lost to Johnson
and Wales University 5-0.
“Getting the All-GNAC
was cool. I didn’t expect
it at all,” said Dunlap in a
recent interview with The
Suffolk Journal. “It feels
really good to come back
and play well after having
two years off in Madrid.”
Dunlap
explained
that she admires tennis
because of the strong team
aspects it encompasses.
“I like [tennis] because
it’s an individual team
sport and you’re on
your own, but still come
together,” said Dunlap.
“At the end of the day,
you’re winning or losing
as a team.”
Dunlap touched on the
fact that it has also been
rewarding to be able to
help her team succeed
after the loss of their top
seniors from last season.
“[Dunlap] is such a
hard worker. This being
her first year on the team,
she almost immediately
took the ace spot, showing
how hard she worked for
it over the summer,” said
junior teammate Emily
Bean in a recent interview
with The Journal. “She
is an all-around player,
strong, positive and a
great teammate.”
Bean said that while
Dunlap is an amazing
athlete,
she
is
also
encouraging
and
has
helped the team work
on aspects such as their
mental game.
Senior
Jacquelyn
Courtesy of Dan McHugh
Junior Delaney Dunlap gets spot on
All-GNAC Singles First-Team.
Nakamura said that she
enjoyed being on the
same team as Dunlap
because she is dedicated
and supportive.
“She has done great
and has won almost every
game in our season,” said
Nakamura in a recent
interview
with
The
Journal. “She is a great
asset to our team and
benefited us every game.”
While the fall season
may have come to an end,
Dunlap has high hopes
moving forward and said
that head coach Matt
Tiberii has added in a new
game schedule for the
spring semester. For the
upcoming season, Dunlap
was also chosen to be the
captain of the team.
“I would like to work
more in the offseason to
try and get better so that
I can get All-GNAC again
and win a few of the
matches that I didn’t win
this season,” said Dunlap.
Connect with Hannah
by emailing
harroyo@su.suffolk.edu
Martin kicks record
Don Porcaro
Journal Contributor
Although
senior
Jennifer
Martin
showcased her scoring
ability throughout her
Suffolk University career,
the key asset was her
consistency. Martin set
a women’s soccer team
record
after
starting
in 69 games as a Ram.
She found herself in the
starting lineup in at least
15 games of every season
during her career. Martin
played a crucial role in
the team’s game plan.
In her final season as a
Lady Ram, Martin started
all 16 games, recording 12
goals and 29 points. Even
with starting so many
games, her production
never faltered. In her
four
seasons,
Martin
played 71 out of 73 games
for the Lady Rams. Even
with the heavy schedule
and playing time, Martin
seemed
anything
but
tired.
“I wish we had a game
everyday, that would be
ideal. I want to play 90
minutes of every game
and never want to come
off the field,” said Martin
in a recent interview with
The Suffolk Journal.
After
three
years
of being a solidified
starter,
Martin
was
named captain her senior
season. Despite all of her
success, Martin still had
a goal in mind that she
had not accomplished.
The
senior
captain
was focused on ending
Lasell College’s five-year
undefeated streak in the
Great Northeast Athletic
Conference (GNAC). On
Sept. 27, Lasell traveled
to East Boston Memorial
field to play Martin and
the Lady Rams. After 90
minutes, it was Suffolk
who came out on top to
beat Lasell 2-0.
“Beating Lasell was
my biggest achievement
at Suffolk. Our hard work
ended up paying off,” said
forward Martin.
In starting 69 games,
Martin broke the all time
Suffolk women’s soccer
record of most games
started, formerly held
by Gabrielle Balestrier in
2013, who had started 65
games.
“I’ve put my heart and
soul into the game and
it’s crazy after four years
I broke the record,” said
Martin.
Martin was inserted
into the starting lineup
her
freshman
year,
starting 15 of the team’s
17
games.
In
those
15 games she was the
second leading scorer on
the team, accounting for
11 points.
Despite the
team going 5-9-3 in her
freshman season, Martin
was a bright spot and had
already proven to be a
consistent piece.
“I always push myself
to be the best soccer
player I can be. I’m very
hard on myself but I
believe that has truly
made me a better player,”
said Martin.
Martin’s
teammates
also felt that her constant
motivation made them
better players.
“[Martin]
motivates
everyone
each
and
everyday both on and off
the field. She’s a great
teammate and friend who
always works hard. We
will definitely miss her
next year,” said junior
teammate Melissa Adamo
in a recent interview with
The Journal.
In
her
sophomore
season, Martin led the
team with 19 points,
playing in all 19 games.
Starting in 18 of them,
Martin’s name became
consistent
in
the
Ram’s starting line-up,
and stayed that way
throughout her career.
Martin also fired 44 shots
on goal throughout the
season, almost doubling
the second highest team
Courtesy of Suffolk Athletics
Senior forward Jennifer Martin sets Lady Rams’ record for
appearing in the starting lineup 69 times.
total.
“Playing with [Martin]
is fast-paced. When she’s
on her game there’s no
stopping her,” said junior
midfielder
Veronica
Bernardo in an interview
with The Journal.
In Martin’s junior year,
after coming off a 4-15
season her sophomore
year, the Lady Rams
had their best season
since Martin joined the
team. Suffolk went 1110 and made it to the
GNAC semifinals before
losing 1-0 to Albertus
Magnus College in double
overtime. Martin tallied
16 goals and 34 points,
while starting in 20 out of
the 21 games played that
season.
“My biggest learning
experience
has
been
learning it is okay to make
mistakes. If you dwell on
your mistakes, you’ll only
end up playing worse.
Mindset is everything,”
said Martin.
After four years playing
in a Suffolk University
uniform, Martin finished
her career on Saturday, in
a 3-1 loss against Lasell.
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by emailing
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STAY TUNED:
Men’s basketball is set for tip off on
Nov. 15. This game will begin the
Rams’ 25-game season.
SPORTS
STAY TUNED:
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talks about kneeling in sports and how it
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Rams shoot
for strong
campaign
Junior forward
Connor Henry,
#10.
Hannah Arroyo/Asst. Sports Editor
Suffolk men’s ice hockey team drops puck for season
Matt Geer
Journal Contributor
This winter will mark
the 14th season for head
coach Chris Glionna, the
winningest coach in the
history of the Suffolk
University
men’s
ice
hockey program, with
107 victories. In the Rams
second season as members
of the Commonwealth
Coast Conference (CCC),
Glionna
told
Journal
reporters that he plans to
add to this tally.
“Our goal is to return
to being a home ice playoff
team,” said Glionna in a
recent interview with The
Journal. “I think early
on in the season we are
looking to make sure the
team is progressing, we
will put an emphasis on
improving our scoring.”
In winning the seventh
straight home opener, the
Rams’ 38th season began
on Saturday with a 5-2
victory over Assumption
College
at
Emmons
Horrigan O’Neal Rink.
This marked Suffolk’s
first win of the season.
The Rams were led by
an impressive two goal
performance by freshman
forward Matt Bucher in
his Suffolk debut.
Bucher’s early strike,
3:47 into the first period,
got the Rams rolling.
This led to four more
Suffolk goals before the
Greyhounds cracked the
scoreboard late in the
second period. Bucher
was the only Ram to score
multiple
goals,
while
junior forwards Tyler
Scearbo, Connor Henry
and
Brendan
Heinze
scored the other goals.
Going into the 2017
campaign, the Rams were
ranked ninth out of 10
teams in the CCC in a
coach’s poll within the
league. Coming off of what
was a forgettable year,
with a 7-13-5 record, the
team will use last season
as a form of motivation to
move forward.
“We want to prove
the whole league wrong
and make a run at the
playoffs,”
said
senior
forward J.B. Sweeney in
a recent interview with
The
Suffolk
Journal.
“We brought in a lot of
“We want to
prove the whole
league wrong
and make a run
at the playoffs.”
- J.B. Sweeney,
#3
talented freshmen, mix
that in with the guys we
have coming back and
we should be able to
make some noise in the
conference.”
Over the summer,
Glionna made it a point
to get his team into
the best physical shape
possible. He discussed
with The Journal how the
team took advantage of
the “new and improved”
facilities that Suffolk has
to offer.
