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NESAD
scores
campus
unity with
compromise
of space loss
Courtesy of Suffolk University
Alexa Gagosz/ Editor-in-Chief
Student work
displayed outside
of the print room in
the basement of the
Sawyer building.
Chris DeGusto
News Editor
Seniors say goodbye:
Nathan Espinal
Journal Staff
Chris DeGusto/ News Editor
The historic class that has ‘seen it all’ turns to next chapter
By Alexa Gagosz, Editor-in-Chief
For four years, the undergraduate
students of Suffolk University have
questioned their institutions’ stability
in regards to maintaining consistent
leadership in upper administration and
the decisions that each reign conducted
in each of their short tenure.
This class, the class of 2017, had
seen a change in leadership each year
they attended Suffolk and much like
the presidential turnovers in the corner
office of 73 Tremont, they endured the
ousting of former Board of Trustees
Chairman Andrew Meyer, the sale of
both the Fenton building and Temple
Street properties, the New England
School of Art & Design’s feeling of
disconnect from the rest of campus,
saw the cut of the Beacon Hill Institute,
lived through the loss of a main theatre
and the addition of the 20 Somerset
building and witnessed the deep divide
that was wedged between both the
campus and the rest of the nation after
election night.
However, this class was also the class
that held three-straight Men’s Baseball
Championships, rallied together and
behind former President Margaret
McKenna, marched in more than one
Boston championship parade and stood
in defiance at the one-year anniversary
of the Boston Marathon bombing on
Boylston Street. The class of 2017 not
only observed the changes in and around
Suffolk over their first three years, but
also the successes and consequences
that occurred during their final year.
On May 21, the undergraduate
senior classes of the Sawyer Business
School (SBS) and College of Arts &
Sciences (CAS) poured into the Blue
Hills Bank Pavilion, beginning early in
the morning, decked in blue and gold
with diverse flags and cords bearing
around their necks.
After four presidential changes in
as many years, Acting President Marisa
Kelly, however, gave a promising note
to those who bore cap and gown at the
2017 Commencement on their readiness
to turn to the next chapter in their lives.
“The Suffolk Experience is a powerful
thing. I suspect the experience that
you gained during your time at Suffolk
has changed your lives forever,” said
Kelly at the College of Arts & Sciences
Commencement. “And the experiential
learning that you embraced –- both
inside and outside of the classroom -will make a world of difference in your
futures.”
This same angst that these students
sometimes felt over the reputation of
Suffolk, some now face the challenge of
today’s turbulent political climate that
this diverse class faces. CAS speaker and
Political Scientist Robert D. Putnam said
that America has failed as a “we” society,
and has very much turned into an “I”
society. However, Putnam said this arts
and sciences class of 653 graduates
could possibly change America’s new
selfish stigma around.
“I’m actually optimistic that your
generation can turn these trends
around, because Americans just like
you and just in this place have done so
before,” said Putnam to CAS graduates
that afternoon. “If our country today
faces polarization, political polarization
and economic inequality and social
fragmentation, you, collaborating with
one another, you can reverse those
trends. Your generation can lead the
way to a more diverse, more tolerant,
more cohesive, more equal society, a
society in which, rather than shout at
one another, we listen to one another,
actually, listen to one another.”
Just hours before, now graduate
Thinh La gave a riveting and dynamic
speech on how his very life could
be used as the very reason for the
American dream. La, whose family
climbed out of the grips of Vietnam’s
poverty level, where his parents would
consistently refuse food in order to
See SENIORS page 3
For
roughly
two
decades,
the
New
England School of Art
&
Design
(NESAD)
inhabited 75 Arlington
Street in Boston’s Back
Bay neighborhood. After
renovations had taken
over the sixth, tenth and
two bottom floors of the
Sawyer building this past
spring, NESAD will now
be a part of Suffolk‘s main
campus, and the future
the university paints.
Many NESAD students
have felt disconnected
from the rest of the
university having been so
far away from the main
campus space. Now that
NESAD has transferred
from Back Bay to Beacon
Hill, the now four floors
that have been allocated
solely for the art school
are
already
receiving
criticism for the physical
downsizing that programs
may endure.
Some who are involved
in the Art & Design
programs were concerned
about
the
area
the
new location provides.
According
to
some,
relocating the space and
storage while unpacking
has been difficult at
times as some have said
that “not every space is
useful.”
See NESAD page 4
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Suffolk Law graduate receives recognition for years of work
Kyle Crozier
Journal Staff
This
year
Suffolk
University’s Law School
saw the graduation of
Cherina Clark, a student
that filled her resume
with a laundry list of
high profile clerkships,
internships and outreach
programs for other local
kids who are not yet on a
path of legal studies.
Clark’s time at Suffolk
resulted in a Juris Doctor
in Business Law, and time
served in the Black Law
Students
Association,
as
the
Council
of
Presidents Liaison for the
Student Bar Association,
as a member of the
university
President’s
Diversity
Task
Force,
the National Association
for the Advancement of
Colored People and the
Business Law Student’s
Association.
Clark spent more than
13 months as a judicial
intern, having worked on
research and legislation
drafting for bankruptcy,
employment
strategies
and overcriminalization.
She also has worked for
over six years with the
volunteer
organization
Rosie’s Place that provides
resources
to
women
that
have
struggled
Clark spent more
than 13 months
as a judicial intern,
having worked
on research and
legislation drafting
for bankruptcy,
employment
strategies and
overcriminalization.
with homelessness and
poverty.
In her time as the
former
president
of
Suffolk Law’s Black Law
Students
Association,
Clark
has
worked
to
provide
training
opportunities for Boston
public middle and high
school students that may
have a similar background
to herself. Another goal
of Clark’s has been to
prepare the teens for
interactions with police
officers and to help them
understand
when
an
officer may have crossed
a boundary.
A leading news source
for legal education, The
National Jurist, named
Clark and 24 other law
students from around
the country as 2017’s Law
Students of the Year. The
National Jurist described
a great law student as,
“students [that] leave
their marks on their
law schools and the
surrounding communities
before going off and
doing great things in the
real world.”
Clark was unable to
be reached before the
publishing of this article.
Some of the projects
Clark worked on include
drafting legislation to aid
the State of Michigan’s
dealing with the Flint
water crisis, participating
in the Marshall Brennan
program to teach innercity students the legal
foundations of search
seizure, acts of protests
and more.
As a first generation
student, part of her
student outreach was
intended
to
provide
others like her a more
complete idea of what law
school is about, and the
resources they will need
to succeed in the same
ways that she has.
Clark has written that
she has, “plans of pursuing
a career in corporate law
upon graduation.”
Connect with Kyle
by emailing
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Suffolk MHA student teaches surgeon
Rapidly advancing technology in the health care
industry has not only birthed creative and innovative
techniques in medicine, but has prompted a younger
generation to take charge in the ever-growing field.
Once a student in Suffolk’s Sawyer Business School’s
Master of Healthcare Administration program, Michael
Bayeh found himself in a position to teach someone
whom he had studied in school. Bayeh secured an
internship at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and
landed a job upon completing his program, only to have
found himself in a position to train surgeon, Harvard
professor and New York Times best seller Dr. Atul
Gawande. Virtual health care is an industry on the rise
tailored to replacing visits to the hospital or a primary
physician. Bayeh’s knowledge has stemmed in part from
Suffolk University’s MHA program, which is the only
MHA program in New England to hold Commision on
Accreditation of Healthcare Management Education.
According to Suffolk University, Bayeh was able to
interact with Gawande just 20 months after taking an
introductory course in which the class required the use
of Gawande’s book, “Complications: A Surgeon’s Notes
on an Imperfect Science.”
Massachusetts
Society of CPAs
awards nine scholarships
Boston has long been regarded as an education mecca, and
has often produced some of the world’s most renowned
intellects. At Suffolk University, students in the heart
of the city have the chance make their own mark. This
past May, students at Suffolk were recognized for their
accomplishments and rewarded for their efforts. The
Massachusetts Society of Certified Public Accountants
(MSCPA) awarded nine Suffolk University students
scholarships. The Suffolk students, who represent
a portion of the 50 total students who received this
scholarship, will be able to use their awarded money of
up to $2,500 toward their education. More than $858,500
has been awarded by MSCPA’s Educational Foundation
since 2006, with a record $127,500 being distributed this
year according to a press release.
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Class etches their mark on Suffolk
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From SENIORS page 1
feed La and his sister and
lived for just under two
dollars a day, would
eventually be standing
in front of his graduating
class of business students
in
a
commencement
ceremony. La spoke about
the power of overcoming
adversity, much like many
of the 535 graduating
business class of 2017
has had to do, instead of
growing up with privilege.
“Suffolk was founded
to open access to higher
education to immigrants
and working people who
could
not
otherwise
afford it,” said La. “Suffolk
has given us a place to
advance our education, to
succeed, and we must pay
it forward. Tomorrow,
we may pursue different
careers and have different
paths, but don’t forget
where we came from.”
Putnam, who mirrored
La’s experiences later
that
day
from
an
political scientists’ point
of view said that the
new graduates could be
the ones to transform
the
politically
and
economically
polarized
America. He proposed
Chris DeGusto/ News Editor
Class of 2017 graduates turned their backs to the stage
and to their families and held up “diplomas” as a
symbol of “thanks” for their support.
graduates
to
become
reformers
of
the
generation
“You are the heirs
of
those
Americans,
including
young
immigrants, and your
generation faces exactly
the same challenges they
did a century ago,” said
Putnam.
“Raise
your
voices, to be sure, but talk
is not enough. Your lives
will speak more loudly
than your voices.”
For the graduating
class of 2017, who has
seen “it all” here at
Suffolk, in addition to
the aftermath of these
decisions
and
events
their senior year, now
face another obstacle: the
divided state of the world
in which they live in.
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NESAD optimistic on move, some question space
From NESAD page 1
Several students and
faculty members have
expressed concern over
the size reduction of the
print room compared
to the one that NESAD
possessed at the Arlington
Street location. A NESAD
student explained to a
Journal reporter that
the studio space for the
majors used to hold
about 20 students and
now the new space on the
tenth floor of Sawyer will
hold an estimated six. In
addition, Shelby Feltoon,
a fine arts major, who met
with a Journal reporter in
the new NESAD location,
was discouraged by the
diminishment of space for
upperclassmen fine arts
students.
“Like this space, this
space is the worst space
in the universe, so we
have to figure out what
we want to do about it,”
said Feltoon. “This is the
Fine Arts Studio. It hurts.”
While all students
will
inevitably
have
transitionary challenges
to face in the fall,
Feltoon explained that
she has tried to keep a
loose perspective on the
move, and noted that the
uncertainty of the new
space will be resolved
with natural learning
curves.
“[Students are] going
to walk in there [being]
a little stunned,” said
Department Chair Audrey
Goldstein in a recent
interview
with
The
Journal. “Like a first day
in kindergarten type of
thing where you don’t
know where to go.”
The hope for a closer
campus may still be
yet to come. Seeing the
sections of the building
as it continued to be
worked on may give
some students unease,
according to some within
NESAD. Since the news
broke that NESAD would
be moving to the main
campus for the fall 2017
semester, many Art &
Design students have
voiced their grievances
over students outside of
the program not being
used to the sculptures
and figures spread across
walls and hanging from
ceilings.
“I think [NESAD] is
going to have to readjust
to the fact that we’re
going to be surrounded
by students that aren’t
necessarily a part of art
and design community
that we have built,”
said junior and Student
Alexa Gagosz/ Editor-in-Chief
(Above) NESAD’s printshop in the basement of the Sawyer building has been cut dramatically in size after
the move from Back Bay to the main campus, according to students within the department.
Monitor Diane AppaixCastro. “We are pretty
tight because we are so
small and now it’s like
all these other people are
going to be joining us and
it’s awesome but it’s also
kind of terrifying.”
As few students have
been able to see the newly
unveiled renovations as
of yet this summer, it has
been hard to tell what the
overall student reaction
is, according to Feltoon,
who was just re-elected as
the Student Government
Association
Senator-atLarge for NESAD.
“I haven’t heard a
ton of opinions, but I
know that there is a lot
of apprehension,” said
Feltoon. “Some of that has
to do with an immediate
criticism due to seeing
the space in a very raw
state.”
Goldstein said she
believes the new space
was designed with a more
applicable outlook to the
department, as opposed
to 75 Arlington, which she
said was never supposed
to be a permanent home.
Students and faculty grew
accustomed to the old
building, molding and
shaping it to fit their needs
according to Goldstein,
who said having space in
the Sawyer building is a
better deal.
The relocation from
75 Arlington has allowed
both monetary resources
and work space for
police and Information
Technology Systems once
used for NESAD’s own
offices to be reallocated,
according to a former
article published in The
Journal earlier this year.
