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October 18, 2017
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everyone
add more
has been
student
affected
housing
by cancer
one way
or another.
-SUPD Sergeant
Jameson Yee
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THINK
Suffolk University’s campus
used to be washed in pink
for Breast Cancer Awareness
Month. Since 2013, the October
campus-wide stigma to raise
awareness has lacked and
only some individuals and
departments have attempted to
keep it alive.
By Brooke Patterson, Sports Editor
Felicity Otterbein, Arts & Culture Editor
For many, fall is associated with an almost instantaneous shift in
color to vibrant reds, oranges and yellows, but at Suffolk University,
for at least one day in the month of October, the city campus used to be
awashed in pink.
The university used to have a campus-wide awareness event, formerly
known as “Stand Up For Pink,” where the Suffolk community gathered
as a sea of pink t-shirts and formed a pink human ribbon inside the
Ridgeway gymnasium to show their support and solidarity in raising
awareness. The event, hosted by the Athletics Department, invited
speakers from across campus to participate and discuss their efforts
in raising breast cancer awareness.
Those days have passed and university-wide efforts have since
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Downtown
campus
branching to
surrounding
neighborhoods
Alexa Gagosz
Editor-in-Chief
When
advertising
major Kate Cusick was
gearing up this past
summer to leave Paris,
she was on her own to
find a place to live in
Boston, with little help
from her own university’s
student housing.
After spending the
entirety of her junior year
studying abroad in Paris,
the
emerging
senior
decided to spend the
summer before her last
year at Suffolk in France
to
work.
Throughout
the
summer,
Cusick
was actively looking for
apartments in Boston
to spend her final year
before graduation.
With family occupied
in Rhode Island, it was
impossible for Cusick to
commute from there to
Suffolk each day and to
find lodging space seemed
nearly impossible.
“There’s
so
much
spam on Craigslist and
I discovered a lot of
apartments don’t want
to lease to undergrads,”
said Cusick in a recent
interview with The Suffolk
Journal. Eventually Cusick
found an apartment that
she would be able to pay
for through her earnings,
but it fell through while
she was still residing in
France.
Cusick
contacted
Suffolk for tips to close
on an apartment, but
said in an interview that
she was told that her
price range was “too low”
and she would have to
find a place that would
eventually be $400 more
than her initial budget.
“This was clearly not
something that I could
afford,” said Cusick.
Like
Cusick,
undergraduate students
across Suffolk University
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struggle to find housing,
specifically after students’
first year.
Freshmen journalism
major Brandon Clay said
to a Journal reporter in
an interview on Tuesday
that he is “stressed” about
his living situation for the
next four years.
”I love living oncampus. If I don’t get
chosen for the lottery, I
have no clue where I will
live next year,” said Clay.
“Giving us more housing
would be really helpful
and I wouldn’t be as
worried.”
Suffolk
is
looking
to change this attitude
toward limited housing.
“It’s safe to say that
we are always looking
for
opportunities
to
provide more beds for
Suffolk students,” said
Vice President of External
Affairs John Nucci in an
interview. As an East
Boston native, former
city councilor, school
committeeman, Massport
Community
Advisory
Committee member and
community activist, Nucci
looks to figure additional
housing
for
Suffolk
students.
Suffolk
currently
houses 23 to 24 percent
of students in the present
dormitory
buildings:
Miller Hall on Somerset
Street,
150
Tremont,
10 West or the Modern
Theatre apartments.
However, this time,
the dormitory would not
necessarily be situated in
downtown Boston, but in
a neighborhood of Boston
where the commute time
would be around 10
minutes.
“It’s not so much
distance as it is the issue
of commute time,” said
Nucci in an interview on
Friday afternoon. “We’re
looking at the idea of
having something located
on an MBTA line.”
With
strong
ties
and credibility to East
Boston, Nucci admitted
to having already looked
at
opportunities
in
the area, as well as in
Charlestown and South
Boston, steering clear
from Downtown’s soaring
prices.
“We have a leg up
going in [to East Boston],”
said Nucci.
Suffolk
hired
commercial real estate
powerhouse
Colliers
International, a company
Suffolk has worked with
in the past, to help with
the project after a request
for proposal [RFP] process
the university held this
summer.
“Colliers is helping us
out with both technical
assistance and advisory
services,” said Nucci. The
amount of knowledge that
Colliers had on the local
market and surrounding
areas made them the best
choice, he said.
According to Nucci,
many developers have
already approached the
university with potential
sites, as Suffolk will not
be building from the
“ground up.”
“[Colliers will help
us]
review
ability,
affordability, and [the
buildings’]
location
among other issues,” said
Nucci.
Much like how many
universities are tackling
development
projects,
Suffolk is looking for a
public-private partnership
with a developer, or
owner, of a building. In
sight, Nucci said that a
private developer would
provide the facility and
Suffolk would manage it.
Nucci is looking to have
this partnership be longterm with an extensive
lease and Suffolk is
looking to move onto a
new opportunity soon.
“This is an urgent
matter so there is a sense
of urgency,” said Nucci.
“It’s part of the existing
strategic plan to increase
housed students.”
A team that has
consisted of Nucci, the
Financial
department,
Student
Affairs
and
Residence Life have a
“great say” about the type
of facility that Suffolk
leases from in the near
future.
“If
the
right
opportunity
presents
itself, we would move on
it,” said Nucci.
However, the process to
receive the city’s approval
is comprehensive, and
Nucci, as someone with
more than 30 years of
public service, is familiar
with the road ahead.
“Any development that
we do get will require
approval from the city and
it is an extensive process.
In terms of meeting
with neighbors and with
community members, we
will need to get approval
from that neighborhood,”
said Nucci as he cited the
rocky relationship that
Suffolk had with Beacon
Hill before he worked in
the university’s external
affairs unit. “There was no
trust [with Beacon Hill],
no credibility and, quite
frankly, the university
had run over [the Hill’s]
best interests. Prior to me
coming and prior to this
department of External
Affairs being created,
there was no department
for community relations
here at Suffolk. And it
showed. We have turned
that around completely.”
Nucci
emphasized
that
it
would
be
important for Suffolk
to not “repeat history”
with a neighborhood,
much like it did with
Beacon Hill. He said that
Suffolk would have to
gain credibility and trust
with the neighborhood
that they would move
a residence hall to, and
ensure to the community
that a dormitory would
be in their best interest.
“The main concern,
that many neighborhoods
have, is that there are
students
in
private
housing that perhaps
make
noise
or
the
neighbors consider to be
disruptive,” said Nucci.
“If we can take those
students out of that
private housing and put
them in a supervised
university setting, that
concern will change.”
“My
message
[to
neighborhoods] usually is
that [students are] coming
anyway,” said Nucci.
Cusick, who battled to
find an apartment while
across the Atlantic Ocean,
and now pays more each
month than she did in
Paris, said that she thinks
that additional housing at
Suffolk is vital.
“I really think that
offering more on campus
housing would be a great
option for people who
are coming back to the
U.S. from abroad or have
just transferred and need
a place to live,” she said.
“I have had numerous
Suffolk friends who were
also in my situation.”
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decreased, but breast
cancer awareness has
remained important at
Suffolk. Current faculty
and students have been
making
limited,
but
significant,
efforts
to
keep awareness present
throughout the university.
This month bears the
weight of Breast Cancer
Awareness, a title that
comes
with
immense
stature and stigma. As
of late, efforts have been
made to eradicate the
world of the horrors that
stem from the disease.
The first step begins with
raising awareness.
The Suffolk University
Police
Officers
have
taken a stance in the
national campaign for
breast cancer awareness,
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Patch
Project,
and are included in
the
22
participating
forces
including
the
Massachusetts
State
Police,
among
fellow
Boston university police
departments
such
as
Massachusetts College of
Art and Design. According
to Sergeant Jameson Yee,
the SUPD has taken it
upon themselves to wear
a pink patch in support of
two fellow sergeants, who
are currently undergoing
treatments for cancer
themselves.
“Unfortunately,
everyone
has
been
affected by cancer one
way or another,” said
Sergeant Yee in a recent
interview
with
The
Journal. “Through the
pink patch project, which
is a national movement,
it’s one to obviously start
conversations so people
can talk, support and
also learn more about
breast cancer and cancer
awareness.”
Senior biology major
Olivia Huber participated
in the American Cancer
Society’s 2017 Making
Strides Against Breast
Cancer walk on Oct. 1.
Baugniet
participated
with Suffolk University’s
Theta Phi Alpha chapter
in order to contribute
to the cause and show
support.
“Breast
cancer
has
affected so many people,
and so many of the sisters
know someone who has
suffered from it, or some
other form of cancer,”
she said. “It’s always
incredibly heartwarming
to see how many people
come out to support the
cause and what a positive
event it is.”
Radiation
Science
Program
Director
and instructor of the
Introduction to Cancer
Care course, Jessica Mak,
has taken the initiative to
begin raising awareness
by starting with her small
classes.
Mak told The Suffolk
Journal in a recent
interview that because
breast
cancer
is
a
prevalent disease, she
feels it is important
for individuals to know
and
understand
the
causes, risks and other
contributing factors so
that they can educate
themselves and practice
healthy lifestyle habits.
“I imagine most people
understand cancer is a bad
thing, but I don’t know if
people understand how it
works,” said Mak. “I feel
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like the more people that
can know about it the
better.”
In her course, which
is a highly anticipated
and sought after class
according
to
Suffolk
students, Mak discussed
the top 10 cancers in the
United States, including
breast cancer. Ranked as
the second most common
cancer, behind melanoma,
found in both men and
women, breast cancer
is the most commonly
diagnosed
cancer
in
women alone, according
to National Breast Cancer
Foundation,
Inc.
The
course has also taught of
the specifics on pediatric
cancers, nutrition and
exercise, complementary
therapies,
cancer
prevention
and
selfidentification.
For select dates in
October, Mak organized
a “pink day,” within
the two sections of her
Introduction to Cancer
Care course, where she
awarded students extra
credit to wear an article
of pink clothing to class.
Mak told The Journal
that
by
doing
this,
students would have a
window of conversational
opportunity to talk about
breast cancer, effectively
raising
awareness
amongst students.
To
contribute
to
the Pink Project, visit
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aspx?NID=363.
If
interested
in
supporting
the
cause
on a larger scale, visit
one of the nation’s
leading breast cancer
research
foundation’s:
visit the National breast
cancer
foundation
at
nationalbreastcancer.
org,
the
American
Cancer Society at cancer.
org/cancer/breastcancer.html,
and
the
Breast Cancer Research
Foundation at bcrf.org.
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The Opioid Crisis: A local, national issue
Maggie Randall
D.C. Correspondant
As students returned
to Suffolk University’s
campus this fall, posters
advertising Narcan, a
nasal spray which uses the
drug naloxone to revive
the victim of an opioid
overdose, have made an
arrival around the streets
of Boston. These posters
are just a small sign
that the opioid crisis has
crept its way into Boston,
the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts, and the
entire country.
According to Suffolk
sociology
professor
Susan Sered, there has
not necessarily been an
increase in drug use, but
the increase in the number
of opioid overdoses in
recent years. Sered said
these
overdoses
are
primarily within white
communities and has
recently attracted the
attention of lawmakers.
“The racialized war
on drugs has been the
mechanism
for
mass
incarceration of people
of color in the United
States,” said Sered in a an
interview with The Suffolk
Journal “In contrast, the
public ‘face’ of the opioid
crisis is white and the
public conversation has
shifted to the need for
treatment for the ‘disease’
rather than punishment
for the ‘crime.”
In late September,
Boston
Mayor
Marty
Walsh announced the
Personal
Advancement
for
Individuals
and
Recovery (PAIR) initiative
to
provide
financial
support for low-income
individuals in the early
stages of opioid addiction
recovery.
“You
don’t
fix
addiction,
and
cure
addiction,
and
battle
addiction by yourself. It’s
a community that keeps
a person in recovery,”
said Walsh in announcing
the PAIR initiative at
the Gavin Foundation in
South Boston.
Walsh has worked to
combat the opioid crisis
in Boston by creating the
Mayor’s Office of Recovery
Services,
which
has
focused on substance use
disorders and addiction
in the city. Since 2015,
the Office has engaged
stakeholders
including
local communities, as
well as state and federal
authorities.
The
Massachusetts
Department of Public
Health reported that 58
percent of patients in
Boston use heroin as a
primary substance, and
that the use of heroin
is giving way to other
opioids such as fentanyl.
The
Boston
Globe
reported in August that
“fentanyl was the cause
of 81 percent of overdose
deaths in the first quarter
of 2017.”
These types of drugs
are a particularly concern
for
Governor
Charlie
Baker, who has made
the opioid epidemic a
legislative priority.
“This whole approach
to getting a lot more
aggressive about dealing
with street drugs and
especially with fentanyl
and carfentanil,” said
Baker
in
an
early
September interview with
CBS, “has to be a big part
of our approach at this
point going forward too.”
Congress
identifies
the lack of professional
staff at substance abuse
facilities as a problem
facing the United States.
Pending in the U.S. Senate
is the Strengthening the
Addiction
Treatment
Workforce Act, a student
loan forgiveness program
for professionals who
pursue
careers
in
substance treatment.
Representative
Katherine
Clark
(DMA) recommended the
bill in a U.S. House
of
Representatives
Subcommittee on Health
hearing on October 11.
Representatives
Bill
Keating (D-MA) and Joe
Kennedy (D-MA) were
also present to testify on
the opioid crisis and offer
legislative solutions.
Keating, having served
as district attorney before
being elected to the
House, explained how he
saw individuals who were
prescribed opioid drugs,
later become addicted
to heroin. Kennedy, who
also served as a district
attorney, advocated for
greater education on how
law enforcement treats
addicted individuals.
On Thursday, Senators
Elizabeth Warren (D-MA),
and Lisa Murkowski (RAK) sent a letter to Trump
questioning his inaction
on the opioid crisis.
“We are extremely
concerned that 63 days
after your statement,
you have yet to take the
necessary steps to declare
a national emergency on
opioids, nor have you
made any proposals to
significantly
increase
“The racialized
war on drugs
has been the
mechanism
for mass
incarceration of
people of color
in the United
States.”
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Sociology professor
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funding to combat the
epidemic,” the Senators
wrote.
Last March, Trump
created through
an
executive
order,
the
President’s Commission
on
Combating
Drug
Addiction and the Opioid
Crisis, which Baker is a
part of.
“This is an epidemic
that knows no boundaries
and shows no mercy,
and we will show great
compassion and resolve
as we work together on
this important issue,”
said
Trump
in
his
announcement of the
Commission.
Later, in early August,
Trump
described
the
opioid epidemic as a
“national emergency.”
“We’re going to spend
a lot of time, a lot of
effort and a lot of money
on the opioid crisis,” said
Trump.
Trump
has
simultaneously
worked
to repeal the Medicaid
expansion through the
Affordable
Care
Act,
which worked to provide
greater accessibility to
addiction
treatment.