“This offseason we
worked very hard on
getting stronger,” said
Glionna. “The Michael
and Larry Smith Fitness
Center and the upgraded
varsity
weight
room
has been a tremendous
addition.”
Sweeney, a four-year
forward, discussed how
personal accolades are
not important to him
moving
forward.
The
success of the team takes
the driver’s seat this year,
as this will be his last go
around as a Ram.
“I’m more concerned
about the team as a whole
than I am about any
stats,” said Sweeney. “We
look to come together as
a team more this year,
we’re going against a
lot of competitive teams
and we will need to be
consistent all season.”
The Rams will see
movement
this
year
against competitive intraconference action. They
will square off against foes
such as Endicott College,
who won 24 games last
year, 14 of them coming
in conference play. Other
opponents for the Rams
include Nichols College,
The University of New
England and Johnson
and Wales University,
all coming off playoff
appearances last season.
“We have a one-game
at-a-time mentality and
don’t like to look too
far ahead,” said junior
sports marketing major
Brendan Heinze in a
recent interview with
The Journal. “We have to
become more consistent
for the full 60 minutes,
we can’t have five minute
lapses, we have to stay
sharp.”
As this team looks to
put it all together for the
season ahead, they have
been able to become a
close team off the ice.
Team chemistry will be
an adhesive in linking
the Rams to a successful
season in 2017-18.
“The closer the guys
are off the ice, the better
chemistry we will have
on the ice,” said Heinze.
“We have a good group of
guys in our locker room
that are all focused on
what the team wants to
achieve this year.”
Connect with Matt
by emailing
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Is this the future of Boston?
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Stay tuned:
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Suffolk University’s Center for Real Estate breaks down possible threats to the city’s
infrastructure due to climate change in the near future.
Suffolk men’s
hockey gear up for
their second season
as part of the CCC.
See the back page.
Green Party
activist talks IsraeliPalestine conflict
hosted by SJP.
Page 6.
Cirque of the Dead
hosts horror and gore
in a sexy way.
Page 7.
The Feminist Letters
series display why
men should be
fighters for equality,
too.
Page 9.
Delaney Dunlap
makes a racket
by placing on the
All-GNAC singles
awards.
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flooding due to climate change and its potential impact on the city.
POTENTIAL
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THREATENS CITY
By Kyle Crozier, Senior Staff Writer
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everal of Boston’s leading groups on sea level rise and harbor disaster relief have
reached a very similar conclusion: due to climate change, the city faces a rise in
sea level so great that within the next 100 years, 30 percent of the city could be
underwater.
illiam Golden, the lead
speaker, opened the
discussion of this real disaster
scenario at an event Wednesday,
and said planning for the city’s
future has transformed from a
purely preventative nature, to
attempts to identify how Boston
can best survive from the inevitable
flooding.
e and other experts in real
estate, city infrastructure
and the stewardship organization,
Boston Harbor Now, came together
to each provide a unique and
troubling insight on what the city
H
of Boston will need to prepare.
The panel was presented by the
Greater Boston Real Estate Board
and Suffolk University’s Center for
Real Estate. Panelists discussed the
projects that many of their groups
are working toward, and what more
is still to come.
olden, who co-founded
and directs the National
Institute for Coastal and Harbor
Infrastructure, offered a wide view
of what he calls the “triple threat”
posed to Massachusetts and the rest
of the country.
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Political Pulse:
The National Debt Crisis
Future tax reform issues have potential to
impact generations to come
“I understand that the government can keep piling up debt, and there’s
nothing holding them accountable for slowing their spending.”
By Twitter user Independent
-Suffolk University senior Gina DeMatteo
Maggie Randall
D.C. Correspondent
The national debt issue
is closely intertwined with
tax reform. Both have
become a responsibility
that largely falls on
younger Americans, such
as many Suffolk students,
some experts say.
Suffolk
University
senior Gina DeMatteo
is a politics, philosophy,
and economics major
who has worked at Grant
Thornton, LLP as a public
policy and government
affairs intern where she
has researched tax policy.
“Students are probably
thinking about how they
will have to pay off their
loans after college, but
not how it will effect
the next generation of
workers,” she said. “You
hear the media say the
debt is high, but not a
lot of visibility of how it
effects you.”
Maya
MacGuineas,
president
of
the
Committee
for
a
Responsible
Federal
Budget (CRFB) explained
at a “Fix the Debt
Campaign” presentation
on Monday in D.C. that
the immediate impacts
of not addressing the
national debt will not
be recognized. The longterm effects, however,
hurt younger generations
the most, according to
MacGuineas, which may
lead to an unhealthy
economy
and
lowerpaying jobs in the long
run.
In
April,
Treasury
Secretary Steven Mnuchin
explained
that
the
Trump
administration
is committed to tax and
regulatory reform that
would spur economic
growth. Mnuchin also
expressed concern that
if tax reform does not
happen by the end of 2017,
there will be immediate
negative impacts on the
economy.
“To the extent we get
the tax deal done, the
stock market will go up
higher,” said Mnuchin in
a Politico podcast in midOctober. “But there’s no
question in my mind that
if we don’t get it done,
you’re going to see a
reversal of a significant
amount of these gains.”
MacGuineas projected
in a TIME Magazine op-ed
earlier this year that “the
President’s plan could
add over $5 trillion to
the national debt over the
next decade.”
Similarly, the Center
on Budget and Policy
Priorities, a non-partisan
financial policy institute,
estimated that tax cuts
made during President
George
W.
Bush’s
administration in 2001
and 2003 added $1.4
trillion to the national
debt.
U.S. Department of
Commerce
data
from
October
has
shown
that the U.S. debt now
exceeds gross domestic
product
(GDP).
Pew
Research Center pointed
out that the nation’s
financial
situation
is
most comparable now to
how it was immediately
following World War II.
“In the overall scheme
of things, I understand
that the government can
keep piling up debt, and
there’s nothing holding
them accountable for
slowing their spending,”
said DeMatteo.
A Suffolk University/
USA Today poll in March
indicated
that
only
22 percent of voters
believe,“policymakers
should take steps to
control the growing costs
of Social Security and
Medicare,” programs that
contribute to the deficit.
Data from Real Clear
Politics right before the
last midterm elections
showed that 82 percent
of voters think debt is
an important issue when
considering congressional
candidates.
This dichotomy could
reveal
two
distinct
understandings.
First,
the national debt could
influence voters in the
2018
elections,
and
second, that while voters
seem to care about the
national debt, they are
not willing to forgo
entitlement reform in
order to address the debt.
CRFB
data
from
October shows that in
THE Suffolk Journal
fiscal year 2016, the
federal
government
spent 24 percent of the
budget on social security,
a federal benefit system
for retired and disabled
workers.
Another
26
percent of the budget was
spent on Medicare and
Medicaid, the Children’s
Health Insurance Program
(CHIP),
a
program
that Congress failed to
renew this year, and the
Affordable Care Act.
As these costs have
continued
to
rise,
Congressional leaders on
both sides of the aisles
agree that entitlement
reform is necessary as
a means to combat the
national debt.
Mick
Mulvaney,
Director of the Office of
Budget and Management,
described, in a midOctober
interview,
a
conversation
where
Trump “promised people
[he]
wouldn't
change
Social Security.”
Former
Secretary
of Labor and expert of
income equality Robert
Reich explained in a
recent Huffington Post
editorial that entitlement
reform
has
only
temporary effects.
“Social Security won’t
contribute
to
future
budget deficits. By law,
it can only spend money
from the Social Security
trust fund,” said Reich.
MacGuineas
argued
that
the
traditional
structure, paired with
an
aging
population,
should be a concern for
young people, and said
that the national debt
is a reflection of “how
broken our government
has become.” MaGuineas
also expressed that little
will be resolved without
bipartisan
support;
something Congress sees
little of these days.
“Write
to
your
representatives and your
senators,” said DeMatteo.
“Be aware of what’s
coming up in Congress
to remind them that they
reflect their constituents’
opinions, and college
students count too.”