Last year’s Assistant Vice
President
of
Campus
Services
Jim
Wallace
was actively working on
this project along with
Andre Vega, director of
construction
services,
to ensure the techflex
classes
could
begin
May 22 for the summer
sessions.
“The moving in wasn’t
complicated, the building
into Sawyer was. It’s about
ten thousand square feet
less than what they had
on Arlington,” said Vega.
“The problem with the
Arlington Street property
that it was so remote from
campus there had to be a
lot of duplicated space. By
having them on campus is
really what saved them a
lot of space.”
For Goldstein, it was a
relief to move out of the
Back Bay property.
“The landlord was
not happy having an
arts school there,” said
Goldstein. “They kind
of couldn’t wait for us
to leave-- we were in
a commercial building
and we’re a nonprofit
institution and there was
a conflict.”
Both Goldstein and
Manager
of
NESAD’s
Woodshop
Jameszie
Helenski have anticipated
the move to include
the involvement of new
students in the program
as well as being able to
design the new spaces to
suit those who will use
them.
Part of making the
space their own for
Alexa Gagosz/ Editor-in-Chief
Gallery space on the sixth floor of the Sawyer building.
Helenski was relocating
the laser-etched plaque
made in honor of the late
Woodshop Manager Paul
Andrade. The plaque,
which was created in
the fall of 2015 shortly
after Andrade’s death,
now hangs outside of the
new space in the Sawyer
basement.
“It’s not the same
space in a lot of respects
because now [Andrade]
doesn’t have a hand in the
way the shop is laid out
and how it will function,”
said Helenski. “It will
have to change how it
runs because of it now
being accessible by more
students, but I think it’s
really nice to be able to
still give him his nod and
be like, this is what he
contributed.”
A positive outlook
that
Goldstein
and
Helenski share is how
these spaces will provide
greater
opportunities
for collaborations across
departments within the
university.
“I’m looking forward
to seeing how Art and
Design and non-Art and
Design students interact
with the space and really
take advantage of the
tools and resources that
we have down here,”
said Helenski. “I feel
like that was one thing
people missed out on
while we were down on
Arlington because the
shop
technically
was
always open to any and
all Suffolk students they
just didn’t know what was
there or didn’t feel like
walking down the other
end of the common.”
Goldstein hopes the
students come into the
fall semester ready for
new
opportunities
to
be creative, hinting at
the plethora of artwork
that will be featured on
campus in both subtle
and bold ways.
“I know what I’m going
to do the first day of
classes with my students,
and I know what type of
challenges I’m going to
present them with,” said
Goldstein. “But I don’t
know what they’re going
to come up with we’ve
got to wait and see.”
Alexa Gagosz
contributed to this
article.
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STAY TUNED:
Suffolk students start up new
organization aiming to help
immigrant’s legal process.
WORLD
STAY TUNED:
Suffolk University considers
recruitment firm to bolster
international student numbers.
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Terrorism Strikes Again, London Stays Strong
Jacob Geanous
World News Editor
Britain has been rocked
by yet another devastating
act of terrorism, the third
in three months. Seven
people were killed and
48 more were injured
when car plowed through
pedestrians on London
Bridge Saturday before
three men jumped out of
the vehicle, armed with
large knives, and began
stabbing people in the
nearby Borough Market.
Armed officers killed all
three attackers while they
perpetrated the attack
within eight minutes of
the first emergency call
to authorities, reported
British officials.
Recently, authorities
have identified Pakistaniborn Kharun Butt, 27,
Rachid Redouane, 30,
both of Barking and
22-year-old
MoroccanItalian Youssef Zaghba
as the three attackers.
A day after the attack,
12 people were arrested
in connection to the
incident, but have all been
released without charges,
according to BBC. On
Tuesday, a 27-year-old
man was arrested in
Barking in connection
with the attack, but
details as to his alleged
involvement have not
been released.
The
deadly
attack
came only two weeks
after a suicide bomber
detonated
himself
in
front of an Ariana Grande
concert in Manchester.
Many of those killed by
the attack were children,
and 116 were injured,
reported numerous news
outlets. Britain was on
“severe”
threat
level
following the bombing,
but
downgraded
the
threat level to “critical”
just before the London
Bridge attack.
The vehicular assault
and the mayhem that
ensued also took place
only days before the
British election, which is
scheduled to take place
on June 8.
Following the attack,
British Prime Minister
Theresa
May
and
the
opposing
Labour
Party suspended their
campaigns for a full day,
although the Labour Party
stated that the suspension
was out of respect of the
victims of the attack.
May held a recent
press conference and
announced
that
the
election will still take
place on Thursday, as
scheduled.
She held an emergency
meeting
with
her
cabinet of safety officials
Sunday. Afterwards she
released
a
statement
calling
for
increased
counterterrorism efforts,
both online and in the
country’s streets.
“Everybody needs to
go about their lives as
courtesy of Facebook user ABC
Above: British armed forces rush to the scene of the attack; courtesy of Facebook User ABC
Below: The three identified attackers. From left to right: Kharun Butt, Rachid Redouane and
Youseff Zaghba
they normally would,” she
said. “Our society should
continue
to
function
in accordance with our
values. But when it comes
to taking on extremism
and terrorism, things
need to change.”
London’s Mayor Sadiq
Khan urged the citizens
of London to be “calm
and vigilante” in a press
conference following the
attack.
“We will never let
these cowards win, and
we will never be cowed
by terrorism,” Khan said.
Khan’s address drew
criticism from President
Trump in a tweetstorm
following the attack.
First, Trump shared
condolences
for
the
victims
and
tweeted
“Whatever the United
States can do to help out
in London and the UK, we
will be there — WE ARE
WITH YOU. GOD BLESS!”
Trump then proceeded
to
condemn
Khan,
incorrectly, for saying
that there was nothing to
worry about, something
Khan never said.
“At least seven dead
and 48 wounded in terror
attack and Mayor of
London says there is ‘no
reason to be alarmed!’”
Trump tweeted.
On Tuesday, Khan
said that Trump’s visit
to
Britain,
scheduled
to be October, should
be canceled. He stated
Trump
“was
wrong”
about “many things” in
a statement he made to
numerous media outlets.
“I don’t think we should
roll out the red carpet to
the president of the USA
in
the
circumstances
where his policies go
against everything we
stand for,” Khan told U.K.
broadcaster Channel 4.
Statements
of
solidarity in support of
London in from around
the
world
including
Australia’s Prime Minister
Malcolm
Turnbull,
German
Chancellor
Angela Merkel, Canadian
Prime Minister Justin
Trudeau
and
French
President
Emmanuel
Macron.
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Japanese Student Assossociation recognized for encouraging diversity
Amy Koczera
Asst. World News Editor
Whether it’s planning a
traditional tea ceremony or
organizing an educational
seminar,
the
Suffolk
University Japanese Student
Association
(SUJSA)
is
dedicated
to
spreading
Japanese culture throughout
the Suffolk community.
In recognition of their
countless hours dedicated
to SUJSA, the association
has received the Global
Thinking
Cornerstone
Award for the second year
in a row.
The Global Thinking
Cornerstone
Award
is
presented to students and
organizations that have
made a significant, diverse
impact on the Suffolk
community, according to
SUJSA incoming President
and senior Rina Hirate. As
a strong-willed, student-run
organization that embraces
all aspects of diversity,
SUJSA is dedicated to
spreading
their
unique
Asian identity throughout
campus.
Diversity is a prominent
facet of Suffolk’s reputation
as a university. Hirate
explained
that
SUJSA
enjoys doing their part to
contribute to diversifying
the Suffolk community.
Despite all the time that
classes may consume, Hirate
feels that SUJSA board
members are driven to make
SUJSA successful purely
because of their passion for
Japanese culture.
“Japanese
culture
is
not only about anime or
comics,” said Hirate in a
recent interview with The
Suffolk Journal. “Japan has
a lot of wonderful cultures
which we would like to
share.”
According to Hirate,
SUJSA
hosts
cultural
events such as a traditional
Japanese Tea Ceremony
with guests from Urasenke
Boston, or a movie night
exploring the depths of
Japanese media, SUJSA to
draw in various students
from all kinds of different
backgrounds
usually
having a crowd of at least
60 at each of their events.
Not only does SUJSA
embrace Japanese culture,
but they also advocate
and co-sponsor events for
other international clubs
on campus. For example,
SUJSA supported Suffolk’s
Korean
Culture
Club’s
recent
“Running
Man”
event. Just by scrolling
through SUJSA’s facebook
page, you can see all their
involvement and support
for other clubs on campus.
SUJSA also co-sponsored
Suffolk’s
International
Student
Association’s
Newport Trip in April.
SUJSA looks forward
to their annual Japanese
Culture
Night
in
the
Somerset Cafe, usually held
in February. At culture
night,
attendees
look
forward to learning more
about the Japanese lifestyle
and games as well as getting
to try a variety of Japanese
foods.
“Our plan is to keep
events
which
we
got
good feedback from last
academic year,” said Hirate.
She explained that in the
coming year, SUJSA plans
to collaborate with other
international clubs. “We’ve
been able to make many
successful events hosted by
JSA, but we haven’t created
a big event with other
clubs.”
Hirate wants to make
events fun and inclusive for
all cultures.
Outgoing
SUJSA
President Kenichi Ozeki’s
efforts within the association
allowed SUJSA’s popularity
and overall campus presence
to
increase
drastically.
“Every year more and more
students join JSA,” said
Hirate. The events SUJSA
held this past year not only
attempted to entertain those
who attended, but they also
provided
a
memorable,
hands
on
experience
of Japanese culture by
incorporating
Matsuri,
Daruma-san ga Koronda
card games at their events,
as well as traditional food.
The club’s popularity
has grown tremendously
over the past several years.
This year’s Global Thinking
Cornerstone Award was
awarded directly to Ozeki in
appreciation for all his hard
work.
“I can’t count how much
time I dedicated to JSA,” said
Ozeki, “Our association is so
diversified. I’ve learned that
so many Suffolk students
are interested in Japanese
culture.”
SUJSA aspires to hold an
Asian Culture Festival with
some of the other culture
clubs to help promote
diversity at Suffolk. They
said
they
are
looking
forward to planning said
event for next year.
As a result of their
dedication
to
sharing
Japanese culture, SUJSA
has grown larger and
larger each year. “We are
so happy because it means
that students recognize
our club,” said Hirate. She
finds that one of the most
valuable things about being
a part of Suffolk’s diverse
campus is getting to share
their culture with such
large group of appreciative
people.
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VSU sends aid, hopeful
for peace in Venezuela
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SGA President Daniel Gazzani (left) and VSU President
Pasquale Palmisano (right) with boxes of aid for Venezuela
Elvira Mora
Journal Staff
Venezuelan
feet
on
the
pavement,
cries
of
outrage that could be
heard for miles and
colorful cardboard signs
rose high in the air
were seen worldwide.
Speculation
of
government instability,
political protests and
the economy are some
reasons why Venezuelan
citizens have taken to
the streets in protest.
The
Venezuelan
students
at
Suffolk
have responded to this
political outcry through
the Venezuelan Student
Union (VSU). Guillermo
Sosa, the current chief
logistics
manager
of
the VSU, is part of the
E-board for the event
planning
process.
Sosa’s position includes
organizing events as
well as recruiting new
members and staff to
coordinate events.
The partnered cause,
“Acción x Causa” (Action
x Cause) is a social
movement
that
was
created by the president
of the VSU with the
purpose
of
creating
different
cultural
events with the goal
of fundraising, which
will be designated to
purchase items of basic
necessity in Venezuela.
This goal will consist
of
uniting
different
universities within the
international community
with the mission of
uniting forces to create
a
substantial
impact
against the humanitarian
crisis in Venezuela. Due
to the VSU President
currently
being
in
Venezuela, The Journal’s
attempts to contact him
were unsuccessful.
According
to
the
Student
Government
Association
president,
Daniel Gazzani, a total of
ten boxes containing 320
pounds of supplies were
ultimately sent over.
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Jacob Geanous
World News Editor
On Thursday, President
Trump announced that
he would pull the United
States out of the Paris
Climate Accord and join
Nicaragua and Syria as
the only countries not to
follow the environmental
pact. The decision, which
President Trump alluded
to before his formal
announcement, is the
latest furtherance of the
isolationist agenda he has
voiced for the entirety of
his political career.
A statement issued
from the White House
stated
that
Trump
“reassured the leaders
that America remains
committed to the transAtlantic alliance and to
robust efforts to protect
the environment.”
Shortly
after
the
statement was released,
French,
German
and
Italian political leaders
signed a joint statement
calling the Paris Accord
“Irreversible.”