Trump’s
decision
to
not support this policy
jeopardizes
addiction
treatment,
particularly
in relation to the opioid
epidemic.
Sered has hope that
Massachusetts will not
face as many issues in
dealing with opioid use
and
overdoses
under
the current presidential
administration as some
other places will.
“The
President’s
efforts to take apart the
Affordable Care Act will
negatively affect access to
drug treatment for many
Americans,” said Sered.
“Locally, I am a bit more
optimistic.”
Sered
adds
that
research in the Boston
area on public healthcare
is active, and should
be the focus for higher
education
institutions,
like Suffolk.
“Institutions
of
higher education have
the
responsibility
to
teach how to access
trustworthy,
rigorous
research. This can be
difficult when the area
of concern is emerging
and rapidly developing,”
said Sered. “Universities
cannot teach students
‘the truth’ but we can
and must teach students
how to find and assess
information.”
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Immigration in Trump’s world
Roxana Martinez
Journal Contributor
Clinical Law Professor
Ragini Shah spoke to
prospective law students
and practicing lawyers
last Thursday, focusing
on immigration policy
during President Donald
Trump’s administration.
The
evening
was
dedicated
to
discussing the problems
immigration lawyers have
dealt with since Trump’s
inauguration.
Shah described how
the burgeoning pressure
placed on lawyers to
challenge the policies
that the administration
has been trying to enforce
has created a confusing
environment.
“We’re operating in a
paradigm where I don’t
know what’s going to
happen,” said Shah.
Since the beginning
of
his
campaign,
Trump’s
decision
to
make immigration the
cornerstone of his political
platform has sparked
heated conversation and
attention. Trump’s recent
policy changes regarding
immigration have also
recreated a similar sense
of contention amongst
people.
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Clinical Professor of Law
Ragini Shah
One
of
the
first
methods attempted by
Trump was a travel ban
that he put into place on
Jan. 24, 2017, in which
he prohibited the entry
of people coming in from
predominantly
Muslim
countries such as Syria and
Iraq. This ban was heavily
contested by many, and
as a result was blocked by
judges in several states,
such as New York and
Massachusetts. There was
also the federal decision
to rescind the Deferred
Action
for
Childhood
Arrivals (DACA) program,
which was made on Sept.
5, 2017.
These orders have
caused an anxious frenzy
among
immigrants,
according
to
Shah.
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Polls show Republican
Party losing popularity
The Republican Party is losing popularity at
Suffolk, according to a Suffolk University/USA
Today poll of voters, as the party currently
stands at 62 percent disapproval rate. This
drop, as the favorability rate now rests at 23
percent, is a dramatic change from the 32
percent favorability in the June poll, conducted
by the Suffolk University Political Research
Center. “In March the GOP had a 48 percent
unfavorable rating, in June the negative swelled
to 55 percent. Today the GOP unfavorable is 62
percent,” said Director of the Suffolk University
Political Research Center David Paleologos.
According to the poll, the Democrat party has
a 37 percent favorability rating. Opinions on
healthcare mimic these rates with 43 percent
of the voters trusted congressional democrats,
compared to the 15 percent who trusted
Trump and an even less 10 percent that trusted
Republicans. This matches the results of the poll
towards the Affordable Care Act, with 45 percent
of people wanting to keep the plan intact but fix
any problems.
Kelly applauds The
Washington Center
Suffolk’s Acting President, Marisa Kelly, released
a post on her “Momentum” blog Friday evening,
that highlighted the near 40 years of partnership
between the university and The Washington
Center. The Washington Center was described
by Kelly as a non-profit organization who has
worked with college students to help them
gain experience in Washington D.C. where
internships have ranged from congressional
offices to lobbying firms. Students choose the
option of academic seminars or full semesters,
and the program allowed for students to gain
a deeper insight into the world of public policy
and politics. Kelly attended The Center’s annual
scholarship dinner this past week, and was
able to look on as Suffolk was mentioned as
a committed partner to the program. In her
blog post, Kelly spoke of her excitement of the
relationship between the Center and Suffolk, as
well as appreciation for all the Center is able to
provide for Suffolk students as they intern in D.C.
Kelly went on to thank the Suffolk community
and their help in fostering the relationship with
The Center, especially the now-retired Professor
Emeritus John Berg, for his role in developing
the program between the two organizations.
HUBweek brings minds of
Boston intellects together
The Boston Globe, Harvard University,
Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
have come together to present HUBweek,
a festival wanting to put all the minds of
Boston together in one place. This festival
ranges from medical experts to nonprofits
and functions as a “Part TED talk, part idea
lab, part world’s fair of arts and sciences,”
according to the Boston Globe writer Ty
Burr. Taking its home in City Hall Plaza in
Boston, the event has put together multiple
dome-shaped tents and booths to display
what the minds of Boston have to offer,
with each having information on technology,
health, governance and robotics. Outside of
the domes, the festival has cargo containers,
each container a corporate venture or a local
company with specialties ranging from health
and community service to artworks.
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Catalonia awaits decision on secession
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Protestors in Catalonia march with flags and signs demanding independence on Oct. 1 election day
Matt Geer
Journal Contributor
With
the
pending
secession
of
the
autonomous
Catalonia,
the political landscape of
Spain has been notably
altered. This poses a
multitude of problems for
both the nation of Spain
and Catalonia.
For Spain, Catalan
independence
would
mean losing its most
industrialized
region
and would put Spain in
a much weaker financial
state.
Although the push for
secession seems like it
has stalled out because
the governments of both
Catalonia and Spain have
had talks to settle the
matter for now, this move
could potentially be end
up being disastrous for
the Catalan government,
if carried out.
The
central
government of Spain gave
Catalonia’s vastly liberal
representatives
until
Thursday, to completely
halt the movement of
secession from Spain.
Andres
Cayuela,
a
senior student at Suffolk
who
was
born
and
raised in Spain discussed
how
he
understands
the
movement
and
agrees with the basis
of
more
government
representation, but is
hesitant about Catalonia
departing
from
the
EU. He also brought to
light how Catalans have
been neglected in past
elections by the Spanish
government.
“We tried our best in
past elections and now
people feel they need
to seek independence
themselves,” said Cayuela.
“But I don’t want them
to become independent
from the EU because even
with its issues, it is still
something that we have
always been apart of.”
The Oct. 1 Catalan
I n d e p e n d e n c e
Referendum
was
seemingly a replica of
just that. 92.01 percent
of Catalan people voted
in favor of independence,
but there was a dismal
43.03
percent
voter
turnout.
“The
low
turnout
I believe comes from
the
belief
that
the
transition to government
recognition can be done
a different way,” said
Cayuela. “A lot of these
people are viewed as
radicals and while that
isn’t completely fair, not
everyone is completely
ready to separate from
Spain.”
The referendum wasn’t
a peaceful event, and that
caught the eyes of people
all over Europe. Riots
televised by major news
networks during the Oct.
1 vote depicted Catalan
firefighters forming a
human chain around the
raucous voters to protect
them, symbolically and
physically,
from
the
Spanish police. Cayuela
discussed how the police
used force against the
individuals
labelled
“radicals”
and
how
the whole matter was
completely unacceptable.
“The
police
force
was uncalled for and
disgusting,
ballots
being
literally
ripped
out of people’s hands,”
Cayuela said. “For such
a significant event, the
police response disgusted
the people of Catalonia
and the rest of the EU.”
The
last
couple
weeks have stirred up
conversations throughout
Spain that will continue
to probe the citizens
past the attempt at
independence. As this
situation at the surface
is seemingly coming to
a close, many social,
political and economic
doors have been opened
in Spain and all of Europe.
“Catalonia has been
part of Spain for hundreds
of years,” said Cayuela.
“There will be people that
want change and people
that don’t, and that
should be in line with the
central government.”
In an recent interview
with The Suffolk Journal,
government professor at
Suffolk University Madrid
Campus Ana Belen Soage
shared why she believes
that people in Catalonia
have spoken about their
mistreatment
by
the
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disgusting, ballots being literally ripped out
of people’s hands”
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national government in
Spain.
“Catalan independence
seekers have recently
begun to complain that
they put in way more than
they get back in return,”
said Belen Soage.
Soage went on to
discuss how many of the
political issues in Spain
regarding
Catalonia
arose
from
overlying
economic problems that
came up between the
nation and its subpart.
She said that what a
lot of people may not
realize is that Catalonia
may
face
indefinite
dilemmas if the secession
were to take shape.
Catalonia’s
businesses
and
public
spending
have already taken a hit
as their existence as an
autonomous has been
glamoured over in the
last decade.
“It is a very prosperous
part of Spain and the
Catalan
government
wants this to be reflected
in politics, like it should,”
she
said.
“However,
Catalonia would run into
many fees and other
issues in the process of
disbanding from Spain.”
Catalonia
would
be forced to leave the
European Union (EU)
with its departure from
Spain, and a smooth
transition back into the
EU after succession looks
to be unlikely with Spain
set to veto any attempt
of Catalonia joining the
union.
Additionally,
members of the French
and German government
have come out and said
that they would also veto.
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WORLD BRIEFS
India’s inequality gap hits
near hundred-year high
John Irizarry
Journal Contributor
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Terrorist attack hit Mogadishu
TERROR ATTACK CLAIMS
HUNDREDS OF LIVES IN
SOMALIA
More than 300 people were killed by a truck bomb in Mogadishu,
Somalia on Saturday. On Tuesday, multiple news sources confirmed
that the perpetrator of the attack was a former soldier in the Somali
army. His home was raided by a coalition of local troops and U.S.
special forces. Somali officials stated that the attack originated
from Bariire, 30 miles west of Mogadishu, according to multiple
news sources. Ten civilians were killed in the raid, according to The
Guardian. The attack is one of the deadliest terror attacks in the world
for many years. Investigators believe that the attack may have been
revenge for the mishandled U.S.-led military operation in Somalia in
August. Used in the attack were a Toyota Noah minivan and a much
larger truck that carried nearly 800 pounds of military-grade and
homemade explosives. The truck was detonated in the busy center
of Samalia and ignited a deadly fireball. The minivan was stopped
at a checkpoint and the driver was detained. The explosives in the
van detonated shortly after, but no casualties were reported. All
security personnel, except for those directly responsible for stopping
the van, were removed from duty following the attack, according to
The Guardian.
DOMESTIC FORCES CLAIM
RAQQA FROM ISLAMIC STATE
Syrian fighters, backed by the United States, have taken full control
of Raqqa, the Islamic State’s (IS) self-proclaimed capital since 2014.
IS implemented an extreme interpretation of Islamic law and used
numerous methods of torture and execution to terrorize residents
of Raqqa who opposed their rule. Sources say that 90 percent of the
Raqqa has been cleared, accord to a U.S. military spokesman. The
Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have made capturing Raqqa a major
priority since last November. They enacted their operation by slowly
encircling the city and then breaking in through IS defenses on the
outskirts of Raqqa in June. The SDF cleared the municipal stadium and
the National Hospital as of Tuesday morning - the last two prominent
IS locations in Raqqa. Furthermore, SDF is now beginning clearing
operations to uncover any sleeper cells that might have been missed
and also to remove mines. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights
reported that at least 3,250 people have been killed in the past five
months. Among the people killed, 1,130 were civilians. The UN said
last week that about 8,000 people were still trapped in Raqqa, and that
almost 270,000 civilians have been displaced since April.
W
The divide between
India’s elite and the
lower class is the largest
economic disparity the
country has witnessed in
nearly 100 years.
The top one percent
of earners in India have
accrued 22 percent of the
total income, compared
to the six percent owned
in the 1980’s, according
to French economists
Thomas Piketty and Lucas
Chancel.
Chanel
and
Piketty also concluded
that the top 0.1 percent
of earners from 1980 to
2014 received a greater
share of total growth than
the bottom 50 percent.
“Inequality is somehow
inherent
to
capitalist
systems and free market
economies,” said Suffolk
University International
Relations
professor
Roberto Dominguez in
an interview with The
Suffolk Journal. “That’s a
fact. But many economies
are better equipped to
deal with inequality.”
However, aside from
having the largest wage
gap in almost a century,
India has remained a
global economic power
and among one of the
ten richest countries in
the world, according to
Piketty and Chancel.
India
has
been
on both sides of the
economy: previously the
socialist side and, more
recently, the free market
side. When India was a
socialist country between
the 1920s and the 1970s,
it not only rendered
slower growth, it also put
a substantial amount of
the country’s citizens in
poverty.
When India began the
plunge into a free market
economy, it had shortlived positive outcomes.
The
current
system
has left the country in
extreme poverty with a
wide gap between the
top one percent and the
bottom 99 percent.
According
to
Dominguez,
poverty
and inequality are not
mutually exclusive, “On
one side you can develop
policies
of
economic
growth, but at the same
time economic growth
will not reduce because
you apply redistribution
policies,” he said.
The massive population
of India has contributed
to the economic issues,
according to Dominguez.
“In the case of India, we
have traditional economic
gaps in the society,
there’s no state capacity
to get revenue and to
set a formal economy for
over one billion people,”
said Dominguez.
The Indian economy
has never been a onesize fits all. Since the
introduction of income
tax in 1922, India’s
economy has experienced
fluctuation. India was
very much a socialist
country in the 1970’s.
Its tight regulations and
little room for economic
reform caused economic
growth to creep up at a
steady pace of three and
a half percent a year
- leading to extreme
poverty.
Indian Prime Minister
Narenda Modi’s cash ban,
enacted on Nov. 8, sought
out to erode corruption.
According
to
The
Reserve Bank of India,
PricewaterhouseCoopers,
(TRBI,
PWC)
the
cash ban made 86.4
percent of India’s cash
worthless. TRBI, PWC
also
determined
that
98 percent of consumer
transactions
in
India
are
made
in
cash.
According to Bloomberg,
manufacturers have seen
jobs cut this year by 40
percent.
The
turmoil
has
led to finger pointing,
specifically
at
Modi,
who promised to bring
economic prosperity to
the financially desperate
lower class, but has
not yet come up with a
solution for the country.
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Shah talks Trump immigration policy with law
students, challenges of unpredictable administration
From SHAH - 4
policies have caused
quite a conundrum for
immigration
lawyers
and defendants. Shah
explained how lawyers
already
have
enough
difficulty trying to solve
their cases under the laws
currently in place, so an
unpredictable
federal
administration
only
makes the task all the
more challenging.
“One long term effect
[of Trump’s new policies]
is, I think, the overarching
message
from
the
administration that chaos
is good,” said Shah.
One of the attendees
was
Suffolk
alumnae
Paula Bunszell and she
expressed her budding
interest in law, and how
the recent presidential
administration
has
affected her personally.
“It’s [Trump’s policy
changes causing a lot
of division with people.
The effects are particular
in marginalized groups,
but people can have
connections
to
those
groups,” said Bunszell.
“It’s driven me to become
more involved.”
Bunszell spoke about
how she has begun
participating
at
the
Catholic
Charities
of
Boston. The organization
sets out to provide
support, resources, and
other
social
services,
to needy communities
around
Massachusetts.