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Harvard professor emphasizes
News Briefs
student impact on gerrymandering
Former Suffolk commencement speaker
to host CBS Evening News
Jeff Glor, who received an honorary journalism
degree from Suffolk University and served as the
College of Arts & Sciences’ 2011 speaker, was
recently named the new host for CBS Evening
News. Formerly a position held by Scott Pelley,
and most recently as Interim Anchor Anthony
Mason, Glor will now step in as the full-time
host. Glor, who used to be an anchor for WHDH
Channel 7, received high praise from the CBS News
President David Rhodes in a recent statement.
“Jeff is a thoughtful, probing journalist with the
versatility to anchor in any circumstance — from
daily reporting to the most significant events
of our time,” said Rhodes. “In his more than 10
years at CBS News, Jeff has earned the trust of
viewers and his colleagues. He represents the
best journalistic values and traditions that will
carry the ‘Evening News’ into a digital future.”
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contribution with Jenny Johnson
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Harvard Beneficial Professor of Law Charles Fried
Andrés Rodriguez
Journal Contributor
If there was a way
for one political party in
America to stay in power
forever, the best method
would be gerrymandering,
according to Harvard
Beneficial
Professor
of Law Charles Fried.
Gerrymandering,
according to Fried, is a
way to manipulate our
voting system and weaken
the
most
prominent
aspect
of
democratic
governments. Fried spoke
to the Suffolk University
students on Wednesday
to deliver the message
of the consequences of
gerrymandering and what
students can do about it.
“I did not know of the
prominence in current day
society of gerrymandering
and [Fried] gave good
perspective on [what is]
going on right now,” said
sophomore Micaela Clark
in an interview with The
Suffolk Journal. “They're
legislating this right now,
that’s crazy.”
Elbridge
Gerry,
a
politician
for
Massachusetts in 1744,
manipulated the votes
of his district in order
to aid the re-election of
his party, by creating
new borders that mainly
had his supporters. Since
then, the practice of
“They have data on
every voter in the state,
where that voter lives,
how that voter has been
registered over the
years, and so on and so
forth.”
-Charles Fried,
Harvard Beneficial Professor of Law
gerrymandering has only
increased
and
spread
worldwide, but as Fried
shared, it has happened in
America in every election
cycle and is not exclusive
to one party.
Gerrymandering
did
not go unrecognized, and
after much pressure from
the public, the Supreme
Court established rules
for how to draw borders
in districts to have equal
populations,
having
districts
be
compact
in terms of size and to
respect
the
county's
political borders. Now
with the use of digital
mapping, a political party
can bypass the set rules
that the Supreme Court
had in place to avoid
gerrymandering.
“They have data on
every voter in the state,
where that voter lives,
how that voter has been
registered over the years,
and,” said Fried. “It’s
very complex, but that’s
what
computers
are
for. And what are their
instructions? We can do
this anyway you want.”
Computers can create
multiple maps that follow
the rules but can still
be biased toward one
political party due to
loopholes in the system.
In the era of President
Donald
Trump’s
administration
where
Republicans have won
most seats in the House
and Senate, there appears
to be possible damage that
gerrymandering can do to
the future of America’s
democracy,
according
to Fried. The Democrats
for the past elections are
guilty of doing the same
gerrymandering
that
Republicans are currently
doing, he said
According to Fried, in
2012 the U.S. was 51.3
percent democratic, but
only had 39.4 percent
of seats in country,
that has showed a clear
imbalance in the value of
the other 60.6 percent of
Republican seats. In the
following election year,
the Republicans were able
to fight back and gained
66 percent of the seats
and shifted the country to
52 percent Republican.
“It will not be only
a
Republican
issue,
we’re doing this for the
republic,” said Fried when
telling his audience why
gerrymandering
should
be eliminated.
In an interview with
The Journal, professor
Fried voiced advice to
student bodies across the
nation.
“Vote. Get involved in
politics, that’s what I want
you to do,” said Fried.
Connect with Andres
by emailing
arodriguezmartinez@
su.suffolk.edu
In a recent interview in Studio 73, Comcast
Newsmakers host Jenny Johnson sat down with
Suffolk University’s Acting President Marisa
Kelly. The two discussed the school’s recently
announced partnership with international
recruitment firm, INTO International, as well
as the economic significance that international
students have in the city of Boston. The school
has ranked No. 7 by U.S. News and World Report
in regards to the university’s international
student population; 103 countries represent
the student body population. Kelly noted that
collegiate institutions need to focus on building
on the strengths that universities possess.
Suffolk’s international student population is one
element that Kelly said is a critical part for all of
Suffolk’s students. Kelly highlighted that Suffolk
students contribute approximately $80 million to
the regional economy, while also being employed
in an estimated 1,100 jobs as well. Engagement
with the city and access to internships prompts
students to remain in the area after graduation,
according to Kelly.
Trump releases JFK files
Last week, thousands of documents relating to
the assassination of the thirty-fifth President
of the United States, John F. Kennedy were
published by the National Archives. President
Donald Trump ordered for this release, which
did not reveal all of the documents due to
national security concerns, but did disclose some
material. A series of Central Intelligence Agency
meetings outlining a price to kill Cuban Dictator
Fidel Castro and the search to locate a stripper
who knew Lee Harvey Oswald’s killer, Jack Ruby,
were just some of the tidbits provided. With
certain documents being held for months to
come, Trump’s order of information released to
the public about Kennedy provides insight into
the era. Other documents, such as internal bribes
and the Federal Bureau of Investigation having
tracked Oswald, provided insight into the past
and answered certain questions, that some have
wondered about after all of these years.
Correction
Correction: Due to an error from sources, a previous version of the Oct. 11 article “Alum forced
to postpone place for office” included a quote
from Justin Murad that stated voters feared there
would be repercussions from Tim McCarthy, the
current City Councilor-at-Large for district five of
Boston, for signing the petition to get his name
on the ballot. This is incorrect, as it was not based
on any factual circumstance. It was previously
published that McCarthy held the position for 20
years. This is incorrect as he was elected in 2013.
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This combination of
threats consists of rising
sea levels, extreme storms
and aging infrastructure.
Golden continued that
to resolve this danger,
“We now have to change
from
responding
and
repairing, to planning and
investing.”
Four possible basic
solutions were laid out by
Golden in response to the
rising sea level; to retreat,
to buy time, to live with
the water or to ignore the
threat.
Highly conscious that
none of these were ideal,
Golden asserted that the
reason some people do not
admit to the existence of
climate change is because
they don’t want to admit
to what the solution will
have to be. The solution
will have to involve large
amounts of funding and
require intense planning
efforts.
The
Massachusetts
Department
of
Transportation’s
(MassDOT)
Assistant
Secretary
for
Policy
Coordination
Kate
Fichter spoke from the
perspective
of
what
the Boston area public
transportation
systems
face in opposition to
climate change and sea
level rise.
“If the [MBTA] Blue
Line goes down, you
essentially
cut
off
East Boston from the
mainland,” said Fichter.
In discussing various
proposals and projects
that are being pushed
forward within MassDOT,
whether they are physical
changes or changes in
bureaucracy,
Fichter
demonstrated that due
to the incoming threat
of sea level rise, Boston’s
subways will need to be
prepared.
One of the several
physical solutions would
be the building of storm
doors that can close off
the entries to subway
tunnels in the case of
flooding,
minimizing
damage to those systems.
Bureaucratic
plans
included multiple staffing
additions to create more
room for departments
to work closer together
and increase efficiency
in confronting issues of
climate change.
Working in a newly
established
position
Kyle Crozier/ Senior Staff Writer
William Golden discusses the toll of climate change on Boston’s harbor
by
Boston
Mayor
Marty Walsh, Richard
McGuiness
explained
what he has helped plan
as Deputy Director of the
Waterfront Planning &
Development Agency.
McGuiness
reflected
on how the actions of
the city were once highly
“Retrofitting
wharf
style
buildings
by
eliminating the second
floor and elevating the
first floor is a good
example of how you can
protect those wharf style
buildings which are part
of Boston’s fabric, it’s
history of architecture,”
neighborhoods
from
being destroyed in the
floods to come.