“I was elected to
represent the people of
Pittsburgh, not Paris.”
said
Trump
during
the
Thursday
press
conference.
While
garnering support from
the some members of
the Republican party, the
decision has been widely
opposed
by
political
figureheads across the
country including those
in Boston.
A growing number of
mayors, governors, and
university
presidents
across the country are
vowing to uphold the
regulations set by the
Paris Accord, including
Massachusetts Governor
Charlie Baker and Boston
Mayor Martin J. Walsh.
The unnamed coalition
includes more than 30
mayors, three governors,
80 university presidents
and
100
businesses.
They have pledged to
the United Nations meet
the US greenhouse gas
emission targets under
the Paris Climate Accord,
but there is no formal
way for entities that
are not countries to be
recognized by the U.N. as
full parties.
In
a
statement,
Suffolk University Acting
President Marisa Kelly
stated that, while she
supports the Paris Accord,
she has not yet joined the
coalition.
“The new extension
of our strategic plan
calls for the creation of
a Suffolk Sustainability
Committee,” said Kelly
in the statement. “I have
Senator Linda Dorcena
Lorry and Massachusetts
Representative
Michael
Capuano
accompanied
Markey.
225 people attended
the
event,
according
to
Senator
Markey’s
communications director
Giselle
Barry,
filling
nearly every seat the
theater had available.
The Boston’s Children’s
Choir took the stage to
warm up the crowd and
set the tone for the event
by singing “This land is
my land,” which they
noted was a “rebel song
from the 1920’s.”
Following
the
musical
performance,
Representative Capuano
spoke
briefly
before
introducing Mayor Walsh
to the stage.
“When you’re in the
I personally support the Paris Accord, but I
have not yet signed the coalition pledge.
- Suffolk University Acting President Marisa Kelly
taken the first steps to
create that committee
and intend to have it fully
up and running by the
fall semester. I think it
is appropriate to ask this
group for an assessment
of our next steps as a
university in light of the
U.S. withdrawal from the
Paris Accord.”
Shortly after Trump
announced his decision
to back out of the Paris
Accord,
Massachusetts
Senator Edward Markey
held a town hall meeting
in downtown Boston’s
Paramount
Theatre
shortly after Trump made
his announcement that
will ultimately lessen
the country’s effort to
fight global warming.
Mayor Walsh, Democratic
trenches fighting for the
people you represent,
you want to look to
your side find people
that’ll stand alongside
with you,” Capuano said,
before Walsh took the
stage. “We all make
compromises, but there’s
a line.”
Walsh
didn’t
hold
back the disdain he
felt
towards
Trump’s
decision,
condemning
the president’s actions
and calling for continued
environmental advocacy.
“We
have
to
do
more to make sure
we are protecting this
environment,”
said
Walsh. “If you look at a
map of the city of Boston
and the flood zones, half
of downtown is under
water.”
Walsh urged everyone
in attendance to exercise
civic activism and make
their voices heard in local
government.
“We can bury our head
under a pillow for the
next four years and hope
it goes away, or we can
stand up and fight,” said
Walsh
After Walsh made his
statements,
he
called
Senator Markey, the town
hall’s featured speaker, to
the stage.
“I think we all have
PTSD: Post-Trump stress
disorder,” Markey said,
evoking laughter from the
crowd. “If you fight for
your principles everyday,
you tend to feel better
at night, but you have to
keep doing it every day.”
Markey
announced
that he would continue
to fight for the creation
of environment and the
clean energy jobs of
Massachusetts. According
to Markey, Massachusetts
employs
more
than
100,000 in the clean
energy sector and adds
about 10,000 more each
year.
“Today was a very
low point for America,”
Markey said. “[Trump]
decided he would remove
the U.S. from Paris
agreement.”
Midway
through
Markey’s’ address, he
received
word
that
Boston’s City Hall would
be lit up with green LED
lights throughout the
night, a symbolic gesture
that was demonstrated in
landmark buildings across
the
world
including
Paris’s City Hall and
Mexico City’s City Hall.
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“The
boxes
were
sent to Miami which
would then be sent to
Venezuela. The results
have
not
yet
been
reported since we have
heard of the National
Guard stepping in and
attempting
to
block
supplies from coming
in to help the general
public,” said Gazzani.
VSU is hopeful that
all the aid they’ve sent
to Venezuela will truly
make a difference.
“The idea was to help
Venezuela people in the
current crisis we are
facing. The project was
to collect as many first
aid products and over
the counter medicine
as soon as possible to
be sent to Venezuela to
help the lack of primary
health products,” said
Sosa.
Venezuelan President
Maduro is seen by some
as leading a kleptocratic
regime. The government
is actively using tear gas
on protesters. Months
of
anti-government
protests have already left
more than 50 civilians
dead. Venezuela right
now is facing the worst
crisis of its history,
The lack of basic needs
such as toilet paper and
substantial food.
“Living in Venezuela
right now is challenging
and
emotionally
devastating.
The
insecurity
and
the
corruption in the country
are worst every day,”
said Sosa. “People are
fighting to live each day
and trying to get some
food to their houses, a
mission that is almost
impossible.
Having
friends and family in
Venezuela knowing the
are fighting for their
freedom but not knowing
if they are going to get
back alive or get home
back safely is emotionally
devastating.”
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In settling into a new location, Boston Calling doesn’t forget its roots.
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Francis Starlite from Francis and the Lights addresses an enthusiastic crowd at the eighth installment of Boston Calling.
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Rap artist Quavo from Migos interacts with
the crowd during opening night of Boston Calling 2017.
Felicity Otterbein
Arts Editor
What was a draw
back
and
almost
disappointment was the
general feeling of the
cop-out try-hard attitude
toward
this
year’s
installment of the evergrowing music festival,
Boston Calling.
While
there
were
certainly drawbacks, like
overcrowded
T-stations
and minimal parking, it
was a let down to travel
to somewhere that was
trying too hard to be
something it wasn’t.
What was always
comforting and endearing
quality of Boston Calling
was the fact that it was
held within City Hall
Plaza. With the stages
backed by skyscrapers
and the bricked walkways,
it was easy to feel like
Matty Healy of The 1975 talks about the Manchester attacks, which is
also their hometown, during their set on Saturday night.
the venue was in a city,
rather than some open
grassy area like that of
festivals such as Firefly or
Coachella. Festivals such
as those, and even classic
Woodstock have been
known for the traditional
lackadaisical vibe and
general laid-back outlook
on life. With the fastpaced inner-city it was
easy to get lost in the
quirky urban setting.
Amidst the floating
effervescent bubbles and
the stage lights masked
by a thick layer of fog and
humidity, a heavy, soulrattling bass thundered
through the astroturf at
the eighth installment of
the festival.
Held this year at the
Harvard Athletic Complex
in Cambridge, Boston
Calling played host to a
crowd of roughly 40,000
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and a medley of
melodies and moderate
musical interludes.
Complete
with
an
out-of-place ferris wheel
placed on the outskirts
of the turf fields lined
with beer, wine and
food
vendors,
the
general attitude of the
crowd seemed open and
accepting, yet questioning
and wary. However, once
the music began and the
grills fired up, it seemed
that most people settled
in for an action-packed
weekend.
Drawing crowds in with
headliners like Chance
the Rapper, The 1975,
Bon Iver and Mumford
and Sons, Boston Calling
had its hands full in
regard to fulfilling crowd
expectations in appeasing
festival-goers.
After
a
lackluster
start with the Allstonbased band Vundabar, the
three-day festival eased
into its new location with
Virginia-based
group,
Lucy Dacus. As the rain
started to settle in, Ducas’
voice crooned out over
the speakers and created
a thick and warm feeling
despite
the
gloomy
and inclement weather
conditions.
As the first afternoon
wore on and the weather
began to clear, Francis
and the Lights graced
the stage. Complete with
heavy bass and synthetic
influences, Francis Starlite
was an enigmatic force to
be reckoned with. With
just himself and a lone
DJ, Francis transformed
the expansive stage into
what seemed like his own
personal universe. For
the entire duration of his
set, this ball of energy
never stopped moving,
throwing his small frame
almost carelessly around
the stage. At no point did
it seem like he was losing
steam.
Arguably
one
of
the
larger
dramatic
occurrences at this year’s
show was the last minute,
cancellation of artist,
Solange. According to her
personal Twitter account,
complications such as
production delays and
issues that were out of
her control lead to her
ultimate backing out.
Instead of the R&B artist,
Boston Calling filled the
empty space with up-andcoming rap group Migos.
Recently
performing
in Mansfield, MA, the
group revved up the
blossoming crowd with
ribcage shattering bass
and a general tenacity for
performing.
After all was said and
done, the true moment
of surrealism came at
approximately 9:20 p.m.
when a fresh batch of rain
came tumbling down.
Just in time for Friday
headliner, Chance the
Rapper. As the lights from
the XFINITY Red Stage,
just opposite the Green
Stage on which Chance
would be shortly settling
into, went down, the
entire complex seemed to
embrace the precipitation.
Standing in the darkness
was a collective there
to appreciate an array
of experiences. Couples
kissed
in
the
romcom-esque rain, others
scrambled
to
shroud
themselves
in
rain
ponchos and trash bags
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Chance the Rapper surprises Francis and the Lights on
stage during the latter artist’s set on Friday May 26.
to shield themselves from
the wetness.
Despite the move to
the athletic complex and
the troves of mud and dirt,
the festival seemed to just
need a dry run to work
out the kinks that come
with a big move. From
the general admittance
bottleneck entrance flow
to the masses of agitated
and hungry festival-goers
trying to snag a bite or
a beer, there is plenty of
room for improvement.
However, with regard to
the involvement of those
there participating in the
music and supporting
up and coming bands,
it was reassuring to see
that Boston Calling hadn’t
lost sight of their initial
intention: to appreciate
music.
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Well versed: new a capella group goes soul searching
Kendra Huber
Journal Staff
Suffolk University has
acted as a harbor for
forging bonds through
their various musical
organizations and clubs
that have circled through
generations of students.
Music has always been
a way to create lasting
connections
between
people and will continue
to do so. With so many
possible artistic outlets,
it is easy to see the
difficulties some people
face when trying to get
their projects and dreams
off of the ground.
For Jo’Lise Grant, it
wasn’t difficult.
Founder and President
of Suffolk University’s
own Soulfully Versed,
Grant set out to procure
a more soul-oriented
sound with an a capella
foundation on campus.
Instead of just singing
songs from the soul
genre, Grant wanted to
also incorporate a facet
of passion that would
reverberate through its
members, forcing their
voices to become one
in a capella and truly
encapsulate the idea of
“singing with soul.”
“I originally started
this a cappella group
because I, myself, love to
sing. But I also wanted
there to be another option
for people,” said Grant in
a recent interview with
The Suffolk Journal. “I
still support people to
start more groups here at
Suffolk because it gives
people more options and
opportunities.”
Created
last
September, Grant held
auditions to start to form
the current musical group
which is comprised of
twelve members with five
altos, three sopranos and
four tenors, though they
are currently on the hunt
for a couple of basses.
“It's amazing what your
voice can do. Sometimes
it can be challenging but
it's so awesome when
it comes together,” said
Grant. “You're literally
making music with your
voice and it's the adding
different
parts
and
different notes which
makes it just amazing.
It’s not only just singing
soul songs it's about the
songs that we choose and
sounding like we have
soul.”
Their
performances
are often part of the
Suffolk Performing Arts
Office (PAO) shows that
are held each semester.
In keeping with Grant’s
original vision of singing
with soul, they have
performed
a
number
of pieces such as “We
Have Sang Tonight” by
Xscape, “If I Ever” by
Shai, “Thinking Out Loud”
by Ed Sheeran and “I’m
Yours” by Jason Maraz.
This upcoming year
they plan to take their
group a step further by
holding their own show in
which they want to invite
other a cappella groups
that reside in the Boston
area to participate. By
doing so, Grant hopes
to
build
a
musical
community.
Grant
recalls
that
the only real challenges
that arose this past year
was timing. Sometimes
members would come
late
to
rehearsals,
however once everyone
realized how precious
every moment was when
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it came to rehearsals, the
group finally gained its
own rhythm, of which
Grant hopes to continue
on this next year.
They are currently
looking for new members
and will be accepting
anyone who comes to
the group, according to
Grant. As of now, they
are especially on the hunt
for some male voices,
particularly those with
comfortability in the bass
range, to even out their
sound.
Soul music, which
often brings a blues or
jazz rhythm to the sound,
is a phenomenal way
to foster that musical
connection, because each
member is reliant on not
only their voice but ever
other voice within the
group.
“Sometimes it's not
about having a solo and
the group understands
that. When our voices
come together it's such a
magical feeling and that
is what gives us joy,” said
Grant.