Particularly,
Bunszell
participates in a program
in which she, along with
others, assist immigrants
to find jobs, and adapt to
American life overall.
In the end, Shah
emphasized how the most
important way to help
those affected by Trump’s
recent policy changes is
to get involved in efforts
that combat these changes
as soon as possible.
“I think it’s about
picking an area where
you fit best in,” said Shah.
Aside from teaching
immigration law, Shah
assists at the law clinic
at Suffolk. The clinic,
offered as an elective
during the students last
two years at law school,
typically has a focus on
detained
defendants,
and
unaccompanied
minors.
As
opposed
to
representing
the
defendants
herself,
a
student acts as the main
attorney, and Shah’s task
is to supervise, as well as
remind students of any
resources they may need
for their cases.
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ARTS & CULTURE
Fall Showcase
Suffolk students shine in Showcase ‘17
“
By Felicity Otterbein,
Arts & Culture Editor
Courtesy of Stratton McCrady
The students featured in
this year’s Fall Showcase
outdid themselves
in a passionate and
dedicated display of
talent.
With
the
Sullivan
Studio Theater acting
as a display case for
Suffolk theatre students
to prove their worthiness
of
performance,
the
latest installment of Fall
Showcase was nothing
short of spectacular.
This
year,
which
featured work by Suffolk
University’s
Xenia
Kamalova, Erica Wisor
and Ali Maynard, the
85-minute show covered
a broad range of topics.
From the historic and
mind-numbing art heist
at the Isabella Stewart
Gardner Museum to a
satirical
approach
of
discussing a potential
precursor
to
the
development
of
hell.
The students featured in
this year’s Fall Showcase
outdid themselves in a
passionate and dedicated
display of talent.
The night began with
“Heist,” by senior theater
major Erica Wisor with
a
critical approach to
the Whodunit case of
stolen artwork from the
Isabella Stewart Gardner
museum. Comprised of
just nine students, the
play
followed
federal
agent
Harold,
played
by sophomore theatre
major Ryan Stack, and
his
involvement
with
the local police officers
working not-so-diligently
to solve the seemingly
cold case.
In
an
interesting
juxtaposition of past and
present, Director Wisor
did an excellent job to
portray
the
urgency
shown by Harold and
Madame Gardner herself,
played by junior theatre
major Helen Brind’Amour.
In a particularly dramatic
scene
which
showed
Gardner placing the future
of her life’s work into
her husbands hands and
bursting into hysterics
at the thought of her
collection being disturbed
in any way. Wisor then
showed Harold also in
a fit of hysterics in his
quest to bring justice to
the famed collector.
Complete with a jazz
ensemble and a backdrop
with
empty
picture
frames, the cast was able
to effectively portray the
urgency that comes with
finishing a job and being
proud of your work.
Followed by a quick
scene change, the next
production was “Welcome
to Hell,” written by senior
theater
major
Xenia
Kamalova and co-directed
by senior musical theater
major
Kane
Harper.
Opening with two men
dressed
in
pristine
white suits and labeled
as “demons,” the pair
are seen administering
eternal
punishments
to those permanently
damned to what appears
to be the catholic view of
hell.
The
pair
banter
about what mundane
punishments the damned
should
serve
when
another man joins them
onstage, dressed in all
black and labeled “angel.”
Inquiring
about
how
to work for Satan, the
angel is astonished at the
acts of the two demons,
named
Michael
and
Gabriel, and claims their
punishments aren’t harsh
enough. When faced with
Satan himself, portrayed
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Julianna Fielding as Satan flanked by
demons Ma’Chel martin Jr. (left) and Ricky
Norton (right) in “Welcome to Hell.”
perfectly by a stone-faced
and sarcastic Julianna
Fielding, the leader of hell
allows the fallen angel to
prove himself by creating
harsher
punishments
and earning the name
“Lucifer.”
Complete
with
everyday acts deemed
as
sins
by
newly
appointed Lucifer, he
creates punishments for
homosexuality,
greed
and the like. Only when
Michael,
Gabriel
and
Satan reveal their true
identities as archangels
sent from heaven and God
“herself,” to test Lucifer,
is when the trio preserve
Lucifer in his own eternal
damnation in a block of
ice. A hysterical approach
to many heavily discussed
topics today, “Welcome
to Hell” was a sensational
look at gender roles, social
constructs and forces an
almost immediate inward
reflection.
In the third and final
play, “Bigfoot,” written
and directed by Ali
Maynard, a group of four
botanists
conducting
research at the base of
a mountain have their
friendship
boundaries
tested when something
goes bump in the night.
Perhaps
the
most
physically complex play
in terms of set design,
the play itself was the
most simple in terms
of
cast
numbers.
A
critical approach to the
flight or fight notion
when faced with fear,
the
four-person
cast
showed how seemingly
strong
relational
ties
are put to the test when
lives are endangered.
The talent displayed by
the four cast members,
sophomore theatre major
Mickey Rodgers, junior
theatre
major
Alice
Byrne, sophomore theatre
majors Nicholas Cenci and
Ian Hussey, was beyond
compare.
Pushed to the brink
of their own personal
talents with long-winded
monologues
and
by
transforming into their
respective
characters,
the audience was drawn
into the hysterics and
dramatics emitted by
the cast members, truly
making the idea of
“Bigfoot,” believable. The
final production of the
evening was well cast and
acted as the pinnacle of
craft and performance,
and was the ideal way to
end an evening filled with
artistic excellence.
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Takashi Murakami
brings japanese art and culture to boston
By Chris DeGusto, News Editor
Chris DeGusto / News Editor
Usually a quiet and
serene
setting,
the
Museum of Fine Arts
(MFA) was anything but
traditional
on
Friday
night, as Boston’s bestknown
epicenter
for
creativity
hosted
an
enthralling
installation
to its “MFA Late Nite”
seasonal series.
Crowds flocked to the
historic building as the
doors opened to make way
for a plethora of diverse
scenes
materializing
within. A new gallery’s
opening, called “Takashi
Murakami: Lineage of
Eccentrics” along with
the Art of Asia gallery
and Linde Family Wing
for Contemporary Art
complimented live music,
food tastings and even a
rap slam.
Those in attendance
were able to travel
throughout the museum
and
outside
to
the
Shapiro Family Courtyard,
where it seemed as if the
paintings and sculptures
were the only beings
lacking
activity
and
mobility.
“Especially
in
the
world we live in today,
we need these type of
activities- things that
will keep people happyand obviously a lot of
people needed it,” said
Executive Producer of
Boston International Film
Festival Patrick Jerome
in an interview with
The Suffolk Journal. “It's
good to see things like
this happening. I'm an
artist myself, so I feel
it's a great thing that we
have the arts in the world
because it can only bring
peace.”
This “Late Nite” event
brought out those who
are veterans to what the
MFA has to offer, as well
as some who have never
been to popular museum.
Early in the night,
poets
and
musical
artists displayed their
talents during a rap
slam.
Surrounded
by
friends, fellow artists and
intrigued patrons, rappers
took turns performing in
front of a live audience
that held a small group
who had been elected to
judge the competition.
One participant, Sam
Dapper, a 22-year-old
who
graduated
from
Boston
University
in
the
spring o f 2 0 1 7
with
a
degree
in
economics, said in an
interview
with
The
Journal that he felt
disconnected, that he had
chosen the wrong major.
He said that he was
losing himself as he was
going through his college
years, so he turned to his
passion.
“I was at a point in
my life where I felt I
could conquer anything
and everything I put
my mind to, so I started
making beats right before
I studied abroad,” said
Dapper. “I started making
music my junior year
of college. I traveled
to Australia, ended up
making beats there, I
came back then went to
London. I've had a lot of
inspirations as I've going
through
my
musical
journey.”
Dapper said he has
been inspired by hip-hop
artist Russ, and after he
saw Russ make a name
for himself, he thought
“why not me?”
Katie Getchell, the
deputy director and chief
brand officer of the MFA
was extremely pleased
with the turnout and
atmosphere of
the
night.
Chris DeGusto / News Editor
“We are thrilled with
the partners who have
participated, all the artists
and all the creatives who
have come to perform
[and] to show off Boston's
creative cultural side,”
said
Getchell.
“[The
MFA is] unique in being
a multicultural, multisensory campus. We have
contemporary art. We have
historical art, eastern,
western,
art
making,
food shopping, dancing,
indoor [and] outdoor. We
have everything on our
campus and we're thrilled
to bring it alive in a
different way on a night
like this.”
One cheerful and lively
attendee, Jake Murtaugh,
has frequented the MFA.
The ability to meet
different and
exciting
people while able to
experience
and
witness
the art the MFA
has to offer, along
with an event that
conveniently
slides
into
most
people’s
work schedules are all
factors that Murtuagh
was pleased with.
“I fell in
love with
the museum,”
said
Murtaugh in an interview
with The Journal. “They
always have these great
social events. “It's a
shared space of art which
is always cool to have.”
As the night turned
into the following day,
audiences
and
artenthusiasts returned into
the streets of Boston,
satisfied
and
likely
full from the unique
traditional
Japanese
dishes being served.
Although a fun-filled
night of dancing and
socialization spawned a
flow of imagination, the
question arose, asking
where does the creativity
end.
“It's
frustrating
because I feel like Boston
has a lot to offer as far
as music and culture,”
said Dapper. “I wish there
was more events that
brought the local colleges
and local organizations
together, to bring people
together.”
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The man who could not be tamed,
until now, with the help from women
Weinstein’s assault history, Hollywood’s loudest
secret, has now been exposed, as harrowing tales
emerge from a plethora of women who he
sexually abused over the course of decades.
--Now, their voices are being heard and
supported by women across the
US.
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and darkly sad.”
If so many in Hollywood claim to have known all
along what he was up to, how is it then that it
has taken so long for his misconduct to come
to light? How many people in the industry
knew, and did nothing?
How many assaults could have
been prevented if someone had
stood up and said something?
In response to The New
York
Times
investigation
that exposed Weinstein, he
sent them a statement that
began, “I came of age in
the 60s and 70s, when all
the rules about behavior
and workplaces were
different. That was the
culture then. I have
since learned it’s not an
excuse, in the office - or
out of it. To anyone.”
This is infuriating
because sexual assault
and
harassment
was
never acceptable, yet he
tried to excuse it as okay
because that “was” the
culture back then.
No.
At no point in history was
it okay because ‘everyone was
doing it,’ and to claim otherwise
is a severe disservice to any woman
who has experienced sexual harassment
and assault, at any point in history.
Although Hollywood is slowly but surely
moving toward holding actors and actresses
accountable for their actions, there are still
dangerous attitudes that persist within the industry
that hinder progress.
After allegations against Weinstein emerged,
fashion designer Donna Karan said, “How do we
display ourselves, how do we present ourselves as
women? What are we asking? Are we asking for it?
It’s not Harvey Weinstein, you look at everything all
over the world today you know and how women are
dressing and you know what they’re asking by just
presenting themselves the way they do.”
To imply that dressing a certain way warrants
unwanted sexual advancements from men is an
argument that has plagued sexual assault victims for
decades.
Karan later retracted her comments and apologized
for her statement.
Hollywood has known for decades that it has an
issue with sexual abuse within the industry, yet have
continued to ignore it.
If Hollywood wants to prove that it really is going
to address these issues, it should be the ones on
the frontlines demanding people like Bill Cosby and
Roman Polanski be held accountable.
Actors such as Casey Affleck shouldn’t be able to
pay their way out of sexual abuse allegations he did in
2010, when sexual assault charges were made against
him.
As more and more women rise to power in
Hollywood, the future for women’s rights becomes
brighter.
However, if we want to see real change, we as a
nation, celebrities and all, need to decide that we are
not okay with sexual abuse, starting by not electing
a president with an audio tape boasting of his own
sexual assaults on women, arguing that just because
when you’re famous, you can get away with it.
Accountability is the only way we are going to see
the change that so many victims of abuse deserve.
HARVEY WEINSTEIN:
his past week proved to be great for women’s
causes, but a bad one if your name is Harvey
Weinstein.
Hollywood producer and professional
serial sexual harasser Harvey Weinstein had multiple
women come forward over the past few weeks with
allegations of sexual harassment, assault and at least
four women claim he raped them.
The allegations span decades, with countless
women speaking out against him.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
54-member board of governors held an emergency
meeting on Saturday morning in which they voted to
remove Weinstein from the organization’s ranks.
They released a statement following their decision
that said, “We do so not simply to separate ourselves
from someone who does not merit the respect of his
colleagues but also to send a message that the era of
willful ignorance and shameful complicity in sexually
predatory behavior and workplace harassment in our
industry is over.”
While this may seem like a win for Hollywood
actresses, as well as women everywhere, there are
some serious controversial issues that continue to be
brought up in the wake of these allegations against
Weinstein.
Perhaps the most concerning is that nobody
seems surprised to learn what Weinstein was doing
throughout his career.
Actress Glenn Close said in a statement to The New
York Times that, “for many years, I have been aware
of the vague rumors that Harvey Weinstein had a
pattern of behaving inappropriately around women.
Harvey has always been decent to me, but now
that the rumors are being substantiated, I feel angry
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“Perhaps
the most
concerning is
that nobody
seems all too
surprised to
learn what
Weinstein
was doing
throughout his
career.”
* Forty-seven
actresses and
film industry
figures have
come foward
so far in
accusing
Weistein.
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Church
versus State:
Trump
removes
coverage of
birth control
under ACA
Juliana Tuozzola
Journal Contributor
Through
history,
women have had to fight
for their rights. More
often than not, they have
had to challenge men
who do not see them as
equals.
On Friday, Oct. 6
President Donald Trump’s
cabinet
repealed
an
Affordable
Care
Act
(ACA) mandate that had
required
employer’s
insurance plans to provide
birth control coverage to
employees.
This federal mandate
that former President
Barack Obama set in
2011 has provided “more
than 62 million American
women” with birth control
coverage according to
Planned
Parenthood.
With
the
weakening
of the ACA directive in
immediate effect, women
can lose their health
insurance coverage for
birth control if their
employers decide to opt
out of coverage based on
religious freedom.
The argument that
an employer’s religion
can be a deciding factor
on whether or not an
employee has birth control
coverage is an argument
that delves straight into
the protections granted
by the first amendment.
This
is
a
direct
violation of the separation
of church and state, which
our country was founded
on.
One’s
religious
freedom should never
interfere with another’s
reproductive life.
The recent repeal on
birth control coverage is
simply unconstitutional
and goes against the
rights stated in the
first amendment, which
should be honored in all
aspects of American life
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What Suffolk needs next
As the historically diverse
institution of Suffolk University
heads into its next phase of a
potential presidential turnover,
it is clear that the next face of the
college’s top office must be ready
to stand for all students within its
walls.
Suffolk prides itself in holding an
international student population
at 23 percent and we must prove
that these diverse individuals at
the university matter, starting with
our president.
Acting President Marisa Kelly
has championed the defense
mechanism to stand up against
those looking to further a divide
in the political climate today.