On a more intimate
level of dealing with the
problem, WS Development
Vice President for the
Boston Seaport Yanni
Tsipis spoke on how they
take into account that
how he has to consider
what will happen in the
next
half-century
to
affect his developments
in regards to rising sea
levels.
Some of the newly
developed
standards
include putting very little
of a building’s priority
“We now have to change from responding
and repairing, to planning and investing.”
- William Golden, Co-founder and Executive Director of the
National Institute for Coastal and Harbor Infrastructure
motivated by what the
Federal
Emergency
Management Agency said
any active risks were.
This meant that the city
would not be able to
react to threats that had
not been analyzed by the
government agency and
thus could not respond
to the far future dangers
of sea level rise to the
Boston area.
Now, as the city and
state has become much
more aware of what risks
are to be faced, a new
and larger push to harden
the city’s infrastructure
against
flooding
has
begun.
said McGuiness.
McGuiness emphasized
that many of Boston’s
future plans will focus
less on reducing carbon
emissions to stop climate
change from happening,
rather focusing on the
city
reducing
carbon
emissions so that when
those negative effects
do arrive, they will not
become any worse than
what is predicted. The
public and the private
sector reflected in the
talk how much time and
money is being spent
on developing methods
to prepare all of the
city’s infrastructure and
these
new
guidelines
and research plans when
working on their new 23acre project in Boston’s
seaport district.
Describing what the
three
developments
are being built at the
South Boston Waterfront
Seaport are, Tsipis listed
buildings, transportation
infrastructure, and ten
acres of public space.
Tsipis’s
experience
has
spanned
more
than
$2
billion
of
development
projects
in Boston, throughout
many
different
areas
of
development.
His
discussion reflected on
maintenance equipment
on the first few floors and
keeping much of a new
building’s electrical and
ventilation machinery on
the roof.
“The science caught up
with the concern really
just in the last five years
or so,” said Tsipis.
President and CEO
of Boston Harbor Now
Kathy Abbott, was the
last person to speak at
the event and discussed
much
of
her
past
experience with city-wide
infrastructure
changes
similar to those other
speakers presented.
Considering
the
process of how the
various Boston Harbor
cleanup projects were
developed and executed,
Abbott insisted that the
first major step to move
forward in defense of sea
rise will be to create new
government systems to
allocate funding for all of
the needed developments.
She continued, explaining
that these developments
will be numerous, as so
much of the city will have
to become involved in
order to make a positive
move to protect itself
from the damage caused
by climate change.
“Each time a report
comes out we find out the
sea is rising higher than
we thought before,” said
Abbott.
Abbott named many
of
the
wide-ranging
discussions
that
are
occurring in both the
public
and
private
sectors with optimism,
claiming that, “We are
doing better than many
other cities in terms of
the level of conversation
we are having and the
collaboration
we
are
having and the steps we
are beginning to take.”
Connect with Kyle
by emailing kcrozier@
su.suffolk.edu
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Green Party activist condemns American
military involvement in global conflicts
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Jacob Geanous
World News Editor
The
2016
VicePresidential
Green
Party candidate Ajamu
Baraka came to Suffolk
University Monday to
discuss his opinions on
the longstanding IsraeliPalestinian conflict.
As
Baraka
spoke,
multiple news sources
confirmed that seven
Palestinians were killed
when
Israeli
forces
detonated explosives in
the Gaza Tunnel, just the
latest lives claimed by a
conflict the United States
has meddled in.
Baraka, a renowned
grassroots organizer for
more than 25 years, has
been at the forefront of
applying
international
human rights framework
to social justice within
the U.S. He is also the
national organizer and
spokesperson
for
the
newly recreated Black
Alliance for Peace.
During
his
presentation, he set his
sights on the IsraeliPalestinian
conflict,
which has been one of the
most precarious affairs
that the U.S. has involved
itself with in the last halfdecade. Israel has been
one of the top recipients
of U.S. aid since the end
of World War II and
has received more than
$124 billion since 1976.
In a September press
conference, U.S. President
Donald Trump announced
that the U.S. would open
their
first
permanent
military base in Israel.
According to Baraka,
U.S.
support
from
Israel stems from the
shared idea of “western
civilization” that both
countries identify with a notion that Baraka tied
directly to Caucasians.
Baraka
went
through
America’s laundry list of
violent foreign affairs and
highlighted that many
of the countries that
have witnessed military
action from the U.S. are
primarily non-Caucasian.
He said the fact that Israel
has repeatedly identified
as a “western nation” has
helped garner popular
civilian support for the
arming and backing of
the Israeli army by the
U.S. as well.
“When we look at all
these conflicts, since the
end of the Second World
War, what has been the
primary
characteristic
is the U.S., in conflict,
waging war on, people
of color.” said Baraka.
“Because of that we find
that there continues to be
popular support for these
conflicts.”
Baraka claimed that
the contrasting ideals
between the U.S. and
Palestine have resulted
in the marginalization of
Palestinians on a global
scale.
“When
we
talk
about how we build a
movement to support
Palestine, you see what
you are up against,”
said Baraka. “Basically
the first thing we have
to do is humanize the
Palestinians, because they
have been dehumanized.”
Baraka
challenged
the idea of western
civilization and branded
it a false ideology fueled
by white supremacy.
He also condemned the
U.S. Military involvement
around the world because
he said it has been
fueled by racially specific
targeting and asserted
that the U.S. military
presence is due to foreign
policy laced with hints of
white superiority.
“We have to talk
about notions of white
supremacy and how it is
manifested in policy,” said
Baraka. “It’s a difficult
conversation, but we have
to take it on.”
Baraka laid out the
struggle
in
Palestine
against a backdrop of
America’s recent military
investigation around the
world and insinuated that
government officials have
misled Americans.
“In the last 16 years
we have had a war in Iraq
and were told Saddam
Hussein had weapons
of mass destruction and
therefore there was a
justification for us to
go into their country,”
said Baraka. “We had
intervention in Syria,
we have had the second
longest war in U.S.
history, in Afghanistan.
We have the continuation
of drone warfare where
it is estimated that over
4,000 civilians have died
in seven nations. We have
a grotesque situation in
Yemen that a lot of people
don’t know about.”
Following
Baraka’s
presentation, the floor
was opened to audience
members
who
asked
questions ranging from
global, national and local
topics.
The
night
was
organized and run by
the Suffolk University
Students for Justice for
Palestine (SJP).
Connect with Jacob by
emailing jgeanous@
su.suffolk.edu
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HOTEL ATTACK KILLS 23 IN SOMALIA
CATALAN LEADER SUMMONED BY COURT
Just two weeks after a city bombing that left more than 350 dead
in Mogadishu, five attackers from the Islamist al-Shabaab militant
group stormed a hotel and killed 23 people and wounded more
than 30 this past Saturday. The five gunmen, dressed in intelligence
service uniforms, inconspicuously entered the hotel after a truck
bomb decimated the front-entrance. The gunmen were able to hold
off security forces for more than 12 hours while other gunmen went
room to room shooting guests. The attackers obtained professional
identification cards from the country’s intelligence service in order
to sneak past police officers. Nearly 55 minutes after the attack,
al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the hotel bombing on one
of its websites. Seeing as this attack has occurred only two weeks
after the massive bomb that killed 350 people, also blamed on alShabaab, many are questioning the Somali security establishment.
Somalia’s government fired two of the country’s most senior security
officials after the attack. The bombing two weeks ago was one of
the single most lethal terrorist strikes in recent years. This move
towards strengthening Somali government is aimed at restoring
public confidence. Somali Special Forces managed to kill three of
the gunmen and capture the other two, according to officials.
Former Catalan leader Carles Puidgemont has been summoned by
Spain’s high court, alongside 13 other members of his dismissed
government. Puidgemont triggered the crisis in early October in
Spain by initiating an independence referendum. Although Madrid
seriously opposed the referendum and the Constitutional Court
declared the vote illegal, he still continued with the referendum.