Soullfully Versed can
be found on Instagram
as “soulfully_versed” and
on Facebook as “Soulfully
Versed.” Be sure to look
for
announcements
regarding auditions and
performances this coming
fall.
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TRUMP IS SPIRALING
America is being taken down with him
By Patr ick Holm es, Opinion Edito r
America is not great.
The United States has lost
its morality, sensibility
and kindness. We are
no longer the leaders of
the free world and our
actions speak volumes.
The rest of the world has
their eyes on us and their
judgemental
whispers
send the message.
We are losing our
core values. At this point,
it is a cliche for baby
boomers to speak about
the “American Dream,”
and so many others from
different parts of the
world trek to this country
in search of such a dream.
However, since Donald
Trump’s presidential win,
he has done everything
in his power to squander
that dream for most.
The coined “Muslim
ban” was Trump’s first
course of action that
halted the dreams and
outcries from many across
the
globe,
especially
Syrian refugees. After
being blocked by a federal
judge, his ban would be
standstill, with Trump
congratulating
himself
on an effort that failed;
a health care bill allows
more U.S. citizens to
to live a healthy, happy
life. He is not a supporter
Why do we have a
president that does not
care for anyone besides
himself and the wealthy?
an effort to take away the
hopes of many.
We may be a country
with more rights and in
better standing than most,
but we are far from great
and Trump has lowered
our standards. Besides
and immigration ban, he
has done little to support
the American people. In
fact, his reintroduction of
suffer and ultimately, die.
Why do we have a
president that does not
care for anyone besides
himself and the wealthy?
His two major decisions
have left other humans
with little and the U.S. is
laughed at by everyone
watching on the sidelines,
most in horror. Trump
does not make it possible
of the American Dream.
The U.S. was once a
large super power with
many wanting to follow
in our footsteps. But
now, we have lost our
footing and the fall is a
treacherous one. From
the immigration ban, to
the recent resignation
from the Paris Climate
Agreement, and even to
the collusion with Russia,
Trump is not oriented to
serve the people of the
U.S. accurately.
The American people
will not only suffer
with
Trump’s
latest
proclamation to remove
ourselves from the Paris
climate agreement. This
decision will affect every
being on this planet.
How can a country
show so much hatred
for its counterparts? For
other beings?
This country is not
great. We are not great
when a our President is
childish and incompetent
with
no
political
background. We are not
great when the majority
of the country is not being
represented adequately.
America is losing its
core values with every
decision made by Trump.
A very small minority
is shown through the
executive
orders
and
his
proclamations.
That minority benefits
while most suffer the
consequences
of
his
actions. Lives, hopes and
dreams are slaughtered
with the scrawl of his
signature.
There needs to be
action
taken
against
Trump and his scandalous
presidency because it
is unclear of how much
more of his decisions we
can take. As a citizen of
this country, I am afraid. I
do not have enough power
to throw his presidency
out the window nor am I
able to impeach him.
Collectively
as
a
country,
we
must
stand our ground and
demand justice for the
wrongdoings of our leader
and his cabinet. They
must be held accountable
and the needs of the
citizens of the U.S. should
be shown in the decisions
made by leadership. This
hierarchy is a slippery
slope that will fall.
Will we survive this?
History will tell.
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can be difficult, but
it is definitely not an
impossible
task
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accomplish. For most of
us, this is the first time
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for others not so much.
Regardless of whether
you are a natural socialite
or an introvert, there
are countless reasons
as to why the first thing
you should do upon
moving into college is get
involved.
The first few weeks
of freshman year are
intimidating for almost
everyone.
You’re
surrounded by hundreds
of unfamiliar faces, all
while trying to adjust to
living in a new space.
What better way to
connect with people than
by getting involved in a
club! Suffolk University
has no shortage of them.
There are dozens of
clubs that span a diverse
range of interests. If
you’re someone who is
interested in greek life,
Suffolk has two sororities
and one fraternity.
Looking for something
more political? Try out
Suffolk’s Model United
Nations team or our
Student
Government
Association. There are
groups to accommodate
people
interested
in
the
performing
arts,
sciences, communication,
culture and if you can’t
find a place that fits you
best then simply create
your own! The Suffolk
community
wants
to
ensure that everybody
has a sense of home and
belonging during their
four or more years here.
If you are someone who
is into athletics, Suffolk
has several clubs, ranging
from
cheerleading
to
lacrosse. Sports teams
are a great way to get
involved on campus and
build relationships with
other students, all while
staying active.
For those who might
have a more competitive
edge to them, Suffolk
also offers a variety of
Division III men and
women’s varsity sports.
The varsity teams hold
countless championship
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titles, as well as new
varsity programs. The
newest additions to the
Athletics Department are
the women’s golf team
and the track and field
team.
Getting involved in
clubs like these was the
best decision I made
my freshman year. By
putting myself out there
I was able to connect
with all sorts of different
people, aside from just
the individuals in my
freshman class. Creating
bonds with the people
I will walk across the
graduation stage with is
extremely important, but
also building friendships
with people outside of
my class is a part of the
true college experience.
Extracurriculars exposed
me to upperclassmen as
well as faculty members
and administrators.
The people that you
build friendships with
will also be who you
turn to when you need
help. The individuals I
encountered over the
course of my freshman
year are the individuals
that I will forever refer
to as lifelong friends.
Having a strong support
system
is
extremely
important when adapting
to significant life changes,
and what better people to
surround yourself with
than those who are in the
same position that you
are.
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Softball steals two NFCA first-team honors
Brooke Patterson
Sports Editor
The Suffolk University
softball
team
slid
themselves
into
the
Great Northeast Athletic
Conference
(GNAC)
Championship game for
the first time since 2013,
making it the Lady Rams
fifth-ever trip.
Seeded third in the
tournament,
Suffolk
faced the number one
ranked
Johnson
and
Wales University in the
GNAC Championship on
May 7. The Rams needed
to defeat the Wildcats
twice in order to obtain
the GNAC title.
Suffolk came out on
top in the first game
with a 3-2 win at Scotts
Miracle-Gro
Athletic
Complex in Providence,
RI., which forced the two
teams into a winner-takesall final championship
game. In their first ever
if-necessary league title
contest, Suffolk fell 15-5
to Johnson and Wales,
allowing the Wildcats to
capture the 2017 GNAC
softball title.
The
Lady
Rams
finished their season with
an overall 29-17 record
and
16-6
conference
record. In the total 46
games played, Suffolk
had a total of 270 runs
scored and 39 home runs.
Suffolk softball had six
players recognized with
All-GNAC Honors at the
conclusion of this season,
and two ladies earned
a spot on the National
Fastpitch
Coaches
Association (NFCA) firstteam.
“The team worked
really hard to find ways
to be successful together
and were able to make
adjustments throughout
the season that led us to
the GNAC Championship,”
said Head Coach Jaclyn
Davis in an interview
with The Suffolk Journal
via email. “I am so proud
of the work that they put
in and the effort they
gave in that final stretch.
They truly left everything
on the field.”
Rising
junior
and
designated hitter, Jill
Pulek, found herself a
back-to-back member of
the All-NFCA first-team.
Pulek’s spot marked the
first time a Ram earned
a
back-to-back
firstteam honor since Erin
McAndrews in 2013 and
2014.
“I wanted to have an
even better season than
last year, but I was told
that it would be hard to
even accomplish what I
did last year,” said Pulek
in an interview with The
Journal. “I think that I did
have a better season and
it feels really good to be
picked as one of the best
in the region.”
Rising senior Delaney
Sylvester was the other
Lady Ram to be honored
with a spot on the NFCA
first-team.
Since
her
freshman year, she has
been a recurring name on
the all-region roster, but
this was Sylvester’s firstteam honor.
“I am happy to have
received this honor, but I
just plan to keep playing
how I have been playing
for the past three years
for my upcoming senior
season,” said Sylvester
in an interview with The
Journal. “I plan to keep
producing [runs batted
in,] putting bunts down
when needed and being
a leader behind the plate
for my team.”
While in every starting
lineup behind the plate,
Sylvester was a two-time
GNAC
Corvias
Player
of the Week and had a
fielding percentage of
.922. She also brought
in 39 runs and scored 26
for the Lady Rams this
season.
“It is a great honor,
as [Pulek and Sylvester]
have been recognized
by
coaches
within
and
outside
of
our
conference
based
on
their performances this
season,” said Davis. “Both
[Sylvester] and [Pulek]
have been consistently
recognized
throughout
their careers here and
have remained humble
and consistent for their
teams and I am most
proud of that. I am proud
to be their coach and
proud to play a small
role in helping them
manage the recognition
and continue to be
successful.”
As
their
season
concluded,
the
Lady
Rams did not believe they
could have done anything
differently in order to
change the outcome of
their final game against
Johnson and Wales. They
plan on moving forward
from it and will work
“extremely hard” in order
to generate team success.
“We plan to build
upon the successes that
we had this year and the
foundation that we have
created over the last few
seasons,” said Davis. “I
truly believe that if we
work hard and come
together as a team, we
have all of the necessary
tools to win a GNAC
“We plan to
build upon
the successes
that we had
this year and
the foundation
that we have
created over
the last few
seasons.”
-Coach Davis
Championship.”
The team graduated
two seniors at the end
of the season, but look
to gain six recruited
incoming
freshman.
Coach Davis emphasized
the importance of the
girls resting in order to
prepare for next season.
She
explained
how
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Left: Head Coach Jaclyn Davis
Right: Rising junior and designated hitter Jill Pulek
important it will be for
the team to take time
off from the diamond
in order to avoid “being
burnt out.” She hopes
that the time off will help
to generate a strong team
foundation by the time
they reunite at the start
of the new school year in
Sept.
“We
fought
hard,
we competed with our
biggest competition and
we gave it everything that
we had,” said Davis.
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“I think the key to
our success has been the
quality of players we have
on our roster,” said Del
Prete.
Suffolk finished the
2016-17 season with a
28-17 record, the third
most wins in a season
by the baseball team.
Del Prete pointed out
that his team had been
successful because they
always seemed to come
up big when it was most
detrimental, winning 11-4
of their games when only
one run was scored.
“I think it was a nice
accomplishment for our
seniors to go out having
won a championship in
each of their four years
here (three GNAC’s and
one
Eastern
College
Athletic
Conference
(ECAC) in ’14),” said Del
Prete. “Our players put in
a lot of work each year to
reach their goals and it’s
always good to see them
rewarded.”
Shortly
after
the
season came to a close,
rising senior outfielder
and captain Brady Chant
was
named
an
AllAmerican
Honorable
Mention. This season he
batted .361 and totaled
12 triples, 13 doubles and
four home runs in 69 hits.
“To
be
mentioned
along with some of
the best players in the
country is always special
and when you look at
the lists of these players
almost all of them come
from successful teams
this year so obviously
this is something that I
can say wouldn’t have
been possible without
our
team’s
success,”
said Chant in a recent
interview
with
The
Journal.
Suffolk
lost
eight
seniors at the end of the
season, but Del Prete still
has strong goals moving
forward in the program.
Next season the team will
have eight rising seniors
and according to Del
Prete, they expect over a
dozen new freshmen to
join their group.
“[We hope] to be one
of the top programs again
in New England and
compete for a conference
championship,” said Del
Prete.
After the Rams took
care of business within
the GNAC, they went
on to compete in the
National
Collegiate
Athletic
Association
(NCAA) Division III New
England
Regional
in
Harwich, Mass.
The
tournament,
which consisted of eight
teams, five of which were
from New England and
three from New York and
Pennsylvania, started on
May 18 at Whitehouse
Field.
“Every game in that
tournament is the most
important game all year,”
said rising senior Pordes
in a recent interview with
The Journal.
Suffolk started the
tournament with a 4-0
victory versus St. John
Fisher College. The next
day they faced Arcadia
University,
where
in
the 11th inning a hit
by
graduated
second
baseman BJ Neil brought
in pinch hitter Curtis
Tirone for the 1-0 walkoff
win. This win put them in
the winners bracket final
where, if they advanced,
they would have found
themselves in the College
World Series.
“We made it to Sunday,
which was the last day of
the tournament, which
has never been done
before in the 70 years of
Suffolk Baseball. It shows
that this was a special
team,”
said
Pordes.
“Some may say that we
over-achieved but you
can ask anyone on this
team and they will say
we expected to go to the
NCAA tournament and
compete.”
Although the Rams
would drop their next
two
matches
13-4
to the University of
Massachusetts Boston and
9-1 to Babson College,
they still managed to
reach further than any
Suffolk team had done
before.
“We're
able
to
accomplish
our
goals
each season through our
consistent
hard
work
and
dedication,”
said
Worth. “When I came
here as a freshman,
our goal was to win the
GNAC
championship.