Among immigrant rights, DACA,
the travel ban, affirmative action,
Title IX and research funding,
President Donald Trump’s cabinet
has equipped themselves to scratch
each legislative point that Suffolk,
itself, has invested in and keeps
vital to the operation of this
institution.
Since Trump took office in
Washington, executive orders
have poured out of the Oval Office
that could potentially break what
makes this university tick. Kelly,
however, has shot back each
time, where she has challenged
the executive branch by standing
with programs and means to keep
those around her in line with the
university’s mission statement.
We ask that the search firm,
AGB Search, as well as the
Committee, look closely into
how candidates would continue
standing for students, and only
Suffolk students, from both the
local and national political levels.
-The Journal’s Editorial Board
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Political clubs should be more involved on
campus to accurately represent Suffolk students
Andrés Rodriguez
Journal Contributor
Now
more
than
ever, there is a constant
pressure
on
how
political clubs operate
on university campuses
across America.
At Suffolk University,
there are two major
political party clubs: the
Suffolk Democrats and
the Republican Club.
It could be thought
that these two clubs
would
disagree
on
opinions and constantly
debate
about
ethics,
but these conversations
have yet to take place.
It should be one of the
main goals of these
clubs to exchange ideas,
hold debates and most
importantly, contribute to
the increased bipartisan
behavior on campus.
After talking with both
of these organizations,
neither of them have had
a plan to have debates
with one another. This
lack of discourse is
dangerous on both sides
of politics and it can lead
to the assumption of
others opinions and draw
a line within our own
campus.
Suffolk’s mission seems
to have been to empower
our diverse community
through engaged learning
and innovative thinking,
and now is the time for
our two political party
groups on campus to do
the same.
Matthew
Cubetus,
the president of the
Suffolk Democrats, talked
about his plans for the
upcoming academic year
in an interview with
The
Suffolk
Journal.
Cubetus wanted to focus
on
teaching
politics,
participate
in
service
activities as a club, have
discussions
on
different
ideas and
year. Similar to a safe
zone, he has created a
place where Republicans
can speak freely without
judgment and he is most
worried about having
consistent members.
Most
students
attending the university
today seem lean left
and this has placed the
Republican Club at a
disadvantage on campus.
The Trump administration
has had their fair share
of
allegations
of
white
“This lack of
discourse is dangerous
on both sides of politics and
it can lead to the assumption
of others opinions and draw
a line within our own
campus.”
opinions
to create a
group of members
where they feel free to
share
whatever
they
want. The vice president
of the Republican Club,
Dan Pelosi, had similar
intentions
for
this
upcoming year, but what
sets them apart is what
kind of climate they are
in.
Pelosi
emphasized
that the sense of family
within the club is the
most important aspect of
his agenda for the school
supremacy,
r a c i s m ,
corruption, as well as
other hateful rhetoric’s.
However, it would not be
fair to carry that label to
the Republicans on our
campus.
A
former
member
of the Republican Club,
who decided to stay
anonymous said, “My
perception for the goal
of the Republican Club
has never been to change
or influence the political
climate
on
campus.
Republicans are in the
minority and when you
are a Republican on
Suffolk’s campus and you
go to class, you very much
feel like you can’t have
the opinions you have,
you can’t say the things
you want to say without
being judged.”
Even
though
Republicans seem to be
a minority on campus
that does not mean that
they should not speak up.
It is for that very reason
why
the
Republican
Club should raise their
voice and stand up
proudly for what they
believe. Whether or not
what they believe in is
morally correct is up for
discussion in the moment,
not behind closed doors
where the opponents do
not have a say.
Ideally there should
not be a student on this
campus who is afraid to
share their ideals in the
classroom, but that does
not guarantee an idea to
be accepted. There needs
to be discussion on both
sides of the spectrum to
not only show different
opinions but to create
a learning environment
where ideas can be
interchanged on campus.
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by emailing
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Discrimination in the form of ‘religious freedom’
Limiting birth control restrains women’s rights
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and society.
The
Trump
administration
justifies
the repeal by stating,
“Imposing such a coverage
mandate ... could, among
some populations, affect
risky sexual behavior in a
negative way.”
The
justification
the administration has
released to the world
is followed by not one
single piece of factual
evidence— this assertion
was made purely out of
opinion and religious
bias.
In fact, there is no
way of proving that birth
control coverage leads to
“risky sexual behavior”
because it is unethical
to conduct a causationproving experiment on
birth control.
What can be proven
is that nine out of ten
women of reproductive
age will use birth control
in their lifetime, according
to Planned Parenthood.
The
Trump
administration’s rollback
on
mandated
birth
control coverage is not
solely an attack on risky
sexual behaviors, as they
had justified it to be.
It is on healthcare, on
women’s sexuality, an
attack on individuals with
low incomes and on all
people who identify as a
woman.
This ideology adheres
to
some
religious
standards on sex and
the use of birth control
and
contraceptives.
Now, with the repeal
of the birth control
coverage, an employer’s
religious ties can have
an overwhelmingly large
impact on a female
employee’s
personal,
reproductive life.
It is crucial to note
that birth control is a
healthcare necessity for
some women.
Not only is it effective
at preventing pregnancy,
but it is also prescribed
to women who suffer
from health conditions
such as polycystic ovary
syndrome,
chronic
acne, ovarian cysts and
endometriosis, to name a
few.
The power that an
employer now possesses
over
their
female
employee’s reproductive
life eliminates the power
a woman essentially has
over her own body, her
choices, her health, her
freedom and her life.
The fear the Trump
administration
fosters
and those who share the
same ideology is clear—
it is the fear of women
having control and power
over their own lives.
This fear can be rooted
from many aspects of
life such as one’s social
environment, upbringing,
or even influences from
the media.
The
opposition
of
sex
before
marriage,
pregnancy out of wedlock
and the condemnation of
birth control all reflect
that of a specific religion’s
standards and morals.
One’s practicing of
religious or moral values
within their individual
life is their right and
decision protected by our
first amendment.
Therefore, a woman’s
decision
over
her
healthcare
and
birth
control
within
her
individual life should
always be her right
and decision, not her
employer’s.
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by emailing jtuozzola@
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Men’s ice hockey competes to help cross-country team
Brooke Patterson
Sports Editor
Suffolk
University’s
men’s
cross-country
team had a small roster
this season, but seven
Rams, who are normally
found lacing up their
skates, decided to run the
distance.
Head
cross-country
coach, Will Feldman, had
multiple player injuries
this season that allowed
his roster to dwindle,
but was able to compete
in the Great Northeast
Athletic
Conference
(GNAC) with the help of
fellow Rams. Over the
course of three meets,
Feldman welcomed seven
players from the men’s ice
hockey team to his roster.
Entering
his
14th
season as Suffolk’s men’s
ice hockey coach, Chris
Glionna did not require
his team to participate in
cross-country, but rather,
the Rams volunteered. He
compared informing his
players of the opportunity
to compete with the crosscountry team to hearing
about
an
internship
or interview. Glionna
explained how when he
heard about a chance to
be involved, he ensured
that he advised his team
about it.
“When the opportunity
to run became available,
[the
hockey
coaches]
told the players as soon
as possible,” said coach
Glionna in a recent
interview
with
The
Suffolk Journal. “It is
very important to the
Suffolk hockey team to be
involved in many aspects
of the university.”
Sophomore
hockey
defensemen Bryan Etter
was one of the seven
Rams to join the crosscountry team this season.
Etter ran in his first-ever
5k on Sept. 16, when
the
team
competed
in the University of
Massachusetts Dartmouth
Invitational. Etter finished
with a time of 42:07,
which was identical to
teammate David Lappin, a
an interview with The
Journal.
Ice hockey and crosscountry are both varsity
sports at the university,
but
both
condemn
different training styles.
Etter explained how ice
hockey is more sprints
“I believe playing
multiple sports is very
important in an athlete’s
development.”
- Chris Glionna,
men’s ice hockey head coach
forward on the men’s ice
hockey team.
“It was a lot further
than I thought it was
going to be and I wasn’t
really ready for it, but
it was a fun experience
for sure,” said Etter in
whereas
cross-country
relies on pacing for
distance while having
a
strong
endurance.
Although ice hockey is
more of an obsession and
lifestyle for Etter, he said
if he was asked to run for
the cross-country team
again he would.
“The
cross-country
team has a good group of
people there so it was fun
to be around, not just for
the race part, but for the
whole meet itself,” said
Etter.
Cross-country
is
deemed as an individual
sport because an athlete
is running on his or her
own
throughout
the
course, whereas playing
ice hockey is more team
orientated in the sense
that every member on the
ice needs one another.
Although the two are
different sports, forward
Brian Patterson, who also
participated in the crosscountry race, explained
that they do have some
similarities.
“The motivation before
and
congratulations
after [a meet] is very
similar to how hockey
goes,” said Patterson in a
recent interview with The
Journal.
Most of the members
of the ice hockey team
never had the intention of
playing another collegiate
sport, but when the
opportunity
presented
itself the Rams stepped
up to help their university
and fellow athletes.
“I
believe
playing
multiple sports is very
important in an athlete's
development,”
said
Glionna. “Just because
they are at college doesn't
mean we are stopping the
development.”
The
men’s
crosscountry team looks to
compete in their final
race of the season at the
GNAC Championship in
Bristol, Rhode Island on
Oct. 28.
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Seniors recognized for dedication to program
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Senior co-captain Alexandra Nagri high-fives teammates for one last time at the Rams home field.
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at the park.
The men’s team did
not have as successful of a
day, falling 5-2 to Norwich
University despite Suffolk
outshooting the opponent
13-12. The goals were
scored by forward Alex
Desaulnier and midfielder
Jack O’Connor.
After the loss, Suffolk
fell to 6-6-1 overall on
the season. The loss to
Norwich proved costly
as they dropped to
3-5-1 within the Great
Northeast
Atlantic
Conference (GNAC).
The men’s team is
a much younger squad
in comparison to the
women’s. Men’s soccer
is only home to two
seniors, defenseman Mike
Luntadila and midfielder
Ankit Shrestha.
Supportive
parents
littered the stands as
both men’s and women's
soccer competed.
Shatina
Fieldsend,
mother of sophomore
Julia Fieldsend on the
Lady Rams, said this was
her first time ever coming
to a game. Fieldsend
explained how she was
excited to see what Ram
Fan Fest was like, and
said she was having a
great time.
Steve Casey, father
of junior Jordan Casey,
explained how he has not
missed a game in the past
three seasons that his son
has been on the team. As
an experienced fan, Casey
has seen his fair share of
Ram Fan Fests.
“I think [Rams Fan
Fest] is great, it’s great
they do something for
the fans,” said Casey in a
recent interview with The
Journal. “It’s unfortunate
that we’re a little bit
outside the city and we
can’t draw more fans.”
Casey also provided a
critique to the program.
“For this event, they
should
do
something
for the players. The kids
aren’t going to eat pizza
and soda before a game,”
said Casey.
Although
the
day
ended with a tough loss
for the Rams, the event
was still a large success.
With plenty of smiles,
hugs and full stomachs,
Rams Fan Fest 2017 will
go down as a special day
for many.
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Suffolk soccer scores for fans
University hosts third annual Rams Fan Fest
Joe Rice
Journal Staff
A wet and dreary
day in the Boston Area
did not put a damper
on festivities for Suffolk
University soccer. For
the third year in a row,
both men’s and women’s
soccer held Rams Fan
Fest at James A. Sartori
Stadium at East Boston
Memorial Park.
Rams Fan Fest was
a
highly
anticipated
occasion
where
both
men’s and women’s soccer
held a family-friendly
event,
hosting
free food and
drinks
to
anyone
w h o
came
o u t
a n d
and
provided
instant
offense
for
Suffolk.
Martin scored four of the
team’s five goals in the
game, including two in
spectacular fashion.
“Senior day was an
extremely special day,”
explained Martin in a
recent interview with
The
Suffolk
Journal.
“My performance and
the team’s performance
made that day even more
special and memorable.”
Martin included that
her favorite Rams Fan
Fest was the one held
on Saturday because of
senior day. Martin did
admit there was sadness
in the air, as it was
one of the
last home
games
f o r
h e r
and
the
five
other
supported.
On
Saturday,
despite heavy rain to
begin the day, the affair
was off and running.
The day began with
food, drinks and a balloon
man. Before the game,
the Lady Rams celebrated
the team’s seniors. In
total, the team had six to
its name, including cocaptains Jennifer Martin
and Alexandra Nagri.
The match started
off on a strong note,
as the Lady Rams
dominated
R i v i e r
University,
5-0.
Ironically enough, on
a day for celebrating the
seniors, the only players
to score for the Lady Rams
were seniors. Captain Jen
Martin stole the show as
she ran all over the field
seniors,
but
also
discussed how
the support from the
fans played a huge role in
the 5-0 victory.
The
most
heartwarming of the six
senior celebrations was
defenseman and biology
major Brooke Heathco.
Heathco was surprised
by her brother, Maxwell,
who is in the Naval
Academy.
In a recent interview
with
The
Journal,
Heathco explained
how she had
no idea her
brother
w a s
even
i
n
attendance.
“ T h e
emotions that washed over
me were indescribable,”
said Heathco. “I was
so
overwhelmed
by
happiness, love and pride
that he was there and he
did that for me.”
Heathco wanted to
thank her family and
teammates for organizing
the surprise with her
father. She said how she
was fortunate to have an
amazing group of friends
and family.
Georgia
Grillakis,
a fifth year senior at
Suffolk studying fine arts,
said it was her third time
being at Rams Fan Fest.
Grillakis always enjoyed
coming out for games
so that she could show
support for one of her
teammates, Nagri.
Grillakis and Nagri are
teammates in the winter.
Nagri, who netted a goal
in the event, is a multisport athlete at Suffolk,
participating in soccer as
well as basketball.
Despite
rain
to
begin, the weather
eventually cleared
up, making it
a beautiful
fall day in
Boston.
A s
a result of the weather
improvement, fans came
out to show their support.
Shannon
Smith,
a
junior from Suffolk, said
it was her first time being
at Rams Fan Fest and was
impressed with what the
event had to offer.
“[Rams Fan Fest] is
awesome,”
exclaimed
Smith
in
a
recent
interview
with
The
Journal.
“It’s
cool
because not everyone can
go out to games since [the
field] is in East Boston,
so it’s a good reason to
get everyone to actually
come.”
Second-year
employee
of
East Boston
Memorial
Park,
Sean
Lee,
explained how
the event is
an
amazing
program. Lee
also said that
he is reminded
all the time of
the
beautiful
Suffolk campus
the
looms
right
near
the
complex
whenever
the
Rams compete
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everyone
add more
has been
student
affected
housing
by cancer
one way
or another.
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Pink
THINK
Suffolk University’s campus
used to be washed in pink
for Breast Cancer Awareness
Month. Since 2013, the October
campus-wide stigma to raise
awareness has lacked and
only some individuals and
departments have attempted to
keep it alive.