Puidgemont fled to Belgium with other former ministers when
Spanish Attorney General Jose Manuel Maza called for Catalan leaders
to face charges of sedition, rebellion and misuse of public funds. He
said he is not there to seek asylum, according to BBC. Spain’s chief
prosecutor said that he would press charges on Puidgemont this
past Monday, according to BBC. Spain’s central government has now
taken direct control of Catalonia. These sacked Catalan officials have
been summoned to appear in court on Thursday and Friday. If the
officials do not appear, prosecutors could issue a warrant for their
arrest. Several of Puidgemont’s colleagues remain in Catalonia and
may decide to appear in court, according to BBC. Puidgemont says
he will appear in court if he is guaranteed a fair hearing. Judge
Carmen Lamela said in a ruling that the prosecution’s arguments
against the group are rational, logical and serious. If charged with
rebellion, Catalan government members may face a maximum 30year sentence, according to BBC.
ARTS & CULTURE
‘Cirque of the Dead’
delivers Halloween
horror, stunts &
erotica
By Shayla Manning
Journal Contributor
Blood, sex, clowns and zombies took the stage as the
Boston Circus Guild put on their annual performance of
‘Cirque of the Dead’ this past Saturday night.
The Halloween-themed event took place at the
American Repertory Theater’s Oberon club-styleatmosphere in Cambridge, where guests in costumes of
all kinds packed into the sold-out show.
High-energy Boston based comic, Wes Hazard hosted
the show, dressed in a flashy purple velvet suit. He wasn’t
just introducing the acts, he became the host of a very
gory game that was going to take place. Contestants
(members of Boston Circus Guild) took part in a Jumanjistyle board game where they had to fight for their lives
through tortuous acts that their dice roll decided
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Shayla Manning / Journal Contributor
The
Queens Return
By Juliana Tuozzola, Journal Staff
Extravagantly bedazzled outfits,
spunky wigs and fun makeup are all
major ingredients to a successful and
captivating drag show. All of which
were present last Wednesday at the
Annual Drag Show hosted by the
Queer Student Union and Performing Arts Office at Suffolk University in
celebration of LGBTQ history month.
The room was filled with vibrancy as
the drag queens and king took the
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Ramifications reverberate across Boston
By Ryan Arel, Journal Staff
Lexie Piepmeier/ Journal Contributor
Queen Kamden T. Rage during a liveset at
Suffolk University’s annual drag show.
Drag show returns in
celebration of LGBTQ
History Month
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stage to perform lipsynced versions of popular and upbeat songs. The
show certainly honored
the LGBTQ community’s
historical background and
colorful spirit.
Drag Queen Kamden
T. Rage made her big debut, performing “Highway to Hell,” in an outfit that captured a total
punk-rock essence. It was
Rage’s first time ever performing at Suffolk, and
she left her mark on the
audience.
“If I didn’t have a voice
I wouldn’t have gotten
into as much trouble as
I’ve gotten into- which is
fun. It’s fun to be different and to be rebellious,”
said Rage to the audience.
Rage embodied both
the spirit and appearance
of a true rock star during
her first set. This fierce
queen snapped her fingers, shook her hips and
freely moved with the
beat as she introduced
Drag King Tyler.
“Tyler holds the title
of Mr. Boston Pride 2016
and is the first transgender male to win in that
category,” said Rage as
she introduced him. Drag
King Tyler then took to
the stage next, performing a lip-sync cover of “Let
me Love You” with a pink
and blue glittered beard,
honoring the transgender
flag, and fairy wings.
“The dancing diva”
Miss Misery had the entire audience captivated
the second she stepped
onto the stage in her fabulous black heels. Misery
brought the room to life
by doing a split, which
stunned the crowd.
“We like to have fun
here, and I’m just thankful for you guys for being
here and supporting us
every single year,” said
Misery.
The audience was fully engaged throughout
the show, many smiled,
laughed and cheered on
as the drag queens and
king performed.
The show concluded
with the Queen’s performance of “Lady Marmalade.” The Queen’s outfits for this final set were
nothing short of astonishing- between Misery’s
fabulous gold accessories
and Krystal Crawford’s
purple feather boa, the
stunning ladies exuded
confidence almost too big
for the tiny stage to contain.
“We enjoy what we do,
we love what we do and
we want to share it and
make your lives just a little bit more happy,” said
Crawford.
Connect with Juliana
by emailing
jtuozzola@su.suffolk.edu
The Ramifications, one
of two a cappella groups
at
Suffolk
University,
perform further than the
borders of campus. The
group has performed at
renowned venues around
Boston,
including
TD
Garden, where they sang
the
national
anthem
for the Boston Celtics,
the Hatch Shell at the
Esplanade, the Faneuil
Hall Annual A Cappella
Competition
and
on
Valentine’s Day on Fox
25 News, according to
Suffolk’s website.
Formed in the spring
of 2001 as the first a
cappella group on campus,
the co-ed group has been
known to sing across an
array of genres, which has
included “pop and rock to
R&B and soul,” according
to Suffolk’s website; all
without
instrumental
assistance.
“It has been around
for 10 [plus] years and
bursted right into the a
cappella scene as soon as it
could,” said junior theatre
major and Ramifications
President Kane Harper.
“Several
CD’s
were
made, competitions won
and [the group] rapidly
became a proud Suffolk
University name.”
The group is far from
being without accolades;
in February of 2011, the
Ramifications placed No.
2 at the International
Championship
of
Collegiate A Cappella
(ICCA) and were awarded
Best
Choreography
and Outstanding Vocal
Percussion,
according
to the group’s Facebook
page. They went on to
compete at the ICCA
again in 2012 and 2013 at
Berklee College of Music
and MIT. Then placed
fourth in 2017 at Berklee,
according to Harper.
To become a part of
the group, students must
go through a rigorous
process; first, students
must sign up for a live
audition.
Newcomers
must prepare a song of
their choice for the first
round and do a pitch
match to determine if
they can hit a certain
vocal range, according
to freshman Darby Sabin,
who was accepted into
the group this year.
“It’s
very
nervewracking,” said Sabin. “It’s
a very selective group.”
Following the first
round
of
auditions,
callbacks are determined
by all current members
of the group. Those
invited back learn a
song presented by the
group, and the potential
members rehearse a song
with all members present
to see how the new voice
blends. Then, the final
cuts are made.
“They all cheered and
celebrated when they told
me I got in,” said Sabin.
“It instantly felt like
family.”
For
the
semester,
the group plans to hold
performances on Dec. 2
for the Boston Winter
A
Cappella
Festival,
as well as the annual
Performing Arts Office
(PAO) Winter Showcase
on Dec. 7, according to
junior business major
and
Ramifications
Business Manager Kristy
Fitzpatrick.
The group is currently
looking for a new public
relations director and
student musical director,
following junior Jenna
Locke’s
acceptance
into the Disney College
Program where she will
be a character performer
at Walt Disney World in
Orlando come February.
Locke is not alone in
the group of students who
have had opportunities
by being a part of the
Ramifications.
“Many of our group
members and past group
members have gotten
fantastic
opportunities
with their involvement in
the Rams,” said Harper.
“Some [of our alumni]
have flown across the
country to pursue major
label industries.”
Locke described this
year to be a rebuilding
year due to only a few
returning members. The
group has also sought
outside help from PAOhired Music Director,
Anna Morsillo, according
to Locke.
Though the group is
full of new faces, they
are confident they will
measure up on stage.
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ty. Along with the music, a montage of clips
from iconic horror films
played on a giant screen
on stage.
Primarily
featuring
aerial acts, one performer danced through ropes
while dressed as a clown,
to “Sexy and I Know It,”
by the group LMFAO. Another performer, ‘player
one,’ pulled a card for his
round for the game and
was “electrocuted” during
his aerial hoop performance, twirling in the air,
and revealed a striking
glow-in-the-dark paint all
over his body.
The show also featured
a burlesque dancer that
performed more of a torture than a tease, as she
stripped and proceeded to
stab ‘player two’ to death,
as fake blood poured over
her and the stage. ‘Player
two’ later came back to
perform as well, where
he ripped off his clothes
to reveal a flesh-eating infection on his skin, which
was covered in eyeballs.