The amazing thing is,
thanks to the seniors that
graduated this past year,
that goal is now just an
expectation. I'm more
proud of this group of
guys than any team I've
ever been apart of and I
wouldn't change it for the
world.”
Chant said his team
and their recent success
had “changed the culture
of
Suffolk
baseball.”
He explained that they
would continue to work
on getting even further in
the game as next season
approaches.
“Our expectations are
exactly the same if not
higher for next year,” said
Chant. “After being that
close to World Series,
I think the goal is to
make another run in the
regional tournament. We
will be a younger team
next year but I think this
program has always been
able to have [players] step
in and fill in roles when
guys graduate or get
hurt.”
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SPORTS
Third time
is a charm
Suffolk University baseball wins third
straight GNAC Championship.
Hannah Arroyo
Asst. Sports Editor
For the third season
in a row, the Suffolk
University Men’s Baseball
team defended their title
as Champions of the
Greater Northeast Athletic
Conference (GNAC).
With a slow start to
the beginning of the
season, the Rams found
themselves with a 4-6
record in their first 10
games.
Suffolk
then
turned things around,
won nine of their ten
next matches and would
go on to “play their best
baseball” in some of their
most important games,
said Head Baseball Coach
Anthony Del Prete in
an interview with The
Suffolk Journal.
Suffolk came out with
a 1-0 victory in the GNAC
Championship as they
took on fourth seeded
Johnson
and
Wales
University on May 7 at
Fraser Field. Out of a
total of eight teams the
Rams now officially stand
at the top of the GNAC for
most championships with
seven in total.
“We got three really
good
starting
efforts
on the mound from
[upcoming senior righthanded pitcher] Ryan
Pordes
game
one,
[upcoming senior lefthanded pitcher] Worth
Walrod in game two and
[graduated senior righthanded pitcher] Chuck
Gibson closed out the
championship game with
the best performance
we’ve had all season,” said
Del Prete. “We also played
really good defense and
got some timely hitting in
each of the games.”
Walrod
said
his
performance was made
easier with the backup
from
his
teammates
offensively
and
defensively. He explained
that while he walked a
lot of players, letting up
no runs had made the
difference.
“Pitching
in
the
semifinals
this
past
season was an unreal
experience,” said Worth
in an interview with The
Journal. “ Last year, I didn't
do so well in the GNAC
playoffs when I pitched in
the championship game
so I saw this game as an
opportunity to redeem
myself. My team and I
were able to get it done
and advance to the GNAC
championship game.”
Gibson
threw
a
complete-game shutout,
allowed
only
three
hits and notched nine
strikeouts. Senior catcher
Matt Brenner scored the
lone run of the game
off a single to left from
graduated outfielder Luke
Ronchi.
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Rising senior pitcher
Worth Walrod finished
the 2016-17 season with eight
game appearances for the
Rams and a 5.60 ERA.
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scores
campus
unity with
compromise
of space loss
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Alexa Gagosz/ Editor-in-Chief
Student work
displayed outside
of the print room in
the basement of the
Sawyer building.
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News Editor
Seniors say goodbye:
Nathan Espinal
Journal Staff
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The historic class that has ‘seen it all’ turns to next chapter
By Alexa Gagosz, Editor-in-Chief
For four years, the undergraduate
students of Suffolk University have
questioned their institutions’ stability
in regards to maintaining consistent
leadership in upper administration and
the decisions that each reign conducted
in each of their short tenure.
This class, the class of 2017, had
seen a change in leadership each year
they attended Suffolk and much like
the presidential turnovers in the corner
office of 73 Tremont, they endured the
ousting of former Board of Trustees
Chairman Andrew Meyer, the sale of
both the Fenton building and Temple
Street properties, the New England
School of Art & Design’s feeling of
disconnect from the rest of campus,
saw the cut of the Beacon Hill Institute,
lived through the loss of a main theatre
and the addition of the 20 Somerset
building and witnessed the deep divide
that was wedged between both the
campus and the rest of the nation after
election night.
However, this class was also the class
that held three-straight Men’s Baseball
Championships, rallied together and
behind former President Margaret
McKenna, marched in more than one
Boston championship parade and stood
in defiance at the one-year anniversary
of the Boston Marathon bombing on
Boylston Street. The class of 2017 not
only observed the changes in and around
Suffolk over their first three years, but
also the successes and consequences
that occurred during their final year.
On May 21, the undergraduate
senior classes of the Sawyer Business
School (SBS) and College of Arts &
Sciences (CAS) poured into the Blue
Hills Bank Pavilion, beginning early in
the morning, decked in blue and gold
with diverse flags and cords bearing
around their necks.
After four presidential changes in
as many years, Acting President Marisa
Kelly, however, gave a promising note
to those who bore cap and gown at the
2017 Commencement on their readiness
to turn to the next chapter in their lives.
“The Suffolk Experience is a powerful
thing. I suspect the experience that
you gained during your time at Suffolk
has changed your lives forever,” said
Kelly at the College of Arts & Sciences
Commencement. “And the experiential
learning that you embraced –- both
inside and outside of the classroom -will make a world of difference in your
futures.”
This same angst that these students
sometimes felt over the reputation of
Suffolk, some now face the challenge of
today’s turbulent political climate that
this diverse class faces. CAS speaker and
Political Scientist Robert D. Putnam said
that America has failed as a “we” society,
and has very much turned into an “I”
society. However, Putnam said this arts
and sciences class of 653 graduates
could possibly change America’s new
selfish stigma around.
“I’m actually optimistic that your
generation can turn these trends
around, because Americans just like
you and just in this place have done so
before,” said Putnam to CAS graduates
that afternoon. “If our country today
faces polarization, political polarization
and economic inequality and social
fragmentation, you, collaborating with
one another, you can reverse those
trends. Your generation can lead the
way to a more diverse, more tolerant,
more cohesive, more equal society, a
society in which, rather than shout at
one another, we listen to one another,
actually, listen to one another.”
Just hours before, now graduate
Thinh La gave a riveting and dynamic
speech on how his very life could
be used as the very reason for the
American dream. La, whose family
climbed out of the grips of Vietnam’s
poverty level, where his parents would
consistently refuse food in order to
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For
roughly
two
decades,
the
New
England School of Art
&
Design
(NESAD)
inhabited 75 Arlington
Street in Boston’s Back
Bay neighborhood. After
renovations had taken
over the sixth, tenth and
two bottom floors of the
Sawyer building this past
spring, NESAD will now
be a part of Suffolk‘s main
campus, and the future
the university paints.
Many NESAD students
have felt disconnected
from the rest of the
university having been so
far away from the main
campus space. Now that
NESAD has transferred
from Back Bay to Beacon
Hill, the now four floors
that have been allocated
solely for the art school
are
already
receiving
criticism for the physical
downsizing that programs
may endure.
Some who are involved
in the Art & Design
programs were concerned
about
the
area
the
new location provides.
According
to
some,
relocating the space and
storage while unpacking
has been difficult at
times as some have said
that “not every space is
useful.”
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Suffolk Law graduate receives recognition for years of work
Kyle Crozier
Journal Staff
This
year
Suffolk
University’s Law School
saw the graduation of
Cherina Clark, a student
that filled her resume
with a laundry list of
high profile clerkships,
internships and outreach
programs for other local
kids who are not yet on a
path of legal studies.
Clark’s time at Suffolk
resulted in a Juris Doctor
in Business Law, and time
served in the Black Law
Students
Association,
as
the
Council
of
Presidents Liaison for the
Student Bar Association,
as a member of the
university
President’s
Diversity
Task
Force,
the National Association
for the Advancement of
Colored People and the
Business Law Student’s
Association.
Clark spent more than
13 months as a judicial
intern, having worked on
research and legislation
drafting for bankruptcy,
employment
strategies
and overcriminalization.
She also has worked for
over six years with the
volunteer
organization
Rosie’s Place that provides
resources
to
women
that
have
struggled
Clark spent more
than 13 months
as a judicial intern,
having worked
on research and
legislation drafting
for bankruptcy,
employment
strategies and
overcriminalization.
with homelessness and
poverty.
In her time as the
former
president
of
Suffolk Law’s Black Law
Students
Association,
Clark
has
worked
to
provide
training
opportunities for Boston
public middle and high
school students that may
have a similar background
to herself. Another goal
of Clark’s has been to
prepare the teens for
interactions with police
officers and to help them
understand
when
an
officer may have crossed
a boundary.
A leading news source
for legal education, The
National Jurist, named
Clark and 24 other law
students from around
the country as 2017’s Law
Students of the Year. The
National Jurist described
a great law student as,
“students [that] leave
their marks on their
law schools and the
surrounding communities
before going off and
doing great things in the
real world.”
Clark was unable to
be reached before the
publishing of this article.
Some of the projects
Clark worked on include
drafting legislation to aid
the State of Michigan’s
dealing with the Flint
water crisis, participating
in the Marshall Brennan
program to teach innercity students the legal
foundations of search
seizure, acts of protests
and more.
As a first generation
student, part of her
student outreach was
intended
to
provide
others like her a more
complete idea of what law
school is about, and the
resources they will need
to succeed in the same
ways that she has.
Clark has written that
she has, “plans of pursuing
a career in corporate law
upon graduation.”
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Suffolk MHA student teaches surgeon
Rapidly advancing technology in the health care
industry has not only birthed creative and innovative
techniques in medicine, but has prompted a younger
generation to take charge in the ever-growing field.
Once a student in Suffolk’s Sawyer Business School’s
Master of Healthcare Administration program, Michael
Bayeh found himself in a position to teach someone
whom he had studied in school. Bayeh secured an
internship at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and
landed a job upon completing his program, only to have
found himself in a position to train surgeon, Harvard
professor and New York Times best seller Dr. Atul
Gawande. Virtual health care is an industry on the rise
tailored to replacing visits to the hospital or a primary
physician. Bayeh’s knowledge has stemmed in part from
Suffolk University’s MHA program, which is the only
MHA program in New England to hold Commision on
Accreditation of Healthcare Management Education.
According to Suffolk University, Bayeh was able to
interact with Gawande just 20 months after taking an
introductory course in which the class required the use
of Gawande’s book, “Complications: A Surgeon’s Notes
on an Imperfect Science.”
Massachusetts
Society of CPAs
awards nine scholarships
Boston has long been regarded as an education mecca, and
has often produced some of the world’s most renowned
intellects. At Suffolk University, students in the heart
of the city have the chance make their own mark. This
past May, students at Suffolk were recognized for their
accomplishments and rewarded for their efforts. The
Massachusetts Society of Certified Public Accountants
(MSCPA) awarded nine Suffolk University students
scholarships. The Suffolk students, who represent
a portion of the 50 total students who received this
scholarship, will be able to use their awarded money of
up to $2,500 toward their education. More than $858,500
has been awarded by MSCPA’s Educational Foundation
since 2006, with a record $127,500 being distributed this
year according to a press release.
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feed La and his sister and
lived for just under two
dollars a day, would
eventually be standing
in front of his graduating
class of business students
in
a
commencement
ceremony. La spoke about
the power of overcoming
adversity, much like many
of the 535 graduating
business class of 2017
has had to do, instead of
growing up with privilege.
“Suffolk was founded
to open access to higher
education to immigrants
and working people who
could
not
otherwise
afford it,” said La. “Suffolk
has given us a place to
advance our education, to
succeed, and we must pay
it forward. Tomorrow,
we may pursue different
careers and have different
paths, but don’t forget
where we came from.”
Putnam, who mirrored
La’s experiences later
that
day
from
an
political scientists’ point
of view said that the
new graduates could be
the ones to transform
the
politically
and
economically
polarized
America. He proposed
Chris DeGusto/ News Editor
Class of 2017 graduates turned their backs to the stage
and to their families and held up “diplomas” as a
symbol of “thanks” for their support.
graduates
to
become
reformers
of
the
generation
“You are the heirs
of
those
Americans,
including
young
immigrants, and your
generation faces exactly
the same challenges they
did a century ago,” said
Putnam.
“Raise
your
voices, to be sure, but talk
is not enough. Your lives
will speak more loudly
than your voices.”
For the graduating
class of 2017, who has
seen “it all” here at
Suffolk, in addition to
the aftermath of these
decisions
and
events
their senior year, now
face another obstacle: the
divided state of the world
in which they live in.
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NESAD optimistic on move, some question space
From NESAD page 1
Several students and
faculty members have
expressed concern over
the size reduction of the
print room compared
to the one that NESAD
possessed at the Arlington
Street location. A NESAD
student explained to a
Journal reporter that
the studio space for the
majors used to hold
about 20 students and
now the new space on the
tenth floor of Sawyer will
hold an estimated six. In
addition, Shelby Feltoon,
a fine arts major, who met
with a Journal reporter in
the new NESAD location,
was discouraged by the
diminishment of space for
upperclassmen fine arts
students.