By Brooke Patterson, Sports Editor
Felicity Otterbein, Arts & Culture Editor
For many, fall is associated with an almost instantaneous shift in
color to vibrant reds, oranges and yellows, but at Suffolk University,
for at least one day in the month of October, the city campus used to be
awashed in pink.
The university used to have a campus-wide awareness event, formerly
known as “Stand Up For Pink,” where the Suffolk community gathered
as a sea of pink t-shirts and formed a pink human ribbon inside the
Ridgeway gymnasium to show their support and solidarity in raising
awareness. The event, hosted by the Athletics Department, invited
speakers from across campus to participate and discuss their efforts
in raising breast cancer awareness.
Those days have passed and university-wide efforts have since
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Downtown
campus
branching to
surrounding
neighborhoods
Alexa Gagosz
Editor-in-Chief
When
advertising
major Kate Cusick was
gearing up this past
summer to leave Paris,
she was on her own to
find a place to live in
Boston, with little help
from her own university’s
student housing.
After spending the
entirety of her junior year
studying abroad in Paris,
the
emerging
senior
decided to spend the
summer before her last
year at Suffolk in France
to
work.
Throughout
the
summer,
Cusick
was actively looking for
apartments in Boston
to spend her final year
before graduation.
With family occupied
in Rhode Island, it was
impossible for Cusick to
commute from there to
Suffolk each day and to
find lodging space seemed
nearly impossible.
“There’s
so
much
spam on Craigslist and
I discovered a lot of
apartments don’t want
to lease to undergrads,”
said Cusick in a recent
interview with The Suffolk
Journal. Eventually Cusick
found an apartment that
she would be able to pay
for through her earnings,
but it fell through while
she was still residing in
France.
Cusick
contacted
Suffolk for tips to close
on an apartment, but
said in an interview that
she was told that her
price range was “too low”
and she would have to
find a place that would
eventually be $400 more
than her initial budget.
“This was clearly not
something that I could
afford,” said Cusick.
Like
Cusick,
undergraduate students
across Suffolk University
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struggle to find housing,
specifically after students’
first year.
Freshmen journalism
major Brandon Clay said
to a Journal reporter in
an interview on Tuesday
that he is “stressed” about
his living situation for the
next four years.
”I love living oncampus. If I don’t get
chosen for the lottery, I
have no clue where I will
live next year,” said Clay.
“Giving us more housing
would be really helpful
and I wouldn’t be as
worried.”
Suffolk
is
looking
to change this attitude
toward limited housing.
“It’s safe to say that
we are always looking
for
opportunities
to
provide more beds for
Suffolk students,” said
Vice President of External
Affairs John Nucci in an
interview. As an East
Boston native, former
city councilor, school
committeeman, Massport
Community
Advisory
Committee member and
community activist, Nucci
looks to figure additional
housing
for
Suffolk
students.
Suffolk
currently
houses 23 to 24 percent
of students in the present
dormitory
buildings:
Miller Hall on Somerset
Street,
150
Tremont,
10 West or the Modern
Theatre apartments.
However, this time,
the dormitory would not
necessarily be situated in
downtown Boston, but in
a neighborhood of Boston
where the commute time
would be around 10
minutes.
“It’s not so much
distance as it is the issue
of commute time,” said
Nucci in an interview on
Friday afternoon. “We’re
looking at the idea of
having something located
on an MBTA line.”
With
strong
ties
and credibility to East
Boston, Nucci admitted
to having already looked
at
opportunities
in
the area, as well as in
Charlestown and South
Boston, steering clear
from Downtown’s soaring
prices.
“We have a leg up
going in [to East Boston],”
said Nucci.
Suffolk
hired
commercial real estate
powerhouse
Colliers
International, a company
Suffolk has worked with
in the past, to help with
the project after a request
for proposal [RFP] process
the university held this
summer.
“Colliers is helping us
out with both technical
assistance and advisory
services,” said Nucci. The
amount of knowledge that
Colliers had on the local
market and surrounding
areas made them the best
choice, he said.
According to Nucci,
many developers have
already approached the
university with potential
sites, as Suffolk will not
be building from the
“ground up.”
“[Colliers will help
us]
review
ability,
affordability, and [the
buildings’]
location
among other issues,” said
Nucci.
Much like how many
universities are tackling
development
projects,
Suffolk is looking for a
public-private partnership
with a developer, or
owner, of a building. In
sight, Nucci said that a
private developer would
provide the facility and
Suffolk would manage it.
Nucci is looking to have
this partnership be longterm with an extensive
lease and Suffolk is
looking to move onto a
new opportunity soon.
“This is an urgent
matter so there is a sense
of urgency,” said Nucci.
“It’s part of the existing
strategic plan to increase
housed students.”
A team that has
consisted of Nucci, the
Financial
department,
Student
Affairs
and
Residence Life have a
“great say” about the type
of facility that Suffolk
leases from in the near
future.
“If
the
right
opportunity
presents
itself, we would move on
it,” said Nucci.
However, the process to
receive the city’s approval
is comprehensive, and
Nucci, as someone with
more than 30 years of
public service, is familiar
with the road ahead.
“Any development that
we do get will require
approval from the city and
it is an extensive process.
In terms of meeting
with neighbors and with
community members, we
will need to get approval
from that neighborhood,”
said Nucci as he cited the
rocky relationship that
Suffolk had with Beacon
Hill before he worked in
the university’s external
affairs unit. “There was no
trust [with Beacon Hill],
no credibility and, quite
frankly, the university
had run over [the Hill’s]
best interests. Prior to me
coming and prior to this
department of External
Affairs being created,
there was no department
for community relations
here at Suffolk. And it
showed. We have turned
that around completely.”
Nucci
emphasized
that
it
would
be
important for Suffolk
to not “repeat history”
with a neighborhood,
much like it did with
Beacon Hill. He said that
Suffolk would have to
gain credibility and trust
with the neighborhood
that they would move
a residence hall to, and
ensure to the community
that a dormitory would
be in their best interest.
“The main concern,
that many neighborhoods
have, is that there are
students
in
private
housing that perhaps
make
noise
or
the
neighbors consider to be
disruptive,” said Nucci.
“If we can take those
students out of that
private housing and put
them in a supervised
university setting, that
concern will change.”
“My
message
[to
neighborhoods] usually is
that [students are] coming
anyway,” said Nucci.
Cusick, who battled to
find an apartment while
across the Atlantic Ocean,
and now pays more each
month than she did in
Paris, said that she thinks
that additional housing at
Suffolk is vital.
“I really think that
offering more on campus
housing would be a great
option for people who
are coming back to the
U.S. from abroad or have
just transferred and need
a place to live,” she said.
“I have had numerous
Suffolk friends who were
also in my situation.”
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decreased, but breast
cancer awareness has
remained important at
Suffolk. Current faculty
and students have been
making
limited,
but
significant,
efforts
to
keep awareness present
throughout the university.
This month bears the
weight of Breast Cancer
Awareness, a title that
comes
with
immense
stature and stigma. As
of late, efforts have been
made to eradicate the
world of the horrors that
stem from the disease.
The first step begins with
raising awareness.
The Suffolk University
Police
Officers
have
taken a stance in the
national campaign for
breast cancer awareness,
Pink
Patch
Project,
and are included in
the
22
participating
forces
including
the
Massachusetts
State
Police,
among
fellow
Boston university police
departments
such
as
Massachusetts College of
Art and Design. According
to Sergeant Jameson Yee,
the SUPD has taken it
upon themselves to wear
a pink patch in support of
two fellow sergeants, who
are currently undergoing
treatments for cancer
themselves.
“Unfortunately,
everyone
has
been
affected by cancer one
way or another,” said
Sergeant Yee in a recent
interview
with
The
Journal. “Through the
pink patch project, which
is a national movement,
it’s one to obviously start
conversations so people
can talk, support and
also learn more about
breast cancer and cancer
awareness.”
Senior biology major
Olivia Huber participated
in the American Cancer
Society’s 2017 Making
Strides Against Breast
Cancer walk on Oct. 1.
Baugniet
participated
with Suffolk University’s
Theta Phi Alpha chapter
in order to contribute
to the cause and show
support.
“Breast
cancer
has
affected so many people,
and so many of the sisters
know someone who has
suffered from it, or some
other form of cancer,”
she said. “It’s always
incredibly heartwarming
to see how many people
come out to support the
cause and what a positive
event it is.”
Radiation
Science
Program
Director
and instructor of the
Introduction to Cancer
Care course, Jessica Mak,
has taken the initiative to
begin raising awareness
by starting with her small
classes.
Mak told The Suffolk
Journal in a recent
interview that because
breast
cancer
is
a
prevalent disease, she
feels it is important
for individuals to know
and
understand
the
causes, risks and other
contributing factors so
that they can educate
themselves and practice
healthy lifestyle habits.
“I imagine most people
understand cancer is a bad
thing, but I don’t know if
people understand how it
works,” said Mak. “I feel
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like the more people that
can know about it the
better.”
In her course, which
is a highly anticipated
and sought after class
according
to
Suffolk
students, Mak discussed
the top 10 cancers in the
United States, including
breast cancer. Ranked as
the second most common
cancer, behind melanoma,
found in both men and
women, breast cancer
is the most commonly
diagnosed
cancer
in
women alone, according
to National Breast Cancer
Foundation,
Inc.
The
course has also taught of
the specifics on pediatric
cancers, nutrition and
exercise, complementary
therapies,
cancer
prevention
and
selfidentification.
For select dates in
October, Mak organized
a “pink day,” within
the two sections of her
Introduction to Cancer
Care course, where she
awarded students extra
credit to wear an article
of pink clothing to class.
Mak told The Journal
that
by
doing
this,
students would have a
window of conversational
opportunity to talk about
breast cancer, effectively
raising
awareness
amongst students.
To
contribute
to
the Pink Project, visit
irwindaleca.gov/index.
aspx?NID=363.
If
interested
in
supporting
the
cause
on a larger scale, visit
one of the nation’s
leading breast cancer
research
foundation’s:
visit the National breast
cancer
foundation
at
nationalbreastcancer.
org,
the
American
Cancer Society at cancer.
org/cancer/breastcancer.html,
and
the
Breast Cancer Research
Foundation at bcrf.org.
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The Opioid Crisis: A local, national issue
Maggie Randall
D.C. Correspondant
As students returned
to Suffolk University’s
campus this fall, posters
advertising Narcan, a
nasal spray which uses the
drug naloxone to revive
the victim of an opioid
overdose, have made an
arrival around the streets
of Boston. These posters
are just a small sign
that the opioid crisis has
crept its way into Boston,
the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts, and the
entire country.
According to Suffolk
sociology
professor
Susan Sered, there has
not necessarily been an
increase in drug use, but
the increase in the number
of opioid overdoses in
recent years. Sered said
these
overdoses
are
primarily within white
communities and has
recently attracted the
attention of lawmakers.
“The racialized war
on drugs has been the
mechanism
for
mass
incarceration of people
of color in the United
States,” said Sered in a an
interview with The Suffolk
Journal “In contrast, the
public ‘face’ of the opioid
crisis is white and the
public conversation has
shifted to the need for
treatment for the ‘disease’
rather than punishment
for the ‘crime.”
In late September,
Boston
Mayor
Marty
Walsh announced the
Personal
Advancement
for
Individuals
and
Recovery (PAIR) initiative
to
provide
financial
support for low-income
individuals in the early
stages of opioid addiction
recovery.
“You
don’t
fix
addiction,
and
cure
addiction,
and
battle
addiction by yourself. It’s
a community that keeps
a person in recovery,”
said Walsh in announcing
the PAIR initiative at
the Gavin Foundation in
South Boston.
Walsh has worked to
combat the opioid crisis
in Boston by creating the
Mayor’s Office of Recovery
Services,
which
has
focused on substance use
disorders and addiction
in the city. Since 2015,
the Office has engaged
stakeholders
including
local communities, as
well as state and federal
authorities.
The
Massachusetts
Department of Public
Health reported that 58
percent of patients in
Boston use heroin as a
primary substance, and
that the use of heroin
is giving way to other
opioids such as fentanyl.
The
Boston
Globe
reported in August that
“fentanyl was the cause
of 81 percent of overdose
deaths in the first quarter
of 2017.”
These types of drugs
are a particularly concern
for
Governor
Charlie
Baker, who has made
the opioid epidemic a
legislative priority.
“This whole approach
to getting a lot more
aggressive about dealing
with street drugs and
especially with fentanyl
and carfentanil,” said
Baker
in
an
early
September interview with
CBS, “has to be a big part
of our approach at this
point going forward too.”
Congress
identifies
the lack of professional
staff at substance abuse
facilities as a problem
facing the United States.
Pending in the U.S. Senate
is the Strengthening the
Addiction
Treatment
Workforce Act, a student
loan forgiveness program
for professionals who
pursue
careers
in
substance treatment.
Representative
Katherine
Clark
(DMA) recommended the
bill in a U.S. House
of
Representatives
Subcommittee on Health
hearing on October 11.
Representatives
Bill
Keating (D-MA) and Joe
Kennedy (D-MA) were
also present to testify on
the opioid crisis and offer
legislative solutions.
Keating, having served
as district attorney before
being elected to the
House, explained how he
saw individuals who were
prescribed opioid drugs,
later become addicted
to heroin. Kennedy, who
also served as a district
attorney, advocated for
greater education on how
law enforcement treats
addicted individuals.
On Thursday, Senators
Elizabeth Warren (D-MA),
and Lisa Murkowski (RAK) sent a letter to Trump
questioning his inaction
on the opioid crisis.
“We are extremely
concerned that 63 days
after your statement,
you have yet to take the
necessary steps to declare
a national emergency on
opioids, nor have you
made any proposals to
significantly
increase
“The racialized
war on drugs
has been the
mechanism
for mass
incarceration of
people of color
in the United
States.”
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Sociology professor
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funding to combat the
epidemic,” the Senators
wrote.
Last March, Trump
created through
an
executive
order,
the
President’s Commission
on
Combating
Drug
Addiction and the Opioid
Crisis, which Baker is a
part of.
“This is an epidemic
that knows no boundaries
and shows no mercy,
and we will show great
compassion and resolve
as we work together on
this important issue,”
said
Trump
in
his
announcement of the
Commission.
Later, in early August,
Trump
described
the
opioid epidemic as a
“national emergency.”
“We’re going to spend
a lot of time, a lot of
effort and a lot of money
on the opioid crisis,” said
Trump.
Trump
has
simultaneously
worked
to repeal the Medicaid
expansion through the
Affordable
Care
Act,
which worked to provide
greater accessibility to
addiction
treatment.
Trump’s
decision
to
not support this policy
jeopardizes
addiction
treatment,
particularly
in relation to the opioid
epidemic.
Sered has hope that
Massachusetts will not
face as many issues in
dealing with opioid use
and
overdoses
under
the current presidential
administration as some
other places will.
“The
President’s
efforts to take apart the
Affordable Care Act will
negatively affect access to
drug treatment for many
Americans,” said Sered.