All of the sexiness, of
course, included gore.
Throughout
playing
the game, Hazard often
made jokes to the audience, repeatedly referencing the movie Jumanji as
he discovered no one’s
lives were safe until the
game was completed. His
humor took away from
the horror a bit, but also
entertained.
Quite possibly the
most eye-catching performance of them all included two aerial silk artists
dancing above a satanic
star and candles on the
floor, as bone-chilling
music played throughout
the theater.
In one of the final
rounds of the game,
Hazard pulls a card that
summons a performer
dressed as the iconic vampire Nosferatu. Nosferatu
enters to comedic music,
then goes on to execute
a mind-blowing performance where he juggles a
small crystal ball. Hazard
revealed what Nosferatu
possessed was the Moon,
and he needed it to finish
the game.
The show ended as the
‘contestants’ and other
performers of the show
ran on the stage and went
into a full out dance, as
the live band played upbeat music behind them,
celebrating the end of the
game.
While most of the performances were comic
horror, some proved to be
actually quite scary.
Cirque of the Dead
puts on a wildly entertaining show, including
all the guts, gore and sexiness people love to see
around Halloween. The
performers, as well as the
workings of the lights,
makeup and music, made
for a spectacularly spooky
For
listeners
who
cannot make the group’s
upcoming shows, they
can also be heard outside
of their conventional live
setting; they currently
have two albums titled
Voices in the Attic (2007)
and If Maniacs Riot (2010),
which can be found at the
Suffolk bookstore.
Connect with Ryan
by emailing
rarel@su.suffolk.edu
Gore galore at Boston Circus Guild’s annual event
for them. The narrative followed the four
contestants who were
“picked at random” and
followed their fight for
survival.
Four contestants were
given the titles of player “one” through “four,”
and endured physically
demanding performances to complete the game,
where the extraordinary
circus acts such as aerial
hoops and silks, burlesque
and contact juggling were
displayed. The audience
stared in awe as the performers flew through
the air above them, and
enticed them with their
skills.
Hazard would take
occasional breaks from
the game, in which the
avant-garde jazz stylings
of the Emperor Norton’s
Stationary Marching Band
would send the audience
into a full-on dance par-
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by emailing
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OPINION
Negotiating with the Taliban is not an option
Stiv Mucollari
Journal Staff
While in a state of
civil war, Afghanistan
has the foundation of
a
democratic
state.
Recently,
the
United
States Secretary of State
Rex Tillerson said that
the U.S. would be open
to
negotiating
with
“moderate”
members
of the Taliban. He also
added that the U.S.
could allow them to take
part
in
Afghanistan’s
government,
according
to a report by The
Washington Post. Not
By Twitter user @realDonaldTrump
only would this proposal
to end the civil war not
work, but also it would
equal the concession of
defeat for America.
To believe that there
are moderate elements
within the Taliban is to
ignore the organization’s
history.
The
Taliban
is
a
violent
Sunni
fundamentalist
group
that wants to reestablish
control over Afghanistan
and install Sharia law.
The Taliban should not be
able to negotiate for the
democratic government
that is in place, especially
since they should be
considered a terrorist
organization.
Currently,
no
U.S.
government
entity
classifies
the
Afghan
Taliban as a terrorist
group,
according
to
The Feminist letters:
Feminism is not just for women.
Men should be proud to be fighters for equality.
Haley Clegg | Photo Editor
Where along the line did feminism
become synonymous with “hating
men?”
Feminism isn’t an attack on men,
and it doesn’t claim that men are
inferior to women, yet many continue to view it
as such. Feminism was created to make all genders
have equal opportunity.
Over the past century, women have had some
major successes in creating such an environment.
The right to vote in 1920, the Equal Pay Act in
1963, and Roe v. Wade in 1973 all propelled women
toward equal rights.
For many men, feminism is regarded as a
personal attack. While the core of the feminist
movement is based on the advocacy of women’s
rights on the equality of the sexes, admittedly there
have been some extremists that have radicalized
the movement. These individuals have been labeled
‘feminazis’ and have tainted the way the feminist
movement is viewed as a whole. Moreover, these
‘feminazis’ have driven men away from the core
values that the original feminist movement worked
so hard to achieve.
Excluding men only perpetuates the negative
connotation “feminism” has acquired, which only
slows our progress. Men who feel threatened by
feminism don’t want to participate in the fight for
it. Even some women stray away from labeling
themselves as feminists because of how negative
the term has become.
Whether we like to admit it or not, we need
both men and women to be on board with feminism
if we want to see it succeed. True equality can
only be achieved if all genders work together to
fight against stereotypes, misogyny and patriarchal
views.
Overall, the most frustrating aspect of this
“man-hating stigma” is that there are actually so
many reasons why men should want to be feminists.
Women are not the only people benefiting from this
movement; men do as well.
Feminists actively work to dismantle the idea that
men have to be the sole providers for the family,
and that it is shameful to be a stay-at-home father.
Feminists want both boys and girls to know that
it’s okay to show emotion, that all genders can be
successful, regardless of whether those careers are
traditionally thought of as masculine or feminine.
Boys should grow up feeling comfortable pursuing
a job as a nurse or a teacher, while girls should feel
confident being an engineer or a scientist.
While feminism focuses on equality, it also works
to redefine the way society views masculinity, while
breaking down gender stereotypes. This benefits
everyone in society, by increasing diversity into
different fields, while relieving individuals of these
societal pressures.
Many men agree that men and women should
be treated equally in all walks of life, yet many
still admit that they are uncomfortable to label
themselves as a feminist due to the man hating
“feminists.”
In order to get men involved in the feminist
movement, we need to reclaim and redefine
feminism. Its crucial that everyone understands that
feminism is truly about treating women as equals
in society.
It is crucial that both men and women realize
this for what it is worth so that we can work toward
a brighter future together, one that provides equal
opportunities for everyone. No matter what gender,
people should be able to successfully pursue their
career path and aspirations.
Connect with Haley by emailing
hclegg@su.suffolk.edu
Trump has
changed his
rhetoric from
2013 and as
president, he is
going to send
more troops into
Afghanistan.
the State Department’s
of
Foreign
Terrorist
Organizations. Classified
as an armed insurgent
group, the U.S. should
rename the Afghan Taliban
as a terrorist group. From
persecuting the people of
Afghanistan to bombing
American
troops,
the
legal definition of what is
a terrorist group applies
to
the
organization.
The proper naming will
send a message that the
U.S. is not interested
in negotiating with the
Afghan Taliban. Likewise,
it will show America’s
commitment to the longterm task of defeating
them.
During
President
Barack
Obama‘s
administration, attempts
taken to negotiate with
moderate members of the
Taliban failed. In 2015,
the Taliban affirmed its
alliance with Al-Qaeda
and vowed to continue
waging war against the
U.S, according to The
Brookings
Institute.
For an administration
that is distancing itself
from the policies and
procedures of Obama’s
administration, to restart
failed negotiations has no
political value.
Instead of negotiating
with
the
Taliban,
members of President
Donald
Trump’s
administration
should
promote the plan already
in place. In August,
Trump announced his
Afghanistan
strategy.
Troop levels were going to
increase by an unspecified
amount, continue training
Afghan counterinsurgent
forces and the U.S. would
continue
destroying
existing
terrorist
sanctuaries
within
Afghanistan.
Allowing the Taliban
to
speak
for
the
current
government
of Afghanistan would
destabilize it. Inviting
the same group that
bombed civilians who
voted in the most recent
presidential
election
for Afghanistan sends
a
disastrous
message
that the U.S. does not
believe that the current
democratic government
of Afghanistan is stable
in the long run. Given
the support that the
Afghanistan government
receives from the U.S,
this would delegitimize it
within the eyes of its own
populace.
While Americans are
wary of nation building in
Afghanistan, completing
it the right way is a
must, even if it takes
countless years. The U.S.
has wasted too much
blood and resources to
“Inviting the
same group
that bombed
civilians
who were
voting sends
a disastrous
message
that the U.S.
does not
believe that
the current
democratic
government
of Afghanistan
is stable in the
long run.”
build a functioning state
in Afghanistan. Taking
the effortless way out of
the conflict by reaching a
deal with the Taliban will
empower a radical group
that could seize power
once again in a vacuum.