“Like this space, this
space is the worst space
in the universe, so we
have to figure out what
we want to do about it,”
said Feltoon. “This is the
Fine Arts Studio. It hurts.”
While all students
will
inevitably
have
transitionary challenges
to face in the fall,
Feltoon explained that
she has tried to keep a
loose perspective on the
move, and noted that the
uncertainty of the new
space will be resolved
with natural learning
curves.
“[Students are] going
to walk in there [being]
a little stunned,” said
Department Chair Audrey
Goldstein in a recent
interview
with
The
Journal. “Like a first day
in kindergarten type of
thing where you don’t
know where to go.”
The hope for a closer
campus may still be
yet to come. Seeing the
sections of the building
as it continued to be
worked on may give
some students unease,
according to some within
NESAD. Since the news
broke that NESAD would
be moving to the main
campus for the fall 2017
semester, many Art &
Design students have
voiced their grievances
over students outside of
the program not being
used to the sculptures
and figures spread across
walls and hanging from
ceilings.
“I think [NESAD] is
going to have to readjust
to the fact that we’re
going to be surrounded
by students that aren’t
necessarily a part of art
and design community
that we have built,”
said junior and Student
Alexa Gagosz/ Editor-in-Chief
(Above) NESAD’s printshop in the basement of the Sawyer building has been cut dramatically in size after
the move from Back Bay to the main campus, according to students within the department.
Monitor Diane AppaixCastro. “We are pretty
tight because we are so
small and now it’s like
all these other people are
going to be joining us and
it’s awesome but it’s also
kind of terrifying.”
As few students have
been able to see the newly
unveiled renovations as
of yet this summer, it has
been hard to tell what the
overall student reaction
is, according to Feltoon,
who was just re-elected as
the Student Government
Association
Senator-atLarge for NESAD.
“I haven’t heard a
ton of opinions, but I
know that there is a lot
of apprehension,” said
Feltoon. “Some of that has
to do with an immediate
criticism due to seeing
the space in a very raw
state.”
Goldstein said she
believes the new space
was designed with a more
applicable outlook to the
department, as opposed
to 75 Arlington, which she
said was never supposed
to be a permanent home.
Students and faculty grew
accustomed to the old
building, molding and
shaping it to fit their needs
according to Goldstein,
who said having space in
the Sawyer building is a
better deal.
The relocation from
75 Arlington has allowed
both monetary resources
and work space for
police and Information
Technology Systems once
used for NESAD’s own
offices to be reallocated,
according to a former
article published in The
Journal earlier this year.
Last year’s Assistant Vice
President
of
Campus
Services
Jim
Wallace
was actively working on
this project along with
Andre Vega, director of
construction
services,
to ensure the techflex
classes
could
begin
May 22 for the summer
sessions.
“The moving in wasn’t
complicated, the building
into Sawyer was. It’s about
ten thousand square feet
less than what they had
on Arlington,” said Vega.
“The problem with the
Arlington Street property
that it was so remote from
campus there had to be a
lot of duplicated space. By
having them on campus is
really what saved them a
lot of space.”
For Goldstein, it was a
relief to move out of the
Back Bay property.
“The landlord was
not happy having an
arts school there,” said
Goldstein. “They kind
of couldn’t wait for us
to leave-- we were in
a commercial building
and we’re a nonprofit
institution and there was
a conflict.”
Both Goldstein and
Manager
of
NESAD’s
Woodshop
Jameszie
Helenski have anticipated
the move to include
the involvement of new
students in the program
as well as being able to
design the new spaces to
suit those who will use
them.
Part of making the
space their own for
Alexa Gagosz/ Editor-in-Chief
Gallery space on the sixth floor of the Sawyer building.
Helenski was relocating
the laser-etched plaque
made in honor of the late
Woodshop Manager Paul
Andrade. The plaque,
which was created in
the fall of 2015 shortly
after Andrade’s death,
now hangs outside of the
new space in the Sawyer
basement.
“It’s not the same
space in a lot of respects
because now [Andrade]
doesn’t have a hand in the
way the shop is laid out
and how it will function,”
said Helenski. “It will
have to change how it
runs because of it now
being accessible by more
students, but I think it’s
really nice to be able to
still give him his nod and
be like, this is what he
contributed.”
A positive outlook
that
Goldstein
and
Helenski share is how
these spaces will provide
greater
opportunities
for collaborations across
departments within the
university.
“I’m looking forward
to seeing how Art and
Design and non-Art and
Design students interact
with the space and really
take advantage of the
tools and resources that
we have down here,”
said Helenski. “I feel
like that was one thing
people missed out on
while we were down on
Arlington because the
shop
technically
was
always open to any and
all Suffolk students they
just didn’t know what was
there or didn’t feel like
walking down the other
end of the common.”
Goldstein hopes the
students come into the
fall semester ready for
new
opportunities
to
be creative, hinting at
the plethora of artwork
that will be featured on
campus in both subtle
and bold ways.
“I know what I’m going
to do the first day of
classes with my students,
and I know what type of
challenges I’m going to
present them with,” said
Goldstein. “But I don’t
know what they’re going
to come up with we’ve
got to wait and see.”
Alexa Gagosz
contributed to this
article.
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Terrorism Strikes Again, London Stays Strong
Jacob Geanous
World News Editor
Britain has been rocked
by yet another devastating
act of terrorism, the third
in three months. Seven
people were killed and
48 more were injured
when car plowed through
pedestrians on London
Bridge Saturday before
three men jumped out of
the vehicle, armed with
large knives, and began
stabbing people in the
nearby Borough Market.
Armed officers killed all
three attackers while they
perpetrated the attack
within eight minutes of
the first emergency call
to authorities, reported
British officials.
Recently, authorities
have identified Pakistaniborn Kharun Butt, 27,
Rachid Redouane, 30,
both of Barking and
22-year-old
MoroccanItalian Youssef Zaghba
as the three attackers.
A day after the attack,
12 people were arrested
in connection to the
incident, but have all been
released without charges,
according to BBC. On
Tuesday, a 27-year-old
man was arrested in
Barking in connection
with the attack, but
details as to his alleged
involvement have not
been released.
The
deadly
attack
came only two weeks
after a suicide bomber
detonated
himself
in
front of an Ariana Grande
concert in Manchester.
Many of those killed by
the attack were children,
and 116 were injured,
reported numerous news
outlets. Britain was on
“severe”
threat
level
following the bombing,
but
downgraded
the
threat level to “critical”
just before the London
Bridge attack.
The vehicular assault
and the mayhem that
ensued also took place
only days before the
British election, which is
scheduled to take place
on June 8.
Following the attack,
British Prime Minister
Theresa
May
and
the
opposing
Labour
Party suspended their
campaigns for a full day,
although the Labour Party
stated that the suspension
was out of respect of the
victims of the attack.
May held a recent
press conference and
announced
that
the
election will still take
place on Thursday, as
scheduled.
She held an emergency
meeting
with
her
cabinet of safety officials
Sunday. Afterwards she
released
a
statement
calling
for
increased
counterterrorism efforts,
both online and in the
country’s streets.
“Everybody needs to
go about their lives as
courtesy of Facebook user ABC
Above: British armed forces rush to the scene of the attack; courtesy of Facebook User ABC
Below: The three identified attackers. From left to right: Kharun Butt, Rachid Redouane and
Youseff Zaghba
they normally would,” she
said. “Our society should
continue
to
function
in accordance with our
values. But when it comes
to taking on extremism
and terrorism, things
need to change.”
London’s Mayor Sadiq
Khan urged the citizens
of London to be “calm
and vigilante” in a press
conference following the
attack.
“We will never let
these cowards win, and
we will never be cowed
by terrorism,” Khan said.
Khan’s address drew
criticism from President
Trump in a tweetstorm
following the attack.
First, Trump shared
condolences
for
the
victims
and
tweeted
“Whatever the United
States can do to help out
in London and the UK, we
will be there — WE ARE
WITH YOU. GOD BLESS!”
Trump then proceeded
to
condemn
Khan,
incorrectly, for saying
that there was nothing to
worry about, something
Khan never said.
“At least seven dead
and 48 wounded in terror
attack and Mayor of
London says there is ‘no
reason to be alarmed!’”
Trump tweeted.
On Tuesday, Khan
said that Trump’s visit
to
Britain,
scheduled
to be October, should
be canceled. He stated
Trump
“was
wrong”
about “many things” in
a statement he made to
numerous media outlets.
“I don’t think we should
roll out the red carpet to
the president of the USA
in
the
circumstances
where his policies go
against everything we
stand for,” Khan told U.K.
broadcaster Channel 4.
Statements
of
solidarity in support of
London in from around
the
world
including
Australia’s Prime Minister
Malcolm
Turnbull,
German
Chancellor
Angela Merkel, Canadian
Prime Minister Justin
Trudeau
and
French
President
Emmanuel
Macron.
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Japanese Student Assossociation recognized for encouraging diversity
Amy Koczera
Asst. World News Editor
Whether it’s planning a
traditional tea ceremony or
organizing an educational
seminar,
the
Suffolk
University Japanese Student
Association
(SUJSA)
is
dedicated
to
spreading
Japanese culture throughout
the Suffolk community.
In recognition of their
countless hours dedicated
to SUJSA, the association
has received the Global
Thinking
Cornerstone
Award for the second year
in a row.
The Global Thinking
Cornerstone
Award
is
presented to students and
organizations that have
made a significant, diverse
impact on the Suffolk
community, according to
SUJSA incoming President
and senior Rina Hirate. As
a strong-willed, student-run
organization that embraces
all aspects of diversity,
SUJSA is dedicated to
spreading
their
unique
Asian identity throughout
campus.
Diversity is a prominent
facet of Suffolk’s reputation
as a university. Hirate
explained
that
SUJSA
enjoys doing their part to
contribute to diversifying
the Suffolk community.
Despite all the time that
classes may consume, Hirate
feels that SUJSA board
members are driven to make
SUJSA successful purely
because of their passion for
Japanese culture.
“Japanese
culture
is
not only about anime or
comics,” said Hirate in a
recent interview with The
Suffolk Journal. “Japan has
a lot of wonderful cultures
which we would like to
share.”
According to Hirate,
SUJSA
hosts
cultural
events such as a traditional
Japanese Tea Ceremony
with guests from Urasenke
Boston, or a movie night
exploring the depths of
Japanese media, SUJSA to
draw in various students
from all kinds of different
backgrounds
usually
having a crowd of at least
60 at each of their events.
Not only does SUJSA
embrace Japanese culture,
but they also advocate
and co-sponsor events for
other international clubs
on campus. For example,
SUJSA supported Suffolk’s
Korean
Culture
Club’s
recent
“Running
Man”
event. Just by scrolling
through SUJSA’s facebook
page, you can see all their
involvement and support
for other clubs on campus.
SUJSA also co-sponsored
Suffolk’s
International
Student
Association’s
Newport Trip in April.
SUJSA looks forward
to their annual Japanese
Culture
Night
in
the
Somerset Cafe, usually held
in February. At culture
night,
attendees
look
forward to learning more
about the Japanese lifestyle
and games as well as getting
to try a variety of Japanese
foods.
“Our plan is to keep
events
which
we
got
good feedback from last
academic year,” said Hirate.
She explained that in the
coming year, SUJSA plans
to collaborate with other
international clubs. “We’ve
been able to make many
successful events hosted by
JSA, but we haven’t created
a big event with other
clubs.”
Hirate wants to make
events fun and inclusive for
all cultures.
Outgoing
SUJSA
President Kenichi Ozeki’s
efforts within the association
allowed SUJSA’s popularity
and overall campus presence
to
increase
drastically.
“Every year more and more
students join JSA,” said
Hirate. The events SUJSA
held this past year not only
attempted to entertain those
who attended, but they also
provided
a
memorable,
hands
on
experience
of Japanese culture by
incorporating
Matsuri,
Daruma-san ga Koronda
card games at their events,
as well as traditional food.
The club’s popularity
has grown tremendously
over the past several years.
This year’s Global Thinking
Cornerstone Award was
awarded directly to Ozeki in
appreciation for all his hard
work.
“I can’t count how much
time I dedicated to JSA,” said
Ozeki, “Our association is so
diversified. I’ve learned that
so many Suffolk students
are interested in Japanese
culture.”
SUJSA aspires to hold an
Asian Culture Festival with
some of the other culture
clubs to help promote
diversity at Suffolk. They
said
they
are
looking
forward to planning said
event for next year.
As a result of their
dedication
to
sharing
Japanese culture, SUJSA
has grown larger and
larger each year. “We are
so happy because it means
that students recognize
our club,” said Hirate. She
finds that one of the most
valuable things about being
a part of Suffolk’s diverse
campus is getting to share
their culture with such
large group of appreciative
people.