“Locally, I am a bit more
optimistic.”
Sered
adds
that
research in the Boston
area on public healthcare
is active, and should
be the focus for higher
education
institutions,
like Suffolk.
“Institutions
of
higher education have
the
responsibility
to
teach how to access
trustworthy,
rigorous
research. This can be
difficult when the area
of concern is emerging
and rapidly developing,”
said Sered. “Universities
cannot teach students
‘the truth’ but we can
and must teach students
how to find and assess
information.”
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Immigration in Trump’s world
Roxana Martinez
Journal Contributor
Clinical Law Professor
Ragini Shah spoke to
prospective law students
and practicing lawyers
last Thursday, focusing
on immigration policy
during President Donald
Trump’s administration.
The
evening
was
dedicated
to
discussing the problems
immigration lawyers have
dealt with since Trump’s
inauguration.
Shah described how
the burgeoning pressure
placed on lawyers to
challenge the policies
that the administration
has been trying to enforce
has created a confusing
environment.
“We’re operating in a
paradigm where I don’t
know what’s going to
happen,” said Shah.
Since the beginning
of
his
campaign,
Trump’s
decision
to
make immigration the
cornerstone of his political
platform has sparked
heated conversation and
attention. Trump’s recent
policy changes regarding
immigration have also
recreated a similar sense
of contention amongst
people.
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Clinical Professor of Law
Ragini Shah
One
of
the
first
methods attempted by
Trump was a travel ban
that he put into place on
Jan. 24, 2017, in which
he prohibited the entry
of people coming in from
predominantly
Muslim
countries such as Syria and
Iraq. This ban was heavily
contested by many, and
as a result was blocked by
judges in several states,
such as New York and
Massachusetts. There was
also the federal decision
to rescind the Deferred
Action
for
Childhood
Arrivals (DACA) program,
which was made on Sept.
5, 2017.
These orders have
caused an anxious frenzy
among
immigrants,
according
to
Shah.
Trump’s
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Polls show Republican
Party losing popularity
The Republican Party is losing popularity at
Suffolk, according to a Suffolk University/USA
Today poll of voters, as the party currently
stands at 62 percent disapproval rate. This
drop, as the favorability rate now rests at 23
percent, is a dramatic change from the 32
percent favorability in the June poll, conducted
by the Suffolk University Political Research
Center. “In March the GOP had a 48 percent
unfavorable rating, in June the negative swelled
to 55 percent. Today the GOP unfavorable is 62
percent,” said Director of the Suffolk University
Political Research Center David Paleologos.
According to the poll, the Democrat party has
a 37 percent favorability rating. Opinions on
healthcare mimic these rates with 43 percent
of the voters trusted congressional democrats,
compared to the 15 percent who trusted
Trump and an even less 10 percent that trusted
Republicans. This matches the results of the poll
towards the Affordable Care Act, with 45 percent
of people wanting to keep the plan intact but fix
any problems.
Kelly applauds The
Washington Center
Suffolk’s Acting President, Marisa Kelly, released
a post on her “Momentum” blog Friday evening,
that highlighted the near 40 years of partnership
between the university and The Washington
Center. The Washington Center was described
by Kelly as a non-profit organization who has
worked with college students to help them
gain experience in Washington D.C. where
internships have ranged from congressional
offices to lobbying firms. Students choose the
option of academic seminars or full semesters,
and the program allowed for students to gain
a deeper insight into the world of public policy
and politics. Kelly attended The Center’s annual
scholarship dinner this past week, and was
able to look on as Suffolk was mentioned as
a committed partner to the program. In her
blog post, Kelly spoke of her excitement of the
relationship between the Center and Suffolk, as
well as appreciation for all the Center is able to
provide for Suffolk students as they intern in D.C.
Kelly went on to thank the Suffolk community
and their help in fostering the relationship with
The Center, especially the now-retired Professor
Emeritus John Berg, for his role in developing
the program between the two organizations.
HUBweek brings minds of
Boston intellects together
The Boston Globe, Harvard University,
Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
have come together to present HUBweek,
a festival wanting to put all the minds of
Boston together in one place. This festival
ranges from medical experts to nonprofits
and functions as a “Part TED talk, part idea
lab, part world’s fair of arts and sciences,”
according to the Boston Globe writer Ty
Burr. Taking its home in City Hall Plaza in
Boston, the event has put together multiple
dome-shaped tents and booths to display
what the minds of Boston have to offer,
with each having information on technology,
health, governance and robotics. Outside of
the domes, the festival has cargo containers,
each container a corporate venture or a local
company with specialties ranging from health
and community service to artworks.
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Catalonia awaits decision on secession
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Protestors in Catalonia march with flags and signs demanding independence on Oct. 1 election day
Matt Geer
Journal Contributor
With
the
pending
secession
of
the
autonomous
Catalonia,
the political landscape of
Spain has been notably
altered. This poses a
multitude of problems for
both the nation of Spain
and Catalonia.
For Spain, Catalan
independence
would
mean losing its most
industrialized
region
and would put Spain in
a much weaker financial
state.
Although the push for
secession seems like it
has stalled out because
the governments of both
Catalonia and Spain have
had talks to settle the
matter for now, this move
could potentially be end
up being disastrous for
the Catalan government,
if carried out.
The
central
government of Spain gave
Catalonia’s vastly liberal
representatives
until
Thursday, to completely
halt the movement of
secession from Spain.
Andres
Cayuela,
a
senior student at Suffolk
who
was
born
and
raised in Spain discussed
how
he
understands
the
movement
and
agrees with the basis
of
more
government
representation, but is
hesitant about Catalonia
departing
from
the
EU. He also brought to
light how Catalans have
been neglected in past
elections by the Spanish
government.
“We tried our best in
past elections and now
people feel they need
to seek independence
themselves,” said Cayuela.
“But I don’t want them
to become independent
from the EU because even
with its issues, it is still
something that we have
always been apart of.”
The Oct. 1 Catalan
I n d e p e n d e n c e
Referendum
was
seemingly a replica of
just that. 92.01 percent
of Catalan people voted
in favor of independence,
but there was a dismal
43.03
percent
voter
turnout.
“The
low
turnout
I believe comes from
the
belief
that
the
transition to government
recognition can be done
a different way,” said
Cayuela. “A lot of these
people are viewed as
radicals and while that
isn’t completely fair, not
everyone is completely
ready to separate from
Spain.”
The referendum wasn’t
a peaceful event, and that
caught the eyes of people
all over Europe. Riots
televised by major news
networks during the Oct.
1 vote depicted Catalan
firefighters forming a
human chain around the
raucous voters to protect
them, symbolically and
physically,
from
the
Spanish police. Cayuela
discussed how the police
used force against the
individuals
labelled
“radicals”
and
how
the whole matter was
completely unacceptable.
“The
police
force
was uncalled for and
disgusting,
ballots
being
literally
ripped
out of people’s hands,”
Cayuela said. “For such
a significant event, the
police response disgusted
the people of Catalonia
and the rest of the EU.”
The
last
couple
weeks have stirred up
conversations throughout
Spain that will continue
to probe the citizens
past the attempt at
independence. As this
situation at the surface
is seemingly coming to
a close, many social,
political and economic
doors have been opened
in Spain and all of Europe.
“Catalonia has been
part of Spain for hundreds
of years,” said Cayuela.
“There will be people that
want change and people
that don’t, and that
should be in line with the
central government.”
In an recent interview
with The Suffolk Journal,
government professor at
Suffolk University Madrid
Campus Ana Belen Soage
shared why she believes
that people in Catalonia
have spoken about their
mistreatment
by
the
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disgusting, ballots being literally ripped out
of people’s hands”
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national government in
Spain.
“Catalan independence
seekers have recently
begun to complain that
they put in way more than
they get back in return,”
said Belen Soage.
Soage went on to
discuss how many of the
political issues in Spain
regarding
Catalonia
arose
from
overlying
economic problems that
came up between the
nation and its subpart.
She said that what a
lot of people may not
realize is that Catalonia
may
face
indefinite
dilemmas if the secession
were to take shape.
Catalonia’s
businesses
and
public
spending
have already taken a hit
as their existence as an
autonomous has been
glamoured over in the
last decade.
“It is a very prosperous
part of Spain and the
Catalan
government
wants this to be reflected
in politics, like it should,”
she
said.
“However,
Catalonia would run into
many fees and other
issues in the process of
disbanding from Spain.”
Catalonia
would
be forced to leave the
European Union (EU)
with its departure from
Spain, and a smooth
transition back into the
EU after succession looks
to be unlikely with Spain
set to veto any attempt
of Catalonia joining the
union.
Additionally,
members of the French
and German government
have come out and said
that they would also veto.
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Terrorist attack hit Mogadishu
TERROR ATTACK CLAIMS
HUNDREDS OF LIVES IN
SOMALIA
More than 300 people were killed by a truck bomb in Mogadishu,
Somalia on Saturday. On Tuesday, multiple news sources confirmed
that the perpetrator of the attack was a former soldier in the Somali
army. His home was raided by a coalition of local troops and U.S.
special forces. Somali officials stated that the attack originated
from Bariire, 30 miles west of Mogadishu, according to multiple
news sources. Ten civilians were killed in the raid, according to The
Guardian. The attack is one of the deadliest terror attacks in the world
for many years. Investigators believe that the attack may have been
revenge for the mishandled U.S.-led military operation in Somalia in
August. Used in the attack were a Toyota Noah minivan and a much
larger truck that carried nearly 800 pounds of military-grade and
homemade explosives. The truck was detonated in the busy center
of Samalia and ignited a deadly fireball. The minivan was stopped
at a checkpoint and the driver was detained. The explosives in the
van detonated shortly after, but no casualties were reported. All
security personnel, except for those directly responsible for stopping
the van, were removed from duty following the attack, according to
The Guardian.
DOMESTIC FORCES CLAIM
RAQQA FROM ISLAMIC STATE
Syrian fighters, backed by the United States, have taken full control
of Raqqa, the Islamic State’s (IS) self-proclaimed capital since 2014.
IS implemented an extreme interpretation of Islamic law and used
numerous methods of torture and execution to terrorize residents
of Raqqa who opposed their rule. Sources say that 90 percent of the
Raqqa has been cleared, accord to a U.S. military spokesman. The
Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have made capturing Raqqa a major
priority since last November. They enacted their operation by slowly
encircling the city and then breaking in through IS defenses on the
outskirts of Raqqa in June. The SDF cleared the municipal stadium and
the National Hospital as of Tuesday morning - the last two prominent
IS locations in Raqqa. Furthermore, SDF is now beginning clearing
operations to uncover any sleeper cells that might have been missed
and also to remove mines. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights
reported that at least 3,250 people have been killed in the past five
months. Among the people killed, 1,130 were civilians. The UN said
last week that about 8,000 people were still trapped in Raqqa, and that
almost 270,000 civilians have been displaced since April.
W
The divide between
India’s elite and the
lower class is the largest
economic disparity the
country has witnessed in
nearly 100 years.
The top one percent
of earners in India have
accrued 22 percent of the
total income, compared
to the six percent owned
in the 1980’s, according
to French economists
Thomas Piketty and Lucas
Chancel.
Chanel
and
Piketty also concluded
that the top 0.1 percent
of earners from 1980 to
2014 received a greater
share of total growth than
the bottom 50 percent.
“Inequality is somehow
inherent
to
capitalist
systems and free market
economies,” said Suffolk
University International
Relations
professor
Roberto Dominguez in
an interview with The
Suffolk Journal. “That’s a
fact. But many economies
are better equipped to
deal with inequality.”
However, aside from
having the largest wage
gap in almost a century,
India has remained a
global economic power
and among one of the
ten richest countries in
the world, according to
Piketty and Chancel.
India
has
been
on both sides of the
economy: previously the
socialist side and, more
recently, the free market
side. When India was a
socialist country between
the 1920s and the 1970s,
it not only rendered
slower growth, it also put
a substantial amount of
the country’s citizens in
poverty.
When India began the
plunge into a free market
economy, it had shortlived positive outcomes.
The
current
system
has left the country in
extreme poverty with a
wide gap between the
top one percent and the
bottom 99 percent.
According
to
Dominguez,
poverty
and inequality are not
mutually exclusive, “On
one side you can develop
policies
of
economic
growth, but at the same
time economic growth
will not reduce because
you apply redistribution
policies,” he said.
The massive population
of India has contributed
to the economic issues,
according to Dominguez.
“In the case of India, we
have traditional economic
gaps in the society,
there’s no state capacity
to get revenue and to
set a formal economy for
over one billion people,”
said Dominguez.
The Indian economy
has never been a onesize fits all. Since the
introduction of income
tax in 1922, India’s
economy has experienced
fluctuation. India was
very much a socialist
country in the 1970’s.
Its tight regulations and
little room for economic
reform caused economic
growth to creep up at a
steady pace of three and
a half percent a year
- leading to extreme
poverty.
Indian Prime Minister
Narenda Modi’s cash ban,
enacted on Nov. 8, sought
out to erode corruption.
According
to
The
Reserve Bank of India,
PricewaterhouseCoopers,
(TRBI,
PWC)
the
cash ban made 86.4
percent of India’s cash
worthless. TRBI, PWC
also
determined
that
98 percent of consumer
transactions
in
India
are
made
in
cash.
According to Bloomberg,
manufacturers have seen
jobs cut this year by 40
percent.
The
turmoil
has
led to finger pointing,
specifically
at
Modi,
who promised to bring
economic prosperity to
the financially desperate
lower class, but has
not yet come up with a
solution for the country.
Connect with John
by emailing jirizarry@
su.suffolk.edu
Shah talks Trump immigration policy with law
students, challenges of unpredictable administration
From SHAH - 4
policies have caused
quite a conundrum for
immigration
lawyers
and defendants. Shah
explained how lawyers
already
have
enough
difficulty trying to solve
their cases under the laws
currently in place, so an
unpredictable
federal
administration
only
makes the task all the
more challenging.
“One long term effect
[of Trump’s new policies]
is, I think, the overarching
message
from
the
administration that chaos
is good,” said Shah.
One of the attendees
was
Suffolk
alumnae
Paula Bunszell and she
expressed her budding
interest in law, and how
the recent presidential
administration
has
affected her personally.
“It’s [Trump’s policy
changes causing a lot
of division with people.
The effects are particular
in marginalized groups,
but people can have
connections
to
those
groups,” said Bunszell.
“It’s driven me to become
more involved.”
Bunszell spoke about
how she has begun
participating
at
the
Catholic
Charities
of
Boston. The organization
sets out to provide
support, resources, and
other
social
services,
to needy communities
around
Massachusetts.
Particularly,
Bunszell
participates in a program
in which she, along with
others, assist immigrants
to find jobs, and adapt to
American life overall.
In the end, Shah
emphasized how the most
important way to help
those affected by Trump’s
recent policy changes is
to get involved in efforts
that combat these changes
as soon as possible.
“I think it’s about
picking an area where
you fit best in,” said Shah.