Afghanistan must not
become a moral and
geopolitical failure for
the U.S.
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by emailing smucollari
@su.suffolk.edu
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Editor’s Word
Everyday, cruelty and cynicism wreak
havoc throughout the unfair world we live
in. As poverty grows hastily in developing
nations and terrorist attacks take the lives
of millions, devoted journalists can be
found eagerly scribbling down every last
word of each disheartening incidence in
order to make a living. As intrinsically
dismal stories flood the news hour after
hour, a vehement writer can be found
cogitating in the shadow of those words.
Reporting is essentially a direct way of
writing the instructions, or perhaps the
rules, for how global culture functions.
Many admire the passion and dedication
of journalists who report such depressing
news every day without adopting a
misanthropic persona. However, there is
always a flipside to every coin. For every
fervent reporter, there is always at least
one menial, unaware journalism major
lacking the direction required to make it in
such an impassioned discipline.
For the journalism majors that sit
in class day after day, uninvolved and
underworked, the world will soon sort
you out in a manner relative to your
mediocrity. In order to be whole-heartedly
successful, any field of study worth
working in requires ambition and vigor.
So many individuals do not show up to
the world on a daily basis; they go through
life without knowing what’s going on
right outside U.S. borders. Social media
floods our so-called “news feed” with what
is often deemed to be fake or irrelevant
news. Studying news reporting requires
remarkably more than just scrolling
through Facebook and showing up to
your visual aesthetics class. Ultimately,
it requires the adoption of a redesigned
lifestyle - a lifestyle that morphs one’s
mindset into a psyche that embraces all
outlets of news. From The Washington
Post to The New York Times, from NPR
to BBC the information floating just
within our reach is both innovative
and absolutely endless. It is time for
all journalism students to become fully
immersed in global and political news.
The future is in our hands - in order to be
able to manage that future effectively, it is
inherent to read the rules first.
Regulations are meant to be
improved, not erased
O
Trump’s administration begins to scratch progress in reduced
carbon emissions and rules involving unsafe chemicals
Kyle Crozier
Senior Staff Writer
The
Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA)
was created with a simple
and singular goal: to
protect human health and
the environment.
The
EPA’s
reach
extends to the public and
private sector, as they
are intended to remain
unbiased in that pursuit
of health. This pursuit
has been poisoned by
the inclusion of an open
member of the chemical
industry into a new
position at the EPA, and
humans’ health will see a
decline because of it.
Dr. Nancy Beck worked
for five years as an
executive at the American
Chemistry Council, the
primary trade institution
for American chemical
companies. Her position
came to an end this year,
after being appointed in
May to one of the key
regulatory positions of the
EPA where the decision is
made on which chemicals
will be considered too
risky for the public.
If
this
does
not
seem like a clear and
almost blatant conflict
of interest, it is hard
to identify what the
definition of conflict must
be for President Donald
Trump and his cabinet.
The mission as set out by
her new department is to,
“protect you, your family
and
the
environment
from
potential
risks
from pesticides and toxic
chemicals.”
In her time in the
new position, Beck has
already slashed more
than a dozen regulations
on
various
chemicals
that had been previously
deemed unsafe, making
these chemicals much
more difficult to regulate
“In her time
in the new
position,
Beck has
already
slashed
more than
a dozen
regulations
on various
chemicals
that had
been
previously
deemed
unsafe,
making
these
chemicals
much more
difficult to
regulate
despite
their proven
negative
effects.”
despite
their
proven
negative effects.
Some
of
these
chemicals
include,
perfluorooctanoic
acid (PFOA) that has
been linked to birth
defects, immune system
disorders, kidney cancer,
and was once used in
non-stick
pans,
food
packaging, stain-resistant
carpeting and a number
of industrial processes.
These findings were the
result of a large study
completed more than
two years ago of several
peer-reviewed
studies
concerning the chemical.
President
Donald
Trump’s
pick
for
Administrator
of
the
Environmental Protection
Agency,
Scott
Pruitt,
has shown how reliant a
government agency like
the EPA is on having
administrators who are
working in tandem with
the goal of the agency.
Instead of continuing the
long history of ensuring
a betterment of the
environment and human
health, Pruitt has taken
measures to retract steps
forward in the battle to
lessen the emissions of
carbon.
With his withdrawal
from the Clean Power
Plan (CPP), Pruitt stated
that he believed this
plan was not meant to
reduce carbon emissions,
but rather it was a
plan that the Obama
administration
was
using, “to pick winners
and losers and how we
generate electricity in this
country.” Pruitt’s opinion
comes in spite of the
EPA’s estimation that the
CPP could have prevented
2,700 to 6,600 premature
deaths and 140,000 to
150,000 asthma attacks in
children.
This new movement
of rolling back safety
measures put forward
by a government agency
created solely to ensure
public health is so far
removed from the best
interest
of
American
citizens that it is almost
malicious.
The issue of an EPA that
is acting against its own
ideals creates a difficulty
to imagine dichotomy. An
agency that was endowed
with legislative strength
in order to defend the
health of people and the
environment is being
used for third parties
to profit at the expense
of those citizens it was
“This new
movement
of rolling
back safety
measures
put forward
by a
government
agency
created
solely to
ensure
public
health is so
far removed
from
the best
interest of
American
citizens that
it is almost
malicious.”
created to protect.
Government agencies
cannot be allowed to turn
their back on citizens just
so that private companies
can have more room for
profit in the future.
The damage that this
kind of administration
could
cause
is
catastrophic, as it takes
much more time to put
legislation in place than it
does to tear it down.
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su.suffolk.edu
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Lady Rams make a racket
S
Dunlap honored for season achievements
Hannah Arroyo
Asst. Sports Editor
In her first-ever season
with the Suffolk University
women’s tennis team,
junior Delaney Dunlap
was able to capture the
feat of being recognized
as a member of the AllGreat Northeast Atlantic
Conference
(GNAC)
Singles First-Team.
Dunlap became the
fifth consecutive player
for Suffolk to receive
this first-team selection.
The honor is voted on by
the National Collegiate
Athletic
Association
(NCAA) and given out to
some of the best players
in the GNAC per Dunlap.
Ever
since
Suffolk
joined the GNAC ranks in
2007, they have obtained
38
All-GNAC
awards,
eight being second-team
doubles.
In her first season with
the Lady Rams, Dunlap
achieved a 9-6 singles
record and a 7-4 doubles
record with sophomore
teammate Keely Hardy,
making them best duo on
the team.
As a whole, the Rams
captured a 7-6 overall
season record and were
able to make it to the
GNAC semifinals where
the team lost to Johnson
and Wales University 5-0.
“Getting the All-GNAC
was cool. I didn’t expect
it at all,” said Dunlap in a
recent interview with The
Suffolk Journal. “It feels
really good to come back
and play well after having
two years off in Madrid.”
Dunlap
explained
that she admires tennis
because of the strong team
aspects it encompasses.
“I like [tennis] because
it’s an individual team
sport and you’re on
your own, but still come
together,” said Dunlap.
“At the end of the day,
you’re winning or losing
as a team.”
Dunlap touched on the
fact that it has also been
rewarding to be able to
help her team succeed
after the loss of their top
seniors from last season.
“[Dunlap] is such a
hard worker. This being
her first year on the team,
she almost immediately
took the ace spot, showing
how hard she worked for
it over the summer,” said
junior teammate Emily
Bean in a recent interview
with The Journal. “She
is an all-around player,
strong, positive and a
great teammate.”
Bean said that while
Dunlap is an amazing
athlete,
she
is
also
encouraging
and
has
helped the team work
on aspects such as their
mental game.
Senior
Jacquelyn
Courtesy of Dan McHugh
Junior Delaney Dunlap gets spot on
All-GNAC Singles First-Team.
Nakamura said that she
enjoyed being on the
same team as Dunlap
because she is dedicated
and supportive.