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State lawmakers, universities pledge to
continue standing behind Paris Accord
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VSU sends aid, hopeful
for peace in Venezuela
Courtesy of Daniel Gazzani
SGA President Daniel Gazzani (left) and VSU President
Pasquale Palmisano (right) with boxes of aid for Venezuela
Elvira Mora
Journal Staff
Venezuelan
feet
on
the
pavement,
cries
of
outrage that could be
heard for miles and
colorful cardboard signs
rose high in the air
were seen worldwide.
Speculation
of
government instability,
political protests and
the economy are some
reasons why Venezuelan
citizens have taken to
the streets in protest.
The
Venezuelan
students
at
Suffolk
have responded to this
political outcry through
the Venezuelan Student
Union (VSU). Guillermo
Sosa, the current chief
logistics
manager
of
the VSU, is part of the
E-board for the event
planning
process.
Sosa’s position includes
organizing events as
well as recruiting new
members and staff to
coordinate events.
The partnered cause,
“Acción x Causa” (Action
x Cause) is a social
movement
that
was
created by the president
of the VSU with the
purpose
of
creating
different
cultural
events with the goal
of fundraising, which
will be designated to
purchase items of basic
necessity in Venezuela.
This goal will consist
of
uniting
different
universities within the
international community
with the mission of
uniting forces to create
a
substantial
impact
against the humanitarian
crisis in Venezuela. Due
to the VSU President
currently
being
in
Venezuela, The Journal’s
attempts to contact him
were unsuccessful.
According
to
the
Student
Government
Association
president,
Daniel Gazzani, a total of
ten boxes containing 320
pounds of supplies were
ultimately sent over.
Jacob Geanous/ World News Editor marched
Jacob Geanous
World News Editor
On Thursday, President
Trump announced that
he would pull the United
States out of the Paris
Climate Accord and join
Nicaragua and Syria as
the only countries not to
follow the environmental
pact. The decision, which
President Trump alluded
to before his formal
announcement, is the
latest furtherance of the
isolationist agenda he has
voiced for the entirety of
his political career.
A statement issued
from the White House
stated
that
Trump
“reassured the leaders
that America remains
committed to the transAtlantic alliance and to
robust efforts to protect
the environment.”
Shortly
after
the
statement was released,
French,
German
and
Italian political leaders
signed a joint statement
calling the Paris Accord
“Irreversible.”
“I was elected to
represent the people of
Pittsburgh, not Paris.”
said
Trump
during
the
Thursday
press
conference.
While
garnering support from
the some members of
the Republican party, the
decision has been widely
opposed
by
political
figureheads across the
country including those
in Boston.
A growing number of
mayors, governors, and
university
presidents
across the country are
vowing to uphold the
regulations set by the
Paris Accord, including
Massachusetts Governor
Charlie Baker and Boston
Mayor Martin J. Walsh.
The unnamed coalition
includes more than 30
mayors, three governors,
80 university presidents
and
100
businesses.
They have pledged to
the United Nations meet
the US greenhouse gas
emission targets under
the Paris Climate Accord,
but there is no formal
way for entities that
are not countries to be
recognized by the U.N. as
full parties.
In
a
statement,
Suffolk University Acting
President Marisa Kelly
stated that, while she
supports the Paris Accord,
she has not yet joined the
coalition.
“The new extension
of our strategic plan
calls for the creation of
a Suffolk Sustainability
Committee,” said Kelly
in the statement. “I have
Senator Linda Dorcena
Lorry and Massachusetts
Representative
Michael
Capuano
accompanied
Markey.
225 people attended
the
event,
according
to
Senator
Markey’s
communications director
Giselle
Barry,
filling
nearly every seat the
theater had available.
The Boston’s Children’s
Choir took the stage to
warm up the crowd and
set the tone for the event
by singing “This land is
my land,” which they
noted was a “rebel song
from the 1920’s.”
Following
the
musical
performance,
Representative Capuano
spoke
briefly
before
introducing Mayor Walsh
to the stage.
“When you’re in the
I personally support the Paris Accord, but I
have not yet signed the coalition pledge.
- Suffolk University Acting President Marisa Kelly
taken the first steps to
create that committee
and intend to have it fully
up and running by the
fall semester. I think it
is appropriate to ask this
group for an assessment
of our next steps as a
university in light of the
U.S. withdrawal from the
Paris Accord.”
Shortly after Trump
announced his decision
to back out of the Paris
Accord,
Massachusetts
Senator Edward Markey
held a town hall meeting
in downtown Boston’s
Paramount
Theatre
shortly after Trump made
his announcement that
will ultimately lessen
the country’s effort to
fight global warming.
Mayor Walsh, Democratic
trenches fighting for the
people you represent,
you want to look to
your side find people
that’ll stand alongside
with you,” Capuano said,
before Walsh took the
stage. “We all make
compromises, but there’s
a line.”
Walsh
didn’t
hold
back the disdain he
felt
towards
Trump’s
decision,
condemning
the president’s actions
and calling for continued
environmental advocacy.
“We
have
to
do
more to make sure
we are protecting this
environment,”
said
Walsh. “If you look at a
map of the city of Boston
and the flood zones, half
of downtown is under
water.”
Walsh urged everyone
in attendance to exercise
civic activism and make
their voices heard in local
government.
“We can bury our head
under a pillow for the
next four years and hope
it goes away, or we can
stand up and fight,” said
Walsh
After Walsh made his
statements,
he
called
Senator Markey, the town
hall’s featured speaker, to
the stage.
“I think we all have
PTSD: Post-Trump stress
disorder,” Markey said,
evoking laughter from the
crowd. “If you fight for
your principles everyday,
you tend to feel better
at night, but you have to
keep doing it every day.”
Markey
announced
that he would continue
to fight for the creation
of environment and the
clean energy jobs of
Massachusetts. According
to Markey, Massachusetts
employs
more
than
100,000 in the clean
energy sector and adds
about 10,000 more each
year.
“Today was a very
low point for America,”
Markey said. “[Trump]
decided he would remove
the U.S. from Paris
agreement.”
Midway
through
Markey’s’ address, he
received
word
that
Boston’s City Hall would
be lit up with green LED
lights throughout the
night, a symbolic gesture
that was demonstrated in
landmark buildings across
the
world
including
Paris’s City Hall and
Mexico City’s City Hall.
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“The
boxes
were
sent to Miami which
would then be sent to
Venezuela. The results
have
not
yet
been
reported since we have
heard of the National
Guard stepping in and
attempting
to
block
supplies from coming
in to help the general
public,” said Gazzani.
VSU is hopeful that
all the aid they’ve sent
to Venezuela will truly
make a difference.
“The idea was to help
Venezuela people in the
current crisis we are
facing. The project was
to collect as many first
aid products and over
the counter medicine
as soon as possible to
be sent to Venezuela to
help the lack of primary
health products,” said
Sosa.
Venezuelan President
Maduro is seen by some
as leading a kleptocratic
regime. The government
is actively using tear gas
on protesters. Months
of
anti-government
protests have already left
more than 50 civilians
dead. Venezuela right
now is facing the worst
crisis of its history,
The lack of basic needs
such as toilet paper and
substantial food.
“Living in Venezuela
right now is challenging
and
emotionally
devastating.
The
insecurity
and
the
corruption in the country
are worst every day,”
said Sosa. “People are
fighting to live each day
and trying to get some
food to their houses, a
mission that is almost
impossible.
Having
friends and family in
Venezuela knowing the
are fighting for their
freedom but not knowing
if they are going to get
back alive or get home
back safely is emotionally
devastating.”
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In settling into a new location, Boston Calling doesn’t forget its roots.
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Francis Starlite from Francis and the Lights addresses an enthusiastic crowd at the eighth installment of Boston Calling.
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Rap artist Quavo from Migos interacts with
the crowd during opening night of Boston Calling 2017.
Felicity Otterbein
Arts Editor
What was a draw
back
and
almost
disappointment was the
general feeling of the
cop-out try-hard attitude
toward
this
year’s
installment of the evergrowing music festival,
Boston Calling.
While
there
were
certainly drawbacks, like
overcrowded
T-stations
and minimal parking, it
was a let down to travel
to somewhere that was
trying too hard to be
something it wasn’t.
What was always
comforting and endearing
quality of Boston Calling
was the fact that it was
held within City Hall
Plaza. With the stages
backed by skyscrapers
and the bricked walkways,
it was easy to feel like
Matty Healy of The 1975 talks about the Manchester attacks, which is
also their hometown, during their set on Saturday night.
the venue was in a city,
rather than some open
grassy area like that of
festivals such as Firefly or
Coachella. Festivals such
as those, and even classic
Woodstock have been
known for the traditional
lackadaisical vibe and
general laid-back outlook
on life. With the fastpaced inner-city it was
easy to get lost in the
quirky urban setting.
Amidst the floating
effervescent bubbles and
the stage lights masked
by a thick layer of fog and
humidity, a heavy, soulrattling bass thundered
through the astroturf at
the eighth installment of
the festival.
Held this year at the
Harvard Athletic Complex
in Cambridge, Boston
Calling played host to a
crowd of roughly 40,000
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and a medley of
melodies and moderate
musical interludes.
Complete
with
an
out-of-place ferris wheel
placed on the outskirts
of the turf fields lined
with beer, wine and
food
vendors,
the
general attitude of the
crowd seemed open and
accepting, yet questioning
and wary. However, once
the music began and the
grills fired up, it seemed
that most people settled
in for an action-packed
weekend.
Drawing crowds in with
headliners like Chance
the Rapper, The 1975,
Bon Iver and Mumford
and Sons, Boston Calling
had its hands full in
regard to fulfilling crowd
expectations in appeasing
festival-goers.
After
a
lackluster
start with the Allstonbased band Vundabar, the
three-day festival eased
into its new location with
Virginia-based
group,
Lucy Dacus. As the rain
started to settle in, Ducas’
voice crooned out over
the speakers and created
a thick and warm feeling
despite
the
gloomy
and inclement weather
conditions.
As the first afternoon
wore on and the weather
began to clear, Francis
and the Lights graced
the stage. Complete with
heavy bass and synthetic
influences, Francis Starlite
was an enigmatic force to
be reckoned with. With
just himself and a lone
DJ, Francis transformed
the expansive stage into
what seemed like his own
personal universe. For
the entire duration of his
set, this ball of energy
never stopped moving,
throwing his small frame
almost carelessly around
the stage. At no point did
it seem like he was losing
steam.
Arguably
one
of
the
larger
dramatic
occurrences at this year’s
show was the last minute,
cancellation of artist,
Solange. According to her
personal Twitter account,
complications such as
production delays and
issues that were out of
her control lead to her
ultimate backing out.
Instead of the R&B artist,
Boston Calling filled the
empty space with up-andcoming rap group Migos.
Recently
performing
in Mansfield, MA, the
group revved up the
blossoming crowd with
ribcage shattering bass
and a general tenacity for
performing.
After all was said and
done, the true moment
of surrealism came at
approximately 9:20 p.m.
when a fresh batch of rain
came tumbling down.
Just in time for Friday
headliner, Chance the
Rapper. As the lights from
the XFINITY Red Stage,
just opposite the Green
Stage on which Chance
would be shortly settling
into, went down, the
entire complex seemed to
embrace the precipitation.
Standing in the darkness
was a collective there
to appreciate an array
of experiences. Couples
kissed
in
the
romcom-esque rain, others
scrambled
to
shroud
themselves
in
rain
ponchos and trash bags
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Chance the Rapper surprises Francis and the Lights on
stage during the latter artist’s set on Friday May 26.
to shield themselves from
the wetness.
Despite the move to
the athletic complex and
the troves of mud and dirt,
the festival seemed to just
need a dry run to work
out the kinks that come
with a big move. From
the general admittance
bottleneck entrance flow
to the masses of agitated
and hungry festival-goers
trying to snag a bite or
a beer, there is plenty of
room for improvement.
However, with regard to
the involvement of those
there participating in the
music and supporting
up and coming bands,
it was reassuring to see
that Boston Calling hadn’t
lost sight of their initial
intention: to appreciate
music.
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Well versed: new a capella group goes soul searching
Kendra Huber
Journal Staff
Suffolk University has
acted as a harbor for
forging bonds through
their various musical
organizations and clubs
that have circled through
generations of students.
Music has always been
a way to create lasting
connections
between
people and will continue
to do so. With so many
possible artistic outlets,
it is easy to see the
difficulties some people
face when trying to get
their projects and dreams
off of the ground.
For Jo’Lise Grant, it
wasn’t difficult.