Aside from teaching
immigration law, Shah
assists at the law clinic
at Suffolk. The clinic,
offered as an elective
during the students last
two years at law school,
typically has a focus on
detained
defendants,
and
unaccompanied
minors.
As
opposed
to
representing
the
defendants
herself,
a
student acts as the main
attorney, and Shah’s task
is to supervise, as well as
remind students of any
resources they may need
for their cases.
Connect with Roxana
by emailing rmartinezgracias@su.suffolk.edu
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ARTS & CULTURE
Fall Showcase
Suffolk students shine in Showcase ‘17
“
By Felicity Otterbein,
Arts & Culture Editor
Courtesy of Stratton McCrady
The students featured in
this year’s Fall Showcase
outdid themselves
in a passionate and
dedicated display of
talent.
With
the
Sullivan
Studio Theater acting
as a display case for
Suffolk theatre students
to prove their worthiness
of
performance,
the
latest installment of Fall
Showcase was nothing
short of spectacular.
This
year,
which
featured work by Suffolk
University’s
Xenia
Kamalova, Erica Wisor
and Ali Maynard, the
85-minute show covered
a broad range of topics.
From the historic and
mind-numbing art heist
at the Isabella Stewart
Gardner Museum to a
satirical
approach
of
discussing a potential
precursor
to
the
development
of
hell.
The students featured in
this year’s Fall Showcase
outdid themselves in a
passionate and dedicated
display of talent.
The night began with
“Heist,” by senior theater
major Erica Wisor with
a
critical approach to
the Whodunit case of
stolen artwork from the
Isabella Stewart Gardner
museum. Comprised of
just nine students, the
play
followed
federal
agent
Harold,
played
by sophomore theatre
major Ryan Stack, and
his
involvement
with
the local police officers
working not-so-diligently
to solve the seemingly
cold case.
In
an
interesting
juxtaposition of past and
present, Director Wisor
did an excellent job to
portray
the
urgency
shown by Harold and
Madame Gardner herself,
played by junior theatre
major Helen Brind’Amour.
In a particularly dramatic
scene
which
showed
Gardner placing the future
of her life’s work into
her husbands hands and
bursting into hysterics
at the thought of her
collection being disturbed
in any way. Wisor then
showed Harold also in
a fit of hysterics in his
quest to bring justice to
the famed collector.
Complete with a jazz
ensemble and a backdrop
with
empty
picture
frames, the cast was able
to effectively portray the
urgency that comes with
finishing a job and being
proud of your work.
Followed by a quick
scene change, the next
production was “Welcome
to Hell,” written by senior
theater
major
Xenia
Kamalova and co-directed
by senior musical theater
major
Kane
Harper.
Opening with two men
dressed
in
pristine
white suits and labeled
as “demons,” the pair
are seen administering
eternal
punishments
to those permanently
damned to what appears
to be the catholic view of
hell.
The
pair
banter
about what mundane
punishments the damned
should
serve
when
another man joins them
onstage, dressed in all
black and labeled “angel.”
Inquiring
about
how
to work for Satan, the
angel is astonished at the
acts of the two demons,
named
Michael
and
Gabriel, and claims their
punishments aren’t harsh
enough. When faced with
Satan himself, portrayed
Courtesy of Stratton McCrady
Julianna Fielding as Satan flanked by
demons Ma’Chel martin Jr. (left) and Ricky
Norton (right) in “Welcome to Hell.”
perfectly by a stone-faced
and sarcastic Julianna
Fielding, the leader of hell
allows the fallen angel to
prove himself by creating
harsher
punishments
and earning the name
“Lucifer.”
Complete
with
everyday acts deemed
as
sins
by
newly
appointed Lucifer, he
creates punishments for
homosexuality,
greed
and the like. Only when
Michael,
Gabriel
and
Satan reveal their true
identities as archangels
sent from heaven and God
“herself,” to test Lucifer,
is when the trio preserve
Lucifer in his own eternal
damnation in a block of
ice. A hysterical approach
to many heavily discussed
topics today, “Welcome
to Hell” was a sensational
look at gender roles, social
constructs and forces an
almost immediate inward
reflection.
In the third and final
play, “Bigfoot,” written
and directed by Ali
Maynard, a group of four
botanists
conducting
research at the base of
a mountain have their
friendship
boundaries
tested when something
goes bump in the night.
Perhaps
the
most
physically complex play
in terms of set design,
the play itself was the
most simple in terms
of
cast
numbers.
A
critical approach to the
flight or fight notion
when faced with fear,
the
four-person
cast
showed how seemingly
strong
relational
ties
are put to the test when
lives are endangered.
The talent displayed by
the four cast members,
sophomore theatre major
Mickey Rodgers, junior
theatre
major
Alice
Byrne, sophomore theatre
majors Nicholas Cenci and
Ian Hussey, was beyond
compare.
Pushed to the brink
of their own personal
talents with long-winded
monologues
and
by
transforming into their
respective
characters,
the audience was drawn
into the hysterics and
dramatics emitted by
the cast members, truly
making the idea of
“Bigfoot,” believable. The
final production of the
evening was well cast and
acted as the pinnacle of
craft and performance,
and was the ideal way to
end an evening filled with
artistic excellence.
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by emailing
fotterbein@su.suffolk.edu
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Takashi Murakami
brings japanese art and culture to boston
By Chris DeGusto, News Editor
Chris DeGusto / News Editor
Usually a quiet and
serene
setting,
the
Museum of Fine Arts
(MFA) was anything but
traditional
on
Friday
night, as Boston’s bestknown
epicenter
for
creativity
hosted
an
enthralling
installation
to its “MFA Late Nite”
seasonal series.
Crowds flocked to the
historic building as the
doors opened to make way
for a plethora of diverse
scenes
materializing
within. A new gallery’s
opening, called “Takashi
Murakami: Lineage of
Eccentrics” along with
the Art of Asia gallery
and Linde Family Wing
for Contemporary Art
complimented live music,
food tastings and even a
rap slam.
Those in attendance
were able to travel
throughout the museum
and
outside
to
the
Shapiro Family Courtyard,
where it seemed as if the
paintings and sculptures
were the only beings
lacking
activity
and
mobility.
“Especially
in
the
world we live in today,
we need these type of
activities- things that
will keep people happyand obviously a lot of
people needed it,” said
Executive Producer of
Boston International Film
Festival Patrick Jerome
in an interview with
The Suffolk Journal. “It's
good to see things like
this happening. I'm an
artist myself, so I feel
it's a great thing that we
have the arts in the world
because it can only bring
peace.”
This “Late Nite” event
brought out those who
are veterans to what the
MFA has to offer, as well
as some who have never
been to popular museum.
Early in the night,
poets
and
musical
artists displayed their
talents during a rap
slam.
Surrounded
by
friends, fellow artists and
intrigued patrons, rappers
took turns performing in
front of a live audience
that held a small group
who had been elected to
judge the competition.
One participant, Sam
Dapper, a 22-year-old
who
graduated
from
Boston
University
in
the
spring o f 2 0 1 7
with
a
degree
in
economics, said in an
interview
with
The
Journal that he felt
disconnected, that he had
chosen the wrong major.
He said that he was
losing himself as he was
going through his college
years, so he turned to his
passion.
“I was at a point in
my life where I felt I
could conquer anything
and everything I put
my mind to, so I started
making beats right before
I studied abroad,” said
Dapper. “I started making
music my junior year
of college. I traveled
to Australia, ended up
making beats there, I
came back then went to
London. I've had a lot of
inspirations as I've going
through
my
musical
journey.”
Dapper said he has
been inspired by hip-hop
artist Russ, and after he
saw Russ make a name
for himself, he thought
“why not me?”
Katie Getchell, the
deputy director and chief
brand officer of the MFA
was extremely pleased
with the turnout and
atmosphere of
the
night.
Chris DeGusto / News Editor
“We are thrilled with
the partners who have
participated, all the artists
and all the creatives who
have come to perform
[and] to show off Boston's
creative cultural side,”
said
Getchell.
“[The
MFA is] unique in being
a multicultural, multisensory campus. We have
contemporary art. We have
historical art, eastern,
western,
art
making,
food shopping, dancing,
indoor [and] outdoor. We
have everything on our
campus and we're thrilled
to bring it alive in a
different way on a night
like this.”
One cheerful and lively
attendee, Jake Murtaugh,
has frequented the MFA.
The ability to meet
different and
exciting
people while able to
experience
and
witness
the art the MFA
has to offer, along
with an event that
conveniently
slides
into
most
people’s
work schedules are all
factors that Murtuagh
was pleased with.
“I fell in
love with
the museum,”
said
Murtaugh in an interview
with The Journal. “They
always have these great
social events. “It's a
shared space of art which
is always cool to have.”
As the night turned
into the following day,
audiences
and
artenthusiasts returned into
the streets of Boston,
satisfied
and
likely
full from the unique
traditional
Japanese
dishes being served.
Although a fun-filled
night of dancing and
socialization spawned a
flow of imagination, the
question arose, asking
where does the creativity
end.
“It's
frustrating
because I feel like Boston
has a lot to offer as far
as music and culture,”
said Dapper. “I wish there
was more events that
brought the local colleges
and local organizations
together, to bring people
together.”
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On average, every two minutes a woman
is diagnosed with breast cancer
and one woman will die of
breast cancer every 13 minutes.
The man who could not be tamed,
until now, with the help from women
Weinstein’s assault history, Hollywood’s loudest
secret, has now been exposed, as harrowing tales
emerge from a plethora of women who he
sexually abused over the course of decades.
--Now, their voices are being heard and
supported by women across the
US.
T
Do you care about women’s rights? Next
week, hear from four women students
on what it means to be a feminst.
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and darkly sad.”
If so many in Hollywood claim to have known all
along what he was up to, how is it then that it
has taken so long for his misconduct to come
to light? How many people in the industry
knew, and did nothing?
How many assaults could have
been prevented if someone had
stood up and said something?
In response to The New
York
Times
investigation
that exposed Weinstein, he
sent them a statement that
began, “I came of age in
the 60s and 70s, when all
the rules about behavior
and workplaces were
different. That was the
culture then. I have
since learned it’s not an
excuse, in the office - or
out of it. To anyone.”
This is infuriating
because sexual assault
and
harassment
was
never acceptable, yet he
tried to excuse it as okay
because that “was” the
culture back then.
No.
At no point in history was
it okay because ‘everyone was
doing it,’ and to claim otherwise
is a severe disservice to any woman
who has experienced sexual harassment
and assault, at any point in history.
Although Hollywood is slowly but surely
moving toward holding actors and actresses
accountable for their actions, there are still
dangerous attitudes that persist within the industry
that hinder progress.
After allegations against Weinstein emerged,
fashion designer Donna Karan said, “How do we
display ourselves, how do we present ourselves as
women? What are we asking? Are we asking for it?
It’s not Harvey Weinstein, you look at everything all
over the world today you know and how women are
dressing and you know what they’re asking by just
presenting themselves the way they do.”
To imply that dressing a certain way warrants
unwanted sexual advancements from men is an
argument that has plagued sexual assault victims for
decades.
Karan later retracted her comments and apologized
for her statement.
Hollywood has known for decades that it has an
issue with sexual abuse within the industry, yet have
continued to ignore it.
If Hollywood wants to prove that it really is going
to address these issues, it should be the ones on
the frontlines demanding people like Bill Cosby and
Roman Polanski be held accountable.
Actors such as Casey Affleck shouldn’t be able to
pay their way out of sexual abuse allegations he did in
2010, when sexual assault charges were made against
him.
As more and more women rise to power in
Hollywood, the future for women’s rights becomes
brighter.
However, if we want to see real change, we as a
nation, celebrities and all, need to decide that we are
not okay with sexual abuse, starting by not electing
a president with an audio tape boasting of his own
sexual assaults on women, arguing that just because
when you’re famous, you can get away with it.
Accountability is the only way we are going to see
the change that so many victims of abuse deserve.
HARVEY WEINSTEIN:
his past week proved to be great for women’s
causes, but a bad one if your name is Harvey
Weinstein.
Hollywood producer and professional
serial sexual harasser Harvey Weinstein had multiple
women come forward over the past few weeks with
allegations of sexual harassment, assault and at least
four women claim he raped them.
The allegations span decades, with countless
women speaking out against him.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
54-member board of governors held an emergency
meeting on Saturday morning in which they voted to
remove Weinstein from the organization’s ranks.
They released a statement following their decision
that said, “We do so not simply to separate ourselves
from someone who does not merit the respect of his
colleagues but also to send a message that the era of
willful ignorance and shameful complicity in sexually
predatory behavior and workplace harassment in our
industry is over.”
While this may seem like a win for Hollywood
actresses, as well as women everywhere, there are
some serious controversial issues that continue to be
brought up in the wake of these allegations against
Weinstein.
Perhaps the most concerning is that nobody
seems surprised to learn what Weinstein was doing
throughout his career.
Actress Glenn Close said in a statement to The New
York Times that, “for many years, I have been aware
of the vague rumors that Harvey Weinstein had a
pattern of behaving inappropriately around women.
Harvey has always been decent to me, but now
that the rumors are being substantiated, I feel angry
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Haley Clegg | Photo Editor
“Perhaps
the most
concerning is
that nobody
seems all too
surprised to
learn what
Weinstein
was doing
throughout his
career.”
* Forty-seven
actresses and
film industry
figures have
come foward
so far in
accusing
Weistein.
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by emailing hclegg@su.suffolk.edu
Church
versus State:
Trump
removes
coverage of
birth control
under ACA
Juliana Tuozzola
Journal Contributor
Through
history,
women have had to fight
for their rights. More
often than not, they have
had to challenge men
who do not see them as
equals.
On Friday, Oct. 6
President Donald Trump’s
cabinet
repealed
an
Affordable
Care
Act
(ACA) mandate that had
required
employer’s
insurance plans to provide
birth control coverage to
employees.
This federal mandate
that former President
Barack Obama set in
2011 has provided “more
than 62 million American
women” with birth control
coverage according to
Planned
Parenthood.
With
the
weakening
of the ACA directive in
immediate effect, women
can lose their health
insurance coverage for
birth control if their
employers decide to opt
out of coverage based on
religious freedom.
The argument that
an employer’s religion
can be a deciding factor
on whether or not an
employee has birth control
coverage is an argument
that delves straight into
the protections granted
by the first amendment.
This
is
a
direct
violation of the separation
of church and state, which
our country was founded
on.
One’s
religious
freedom should never
interfere with another’s
reproductive life.
The recent repeal on
birth control coverage is
simply unconstitutional
and goes against the
rights stated in the
first amendment, which
should be honored in all
aspects of American life
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Editor’s Word
What Suffolk needs next
As the historically diverse
institution of Suffolk University
heads into its next phase of a
potential presidential turnover,
it is clear that the next face of the
college’s top office must be ready
to stand for all students within its
walls.
Suffolk prides itself in holding an
international student population
at 23 percent and we must prove
that these diverse individuals at
the university matter, starting with
our president.