“She has done great
and has won almost every
game in our season,” said
Nakamura in a recent
interview
with
The
Journal. “She is a great
asset to our team and
benefited us every game.”
While the fall season
may have come to an end,
Dunlap has high hopes
moving forward and said
that head coach Matt
Tiberii has added in a new
game schedule for the
spring semester. For the
upcoming season, Dunlap
was also chosen to be the
captain of the team.
“I would like to work
more in the offseason to
try and get better so that
I can get All-GNAC again
and win a few of the
matches that I didn’t win
this season,” said Dunlap.
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Martin kicks record
Don Porcaro
Journal Contributor
Although
senior
Jennifer
Martin
showcased her scoring
ability throughout her
Suffolk University career,
the key asset was her
consistency. Martin set
a women’s soccer team
record
after
starting
in 69 games as a Ram.
She found herself in the
starting lineup in at least
15 games of every season
during her career. Martin
played a crucial role in
the team’s game plan.
In her final season as a
Lady Ram, Martin started
all 16 games, recording 12
goals and 29 points. Even
with starting so many
games, her production
never faltered. In her
four
seasons,
Martin
played 71 out of 73 games
for the Lady Rams. Even
with the heavy schedule
and playing time, Martin
seemed
anything
but
tired.
“I wish we had a game
everyday, that would be
ideal. I want to play 90
minutes of every game
and never want to come
off the field,” said Martin
in a recent interview with
The Suffolk Journal.
After
three
years
of being a solidified
starter,
Martin
was
named captain her senior
season. Despite all of her
success, Martin still had
a goal in mind that she
had not accomplished.
The
senior
captain
was focused on ending
Lasell College’s five-year
undefeated streak in the
Great Northeast Athletic
Conference (GNAC). On
Sept. 27, Lasell traveled
to East Boston Memorial
field to play Martin and
the Lady Rams. After 90
minutes, it was Suffolk
who came out on top to
beat Lasell 2-0.
“Beating Lasell was
my biggest achievement
at Suffolk. Our hard work
ended up paying off,” said
forward Martin.
In starting 69 games,
Martin broke the all time
Suffolk women’s soccer
record of most games
started, formerly held
by Gabrielle Balestrier in
2013, who had started 65
games.
“I’ve put my heart and
soul into the game and
it’s crazy after four years
I broke the record,” said
Martin.
Martin was inserted
into the starting lineup
her
freshman
year,
starting 15 of the team’s
17
games.
In
those
15 games she was the
second leading scorer on
the team, accounting for
11 points.
Despite the
team going 5-9-3 in her
freshman season, Martin
was a bright spot and had
already proven to be a
consistent piece.
“I always push myself
to be the best soccer
player I can be. I’m very
hard on myself but I
believe that has truly
made me a better player,”
said Martin.
Martin’s
teammates
also felt that her constant
motivation made them
better players.
“[Martin]
motivates
everyone
each
and
everyday both on and off
the field. She’s a great
teammate and friend who
always works hard. We
will definitely miss her
next year,” said junior
teammate Melissa Adamo
in a recent interview with
The Journal.
In
her
sophomore
season, Martin led the
team with 19 points,
playing in all 19 games.
Starting in 18 of them,
Martin’s name became
consistent
in
the
Ram’s starting line-up,
and stayed that way
throughout her career.
Martin also fired 44 shots
on goal throughout the
season, almost doubling
the second highest team
Courtesy of Suffolk Athletics
Senior forward Jennifer Martin sets Lady Rams’ record for
appearing in the starting lineup 69 times.
total.
“Playing with [Martin]
is fast-paced. When she’s
on her game there’s no
stopping her,” said junior
midfielder
Veronica
Bernardo in an interview
with The Journal.
In Martin’s junior year,
after coming off a 4-15
season her sophomore
year, the Lady Rams
had their best season
since Martin joined the
team. Suffolk went 1110 and made it to the
GNAC semifinals before
losing 1-0 to Albertus
Magnus College in double
overtime. Martin tallied
16 goals and 34 points,
while starting in 20 out of
the 21 games played that
season.
“My biggest learning
experience
has
been
learning it is okay to make
mistakes. If you dwell on
your mistakes, you’ll only
end up playing worse.
Mindset is everything,”
said Martin.
After four years playing
in a Suffolk University
uniform, Martin finished
her career on Saturday, in
a 3-1 loss against Lasell.
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NOVEMBER 1, 2017 | PAGE 12
Rams shoot
for strong
campaign
Junior forward
Connor Henry,
#10.
Hannah Arroyo/Asst. Sports Editor
Suffolk men’s ice hockey team drops puck for season
Matt Geer
Journal Contributor
This winter will mark
the 14th season for head
coach Chris Glionna, the
winningest coach in the
history of the Suffolk
University
men’s
ice
hockey program, with
107 victories. In the Rams
second season as members
of the Commonwealth
Coast Conference (CCC),
Glionna
told
Journal
reporters that he plans to
add to this tally.
“Our goal is to return
to being a home ice playoff
team,” said Glionna in a
recent interview with The
Journal. “I think early
on in the season we are
looking to make sure the
team is progressing, we
will put an emphasis on
improving our scoring.”
In winning the seventh
straight home opener, the
Rams’ 38th season began
on Saturday with a 5-2
victory over Assumption
College
at
Emmons
Horrigan O’Neal Rink.
This marked Suffolk’s
first win of the season.
The Rams were led by
an impressive two goal
performance by freshman
forward Matt Bucher in
his Suffolk debut.
Bucher’s early strike,
3:47 into the first period,
got the Rams rolling.
This led to four more
Suffolk goals before the
Greyhounds cracked the
scoreboard late in the
second period. Bucher
was the only Ram to score
multiple
goals,
while
junior forwards Tyler
Scearbo, Connor Henry
and
Brendan
Heinze
scored the other goals.
Going into the 2017
campaign, the Rams were
ranked ninth out of 10
teams in the CCC in a
coach’s poll within the
league. Coming off of what
was a forgettable year,
with a 7-13-5 record, the
team will use last season
as a form of motivation to
move forward.
“We want to prove
the whole league wrong
and make a run at the
playoffs,”
said
senior
forward J.B. Sweeney in
a recent interview with
The
Suffolk
Journal.
“We brought in a lot of
“We want to
prove the whole
league wrong
and make a run
at the playoffs.”
- J.B. Sweeney,
#3
talented freshmen, mix
that in with the guys we
have coming back and
we should be able to
make some noise in the
conference.”
Over the summer,
Glionna made it a point
to get his team into
the best physical shape
possible. He discussed
with The Journal how the
team took advantage of
the “new and improved”
facilities that Suffolk has
to offer.
“This offseason we
worked very hard on
getting stronger,” said
Glionna. “The Michael
and Larry Smith Fitness
Center and the upgraded
varsity
weight
room
has been a tremendous
addition.”
Sweeney, a four-year
forward, discussed how
personal accolades are
not important to him
moving
forward.
The
success of the team takes
the driver’s seat this year,
as this will be his last go
around as a Ram.
“I’m more concerned
about the team as a whole
than I am about any
stats,” said Sweeney. “We
look to come together as
a team more this year,
we’re going against a
lot of competitive teams
and we will need to be
consistent all season.”
The Rams will see
movement
this
year
against competitive intraconference action. They
will square off against foes
such as Endicott College,
who won 24 games last
year, 14 of them coming
in conference play. Other
opponents for the Rams
include Nichols College,
The University of New
England and Johnson
and Wales University,
all coming off playoff
appearances last season.
“We have a one-game
at-a-time mentality and
don’t like to look too
far ahead,” said junior
sports marketing major
Brendan Heinze in a
recent interview with
The Journal. “We have to
become more consistent
for the full 60 minutes,
we can’t have five minute
lapses, we have to stay
sharp.”
As this team looks to
put it all together for the
season ahead, they have
been able to become a
close team off the ice.
Team chemistry will be
an adhesive in linking
the Rams to a successful
season in 2017-18.
“The closer the guys
are off the ice, the better
chemistry we will have
on the ice,” said Heinze.
“We have a good group of
guys in our locker room
that are all focused on
what the team wants to
achieve this year.”
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