Acting President Marisa Kelly
has championed the defense
mechanism to stand up against
those looking to further a divide
in the political climate today.
Among immigrant rights, DACA,
the travel ban, affirmative action,
Title IX and research funding,
President Donald Trump’s cabinet
has equipped themselves to scratch
each legislative point that Suffolk,
itself, has invested in and keeps
vital to the operation of this
institution.
Since Trump took office in
Washington, executive orders
have poured out of the Oval Office
that could potentially break what
makes this university tick. Kelly,
however, has shot back each
time, where she has challenged
the executive branch by standing
with programs and means to keep
those around her in line with the
university’s mission statement.
We ask that the search firm,
AGB Search, as well as the
Committee, look closely into
how candidates would continue
standing for students, and only
Suffolk students, from both the
local and national political levels.
-The Journal’s Editorial Board
O
Political clubs should be more involved on
campus to accurately represent Suffolk students
Andrés Rodriguez
Journal Contributor
Now
more
than
ever, there is a constant
pressure
on
how
political clubs operate
on university campuses
across America.
At Suffolk University,
there are two major
political party clubs: the
Suffolk Democrats and
the Republican Club.
It could be thought
that these two clubs
would
disagree
on
opinions and constantly
debate
about
ethics,
but these conversations
have yet to take place.
It should be one of the
main goals of these
clubs to exchange ideas,
hold debates and most
importantly, contribute to
the increased bipartisan
behavior on campus.
After talking with both
of these organizations,
neither of them have had
a plan to have debates
with one another. This
lack of discourse is
dangerous on both sides
of politics and it can lead
to the assumption of
others opinions and draw
a line within our own
campus.
Suffolk’s mission seems
to have been to empower
our diverse community
through engaged learning
and innovative thinking,
and now is the time for
our two political party
groups on campus to do
the same.
Matthew
Cubetus,
the president of the
Suffolk Democrats, talked
about his plans for the
upcoming academic year
in an interview with
The
Suffolk
Journal.
Cubetus wanted to focus
on
teaching
politics,
participate
in
service
activities as a club, have
discussions
on
different
ideas and
year. Similar to a safe
zone, he has created a
place where Republicans
can speak freely without
judgment and he is most
worried about having
consistent members.
Most
students
attending the university
today seem lean left
and this has placed the
Republican Club at a
disadvantage on campus.
The Trump administration
has had their fair share
of
allegations
of
white
“This lack of
discourse is dangerous
on both sides of politics and
it can lead to the assumption
of others opinions and draw
a line within our own
campus.”
opinions
to create a
group of members
where they feel free to
share
whatever
they
want. The vice president
of the Republican Club,
Dan Pelosi, had similar
intentions
for
this
upcoming year, but what
sets them apart is what
kind of climate they are
in.
Pelosi
emphasized
that the sense of family
within the club is the
most important aspect of
his agenda for the school
supremacy,
r a c i s m ,
corruption, as well as
other hateful rhetoric’s.
However, it would not be
fair to carry that label to
the Republicans on our
campus.
A
former
member
of the Republican Club,
who decided to stay
anonymous said, “My
perception for the goal
of the Republican Club
has never been to change
or influence the political
climate
on
campus.
Republicans are in the
minority and when you
are a Republican on
Suffolk’s campus and you
go to class, you very much
feel like you can’t have
the opinions you have,
you can’t say the things
you want to say without
being judged.”
Even
though
Republicans seem to be
a minority on campus
that does not mean that
they should not speak up.
It is for that very reason
why
the
Republican
Club should raise their
voice and stand up
proudly for what they
believe. Whether or not
what they believe in is
morally correct is up for
discussion in the moment,
not behind closed doors
where the opponents do
not have a say.
Ideally there should
not be a student on this
campus who is afraid to
share their ideals in the
classroom, but that does
not guarantee an idea to
be accepted. There needs
to be discussion on both
sides of the spectrum to
not only show different
opinions but to create
a learning environment
where ideas can be
interchanged on campus.
Connect with Andrés
by emailing
arodriguezmartinez@
su.suffolk.edu
Discrimination in the form of ‘religious freedom’
Limiting birth control restrains women’s rights
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and society.
The
Trump
administration
justifies
the repeal by stating,
“Imposing such a coverage
mandate ... could, among
some populations, affect
risky sexual behavior in a
negative way.”
The
justification
the administration has
released to the world
is followed by not one
single piece of factual
evidence— this assertion
was made purely out of
opinion and religious
bias.
In fact, there is no
way of proving that birth
control coverage leads to
“risky sexual behavior”
because it is unethical
to conduct a causationproving experiment on
birth control.
What can be proven
is that nine out of ten
women of reproductive
age will use birth control
in their lifetime, according
to Planned Parenthood.
The
Trump
administration’s rollback
on
mandated
birth
control coverage is not
solely an attack on risky
sexual behaviors, as they
had justified it to be.
It is on healthcare, on
women’s sexuality, an
attack on individuals with
low incomes and on all
people who identify as a
woman.
This ideology adheres
to
some
religious
standards on sex and
the use of birth control
and
contraceptives.
Now, with the repeal
of the birth control
coverage, an employer’s
religious ties can have
an overwhelmingly large
impact on a female
employee’s
personal,
reproductive life.
It is crucial to note
that birth control is a
healthcare necessity for
some women.
Not only is it effective
at preventing pregnancy,
but it is also prescribed
to women who suffer
from health conditions
such as polycystic ovary
syndrome,
chronic
acne, ovarian cysts and
endometriosis, to name a
few.
The power that an
employer now possesses
over
their
female
employee’s reproductive
life eliminates the power
a woman essentially has
over her own body, her
choices, her health, her
freedom and her life.
The fear the Trump
administration
fosters
and those who share the
same ideology is clear—
it is the fear of women
having control and power
over their own lives.
This fear can be rooted
from many aspects of
life such as one’s social
environment, upbringing,
or even influences from
the media.
The
opposition
of
sex
before
marriage,
pregnancy out of wedlock
and the condemnation of
birth control all reflect
that of a specific religion’s
standards and morals.
One’s practicing of
religious or moral values
within their individual
life is their right and
decision protected by our
first amendment.
Therefore, a woman’s
decision
over
her
healthcare
and
birth
control
within
her
individual life should
always be her right
and decision, not her
employer’s.
Connect with Juliana
by emailing jtuozzola@
su.suffolk.edu
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Rams run the extra mile
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Men’s ice hockey competes to help cross-country team
Brooke Patterson
Sports Editor
Suffolk
University’s
men’s
cross-country
team had a small roster
this season, but seven
Rams, who are normally
found lacing up their
skates, decided to run the
distance.
Head
cross-country
coach, Will Feldman, had
multiple player injuries
this season that allowed
his roster to dwindle,
but was able to compete
in the Great Northeast
Athletic
Conference
(GNAC) with the help of
fellow Rams. Over the
course of three meets,
Feldman welcomed seven
players from the men’s ice
hockey team to his roster.
Entering
his
14th
season as Suffolk’s men’s
ice hockey coach, Chris
Glionna did not require
his team to participate in
cross-country, but rather,
the Rams volunteered. He
compared informing his
players of the opportunity
to compete with the crosscountry team to hearing
about
an
internship
or interview. Glionna
explained how when he
heard about a chance to
be involved, he ensured
that he advised his team
about it.
“When the opportunity
to run became available,
[the
hockey
coaches]
told the players as soon
as possible,” said coach
Glionna in a recent
interview
with
The
Suffolk Journal. “It is
very important to the
Suffolk hockey team to be
involved in many aspects
of the university.”
Sophomore
hockey
defensemen Bryan Etter
was one of the seven
Rams to join the crosscountry team this season.
Etter ran in his first-ever
5k on Sept. 16, when
the
team
competed
in the University of
Massachusetts Dartmouth
Invitational. Etter finished
with a time of 42:07,
which was identical to
teammate David Lappin, a
an interview with The
Journal.
Ice hockey and crosscountry are both varsity
sports at the university,
but
both
condemn
different training styles.
Etter explained how ice
hockey is more sprints
“I believe playing
multiple sports is very
important in an athlete’s
development.”
- Chris Glionna,
men’s ice hockey head coach
forward on the men’s ice
hockey team.
“It was a lot further
than I thought it was
going to be and I wasn’t
really ready for it, but
it was a fun experience
for sure,” said Etter in
whereas
cross-country
relies on pacing for
distance while having
a
strong
endurance.
Although ice hockey is
more of an obsession and
lifestyle for Etter, he said
if he was asked to run for
the cross-country team
again he would.
“The
cross-country
team has a good group of
people there so it was fun
to be around, not just for
the race part, but for the
whole meet itself,” said
Etter.
Cross-country
is
deemed as an individual
sport because an athlete
is running on his or her
own
throughout
the
course, whereas playing
ice hockey is more team
orientated in the sense
that every member on the
ice needs one another.
Although the two are
different sports, forward
Brian Patterson, who also
participated in the crosscountry race, explained
that they do have some
similarities.
“The motivation before
and
congratulations
after [a meet] is very
similar to how hockey
goes,” said Patterson in a
recent interview with The
Journal.
Most of the members
of the ice hockey team
never had the intention of
playing another collegiate
sport, but when the
opportunity
presented
itself the Rams stepped
up to help their university
and fellow athletes.
“I
believe
playing
multiple sports is very
important in an athlete's
development,”
said
Glionna. “Just because
they are at college doesn't
mean we are stopping the
development.”
The
men’s
crosscountry team looks to
compete in their final
race of the season at the
GNAC Championship in
Bristol, Rhode Island on
Oct. 28.
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by emailing
bpatterson2@su.suffolk.edu
Seniors recognized for dedication to program
Courtesy of Suffolk Athletics
Senior co-captain Alexandra Nagri high-fives teammates for one last time at the Rams home field.
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at the park.
The men’s team did
not have as successful of a
day, falling 5-2 to Norwich
University despite Suffolk
outshooting the opponent
13-12. The goals were
scored by forward Alex
Desaulnier and midfielder
Jack O’Connor.
After the loss, Suffolk
fell to 6-6-1 overall on
the season. The loss to
Norwich proved costly
as they dropped to
3-5-1 within the Great
Northeast
Atlantic
Conference (GNAC).
The men’s team is
a much younger squad
in comparison to the
women’s. Men’s soccer
is only home to two
seniors, defenseman Mike
Luntadila and midfielder
Ankit Shrestha.
Supportive
parents
littered the stands as
both men’s and women's
soccer competed.
Shatina
Fieldsend,
mother of sophomore
Julia Fieldsend on the
Lady Rams, said this was
her first time ever coming
to a game. Fieldsend
explained how she was
excited to see what Ram
Fan Fest was like, and
said she was having a
great time.
Steve Casey, father
of junior Jordan Casey,
explained how he has not
missed a game in the past
three seasons that his son
has been on the team. As
an experienced fan, Casey
has seen his fair share of
Ram Fan Fests.
“I think [Rams Fan
Fest] is great, it’s great
they do something for
the fans,” said Casey in a
recent interview with The
Journal. “It’s unfortunate
that we’re a little bit
outside the city and we
can’t draw more fans.”
Casey also provided a
critique to the program.
“For this event, they
should
do
something
for the players. The kids
aren’t going to eat pizza
and soda before a game,”
said Casey.
Although
the
day
ended with a tough loss
for the Rams, the event
was still a large success.
With plenty of smiles,
hugs and full stomachs,
Rams Fan Fest 2017 will
go down as a special day
for many.
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by emailing
jrice4@su.suffolk.edu
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Suffolk soccer scores for fans
University hosts third annual Rams Fan Fest
Joe Rice
Journal Staff
A wet and dreary
day in the Boston Area
did not put a damper
on festivities for Suffolk
University soccer. For
the third year in a row,
both men’s and women’s
soccer held Rams Fan
Fest at James A. Sartori
Stadium at East Boston
Memorial Park.
Rams Fan Fest was
a
highly
anticipated
occasion
where
both
men’s and women’s soccer
held a family-friendly
event,
hosting
free food and
drinks
to
anyone
w h o
came
o u t
a n d
and
provided
instant
offense
for
Suffolk.
Martin scored four of the
team’s five goals in the
game, including two in
spectacular fashion.
“Senior day was an
extremely special day,”
explained Martin in a
recent interview with
The
Suffolk
Journal.
“My performance and
the team’s performance
made that day even more
special and memorable.”
Martin included that
her favorite Rams Fan
Fest was the one held
on Saturday because of
senior day. Martin did
admit there was sadness
in the air, as it was
one of the
last home
games
f o r
h e r
and
the
five
other
supported.
On
Saturday,
despite heavy rain to
begin the day, the affair
was off and running.
The day began with
food, drinks and a balloon
man. Before the game,
the Lady Rams celebrated
the team’s seniors. In
total, the team had six to
its name, including cocaptains Jennifer Martin
and Alexandra Nagri.
The match started
off on a strong note,
as the Lady Rams
dominated
R i v i e r
University,
5-0.
Ironically enough, on
a day for celebrating the
seniors, the only players
to score for the Lady Rams
were seniors. Captain Jen
Martin stole the show as
she ran all over the field
seniors,
but
also
discussed how
the support from the
fans played a huge role in
the 5-0 victory.
The
most
heartwarming of the six
senior celebrations was
defenseman and biology
major Brooke Heathco.
Heathco was surprised
by her brother, Maxwell,
who is in the Naval
Academy.
In a recent interview
with
The
Journal,
Heathco explained
how she had
no idea her
brother
w a s
even
i
n
attendance.
“ T h e
emotions that washed over
me were indescribable,”
said Heathco. “I was
so
overwhelmed
by
happiness, love and pride
that he was there and he
did that for me.”
Heathco wanted to
thank her family and
teammates for organizing
the surprise with her
father. She said how she
was fortunate to have an
amazing group of friends
and family.
Georgia
Grillakis,
a fifth year senior at
Suffolk studying fine arts,
said it was her third time
being at Rams Fan Fest.
Grillakis always enjoyed
coming out for games
so that she could show
support for one of her
teammates, Nagri.
Grillakis and Nagri are
teammates in the winter.
Nagri, who netted a goal
in the event, is a multisport athlete at Suffolk,
participating in soccer as
well as basketball.
Despite
rain
to
begin, the weather
eventually cleared
up, making it
a beautiful
fall day in
Boston.
A s
a result of the weather
improvement, fans came
out to show their support.
Shannon
Smith,
a
junior from Suffolk, said
it was her first time being
at Rams Fan Fest and was
impressed with what the
event had to offer.
“[Rams Fan Fest] is
awesome,”
exclaimed
Smith
in
a
recent
interview
with
The
Journal.
“It’s
cool
because not everyone can
go out to games since [the
field] is in East Boston,
so it’s a good reason to
get everyone to actually
come.”
Second-year
employee
of
East Boston
Memorial
Park,
Sean
Lee,
explained how
the event is
an
amazing
program. Lee
also said that
he is reminded
all the time of
the
beautiful
Suffolk campus
the
looms
right
near
the
complex
whenever
the
Rams compete
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