Founder and President
of Suffolk University’s
own Soulfully Versed,
Grant set out to procure
a more soul-oriented
sound with an a capella
foundation on campus.
Instead of just singing
songs from the soul
genre, Grant wanted to
also incorporate a facet
of passion that would
reverberate through its
members, forcing their
voices to become one
in a capella and truly
encapsulate the idea of
“singing with soul.”
“I originally started
this a cappella group
because I, myself, love to
sing. But I also wanted
there to be another option
for people,” said Grant in
a recent interview with
The Suffolk Journal. “I
still support people to
start more groups here at
Suffolk because it gives
people more options and
opportunities.”
Created
last
September, Grant held
auditions to start to form
the current musical group
which is comprised of
twelve members with five
altos, three sopranos and
four tenors, though they
are currently on the hunt
for a couple of basses.
“It's amazing what your
voice can do. Sometimes
it can be challenging but
it's so awesome when
it comes together,” said
Grant. “You're literally
making music with your
voice and it's the adding
different
parts
and
different notes which
makes it just amazing.
It’s not only just singing
soul songs it's about the
songs that we choose and
sounding like we have
soul.”
Their
performances
are often part of the
Suffolk Performing Arts
Office (PAO) shows that
are held each semester.
In keeping with Grant’s
original vision of singing
with soul, they have
performed
a
number
of pieces such as “We
Have Sang Tonight” by
Xscape, “If I Ever” by
Shai, “Thinking Out Loud”
by Ed Sheeran and “I’m
Yours” by Jason Maraz.
This upcoming year
they plan to take their
group a step further by
holding their own show in
which they want to invite
other a cappella groups
that reside in the Boston
area to participate. By
doing so, Grant hopes
to
build
a
musical
community.
Grant
recalls
that
the only real challenges
that arose this past year
was timing. Sometimes
members would come
late
to
rehearsals,
however once everyone
realized how precious
every moment was when
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it came to rehearsals, the
group finally gained its
own rhythm, of which
Grant hopes to continue
on this next year.
They are currently
looking for new members
and will be accepting
anyone who comes to
the group, according to
Grant. As of now, they
are especially on the hunt
for some male voices,
particularly those with
comfortability in the bass
range, to even out their
sound.
Soul music, which
often brings a blues or
jazz rhythm to the sound,
is a phenomenal way
to foster that musical
connection, because each
member is reliant on not
only their voice but ever
other voice within the
group.
“Sometimes it's not
about having a solo and
the group understands
that. When our voices
come together it's such a
magical feeling and that
is what gives us joy,” said
Grant.
Soullfully Versed can
be found on Instagram
as “soulfully_versed” and
on Facebook as “Soulfully
Versed.” Be sure to look
for
announcements
regarding auditions and
performances this coming
fall.
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TRUMP IS SPIRALING
America is being taken down with him
By Patr ick Holm es, Opinion Edito r
America is not great.
The United States has lost
its morality, sensibility
and kindness. We are
no longer the leaders of
the free world and our
actions speak volumes.
The rest of the world has
their eyes on us and their
judgemental
whispers
send the message.
We are losing our
core values. At this point,
it is a cliche for baby
boomers to speak about
the “American Dream,”
and so many others from
different parts of the
world trek to this country
in search of such a dream.
However, since Donald
Trump’s presidential win,
he has done everything
in his power to squander
that dream for most.
The coined “Muslim
ban” was Trump’s first
course of action that
halted the dreams and
outcries from many across
the
globe,
especially
Syrian refugees. After
being blocked by a federal
judge, his ban would be
standstill, with Trump
congratulating
himself
on an effort that failed;
a health care bill allows
more U.S. citizens to
to live a healthy, happy
life. He is not a supporter
Why do we have a
president that does not
care for anyone besides
himself and the wealthy?
an effort to take away the
hopes of many.
We may be a country
with more rights and in
better standing than most,
but we are far from great
and Trump has lowered
our standards. Besides
and immigration ban, he
has done little to support
the American people. In
fact, his reintroduction of
suffer and ultimately, die.
Why do we have a
president that does not
care for anyone besides
himself and the wealthy?
His two major decisions
have left other humans
with little and the U.S. is
laughed at by everyone
watching on the sidelines,
most in horror. Trump
does not make it possible
of the American Dream.
The U.S. was once a
large super power with
many wanting to follow
in our footsteps. But
now, we have lost our
footing and the fall is a
treacherous one. From
the immigration ban, to
the recent resignation
from the Paris Climate
Agreement, and even to
the collusion with Russia,
Trump is not oriented to
serve the people of the
U.S. accurately.
The American people
will not only suffer
with
Trump’s
latest
proclamation to remove
ourselves from the Paris
climate agreement. This
decision will affect every
being on this planet.
How can a country
show so much hatred
for its counterparts? For
other beings?
This country is not
great. We are not great
when a our President is
childish and incompetent
with
no
political
background. We are not
great when the majority
of the country is not being
represented adequately.
America is losing its
core values with every
decision made by Trump.
A very small minority
is shown through the
executive
orders
and
his
proclamations.
That minority benefits
while most suffer the
consequences
of
his
actions. Lives, hopes and
dreams are slaughtered
with the scrawl of his
signature.
There needs to be
action
taken
against
Trump and his scandalous
presidency because it
is unclear of how much
more of his decisions we
can take. As a citizen of
this country, I am afraid. I
do not have enough power
to throw his presidency
out the window nor am I
able to impeach him.
Collectively
as
a
country,
we
must
stand our ground and
demand justice for the
wrongdoings of our leader
and his cabinet. They
must be held accountable
and the needs of the
citizens of the U.S. should
be shown in the decisions
made by leadership. This
hierarchy is a slippery
slope that will fall.
Will we survive this?
History will tell.
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Editor’s Word
On behalf of the entire Suffolk
Journal staff, we are eager to welcome
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There is something for everybody
the incoming class. In a time when
journalism, the freedom of the press
and representing the student voice
could not be more crucial in our
country, we’ve had the pleasure of
being on the frontlines of Suffolk
University affairs for more than 80
years.
After clinching second place in the
country for best newspaper among
small schools this past year, my staff
is committed to being your awardwinning news force and we take the
responsibility in delivering the news
that you have the right to know,
seriously. However, we do not act
alone.
This incoming class, the class of
2021, are the future leaders of the
Suf folk University students
show ways to get involved
at t he class of 2020
convocation (top) and
Plaza Palooza (right).
Suffolk community- from eventual
Student Government Association
Presidents to Diversity Peer Educators
-- and the future Editor-in-Chief of
The Suffolk Journal. As the news team
that has heard it all, and has made
it our mission to investigate, learn
and report as much as we can, we
encourage all and any students from
each corner of the globe to reach out
to us for their story to be told.
As the primary breaking-news
source for students, faculty and staff
of the university, we rely on your
class- the campaigners, protesters,
rule-breakers, the innovators and
commanders- to speak on behalf of
your peers.
Get ready to be part of the future of
Suffolk.
Alexa Gagosz
Editor-in-Chief
Haley Clegg
Photo Editor
The transition from
being a high school senior
to a college freshman is
a big one, and adjusting
can be difficult, but
it is definitely not an
impossible
task
to
accomplish. For most of
us, this is the first time
that we move out from
under our parents roofs,
where we must make a
name for ourselves all
on our own. This comes
naturally to some, but
for others not so much.
Regardless of whether
you are a natural socialite
or an introvert, there
are countless reasons
as to why the first thing
you should do upon
moving into college is get
involved.
The first few weeks
of freshman year are
intimidating for almost
everyone.
You’re
surrounded by hundreds
of unfamiliar faces, all
while trying to adjust to
living in a new space.
What better way to
connect with people than
by getting involved in a
club! Suffolk University
has no shortage of them.
There are dozens of
clubs that span a diverse
range of interests. If
you’re someone who is
interested in greek life,
Suffolk has two sororities
and one fraternity.
Looking for something
more political? Try out
Suffolk’s Model United
Nations team or our
Student
Government
Association. There are
groups to accommodate
people
interested
in
the
performing
arts,
sciences, communication,
culture and if you can’t
find a place that fits you
best then simply create
your own! The Suffolk
community
wants
to
ensure that everybody
has a sense of home and
belonging during their
four or more years here.
If you are someone who
is into athletics, Suffolk
has several clubs, ranging
from
cheerleading
to
lacrosse. Sports teams
are a great way to get
involved on campus and
build relationships with
other students, all while
staying active.
For those who might
have a more competitive
edge to them, Suffolk
also offers a variety of
Division III men and
women’s varsity sports.
The varsity teams hold
countless championship
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titles, as well as new
varsity programs. The
newest additions to the
Athletics Department are
the women’s golf team
and the track and field
team.
Getting involved in
clubs like these was the
best decision I made
my freshman year. By
putting myself out there
I was able to connect
with all sorts of different
people, aside from just
the individuals in my
freshman class. Creating
bonds with the people
I will walk across the
graduation stage with is
extremely important, but
also building friendships
with people outside of
my class is a part of the
true college experience.
Extracurriculars exposed
me to upperclassmen as
well as faculty members
and administrators.
The people that you
build friendships with
will also be who you
turn to when you need
help. The individuals I
encountered over the
course of my freshman
year are the individuals
that I will forever refer
to as lifelong friends.
Having a strong support
system
is
extremely
important when adapting
to significant life changes,
and what better people to
surround yourself with
than those who are in the
same position that you
are.
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Softball steals two NFCA first-team honors
Brooke Patterson
Sports Editor
The Suffolk University
softball
team
slid
themselves
into
the
Great Northeast Athletic
Conference
(GNAC)
Championship game for
the first time since 2013,
making it the Lady Rams
fifth-ever trip.
Seeded third in the
tournament,
Suffolk
faced the number one
ranked
Johnson
and
Wales University in the
GNAC Championship on
May 7. The Rams needed
to defeat the Wildcats
twice in order to obtain
the GNAC title.
Suffolk came out on
top in the first game
with a 3-2 win at Scotts
Miracle-Gro
Athletic
Complex in Providence,
RI., which forced the two
teams into a winner-takesall final championship
game. In their first ever
if-necessary league title
contest, Suffolk fell 15-5
to Johnson and Wales,
allowing the Wildcats to
capture the 2017 GNAC
softball title.
The
Lady
Rams
finished their season with
an overall 29-17 record
and
16-6
conference
record. In the total 46
games played, Suffolk
had a total of 270 runs
scored and 39 home runs.
Suffolk softball had six
players recognized with
All-GNAC Honors at the
conclusion of this season,
and two ladies earned
a spot on the National
Fastpitch
Coaches
Association (NFCA) firstteam.
“The team worked
really hard to find ways
to be successful together
and were able to make
adjustments throughout
the season that led us to
the GNAC Championship,”
said Head Coach Jaclyn
Davis in an interview
with The Suffolk Journal
via email. “I am so proud
of the work that they put
in and the effort they
gave in that final stretch.
They truly left everything
on the field.”
Rising
junior
and
designated hitter, Jill
Pulek, found herself a
back-to-back member of
the All-NFCA first-team.
Pulek’s spot marked the
first time a Ram earned
a
back-to-back
firstteam honor since Erin
McAndrews in 2013 and
2014.
“I wanted to have an
even better season than
last year, but I was told
that it would be hard to
even accomplish what I
did last year,” said Pulek
in an interview with The
Journal. “I think that I did
have a better season and
it feels really good to be
picked as one of the best
in the region.”
Rising senior Delaney
Sylvester was the other
Lady Ram to be honored
with a spot on the NFCA
first-team.
Since
her
freshman year, she has
been a recurring name on
the all-region roster, but
this was Sylvester’s firstteam honor.
“I am happy to have
received this honor, but I
just plan to keep playing
how I have been playing
for the past three years
for my upcoming senior
season,” said Sylvester
in an interview with The
Journal. “I plan to keep
producing [runs batted
in,] putting bunts down
when needed and being
a leader behind the plate
for my team.”
While in every starting
lineup behind the plate,
Sylvester was a two-time
GNAC
Corvias
Player
of the Week and had a
fielding percentage of
.922. She also brought
in 39 runs and scored 26
for the Lady Rams this
season.
“It is a great honor,
as [Pulek and Sylvester]
have been recognized
by
coaches
within
and
outside
of
our
conference
based
on
their performances this
season,” said Davis. “Both
[Sylvester] and [Pulek]
have been consistently
recognized
throughout
their careers here and
have remained humble
and consistent for their
teams and I am most
proud of that. I am proud
to be their coach and
proud to play a small
role in helping them
manage the recognition
and continue to be
successful.”
As
their
season
concluded,
the
Lady
Rams did not believe they
could have done anything
differently in order to
change the outcome of
their final game against
Johnson and Wales. They
plan on moving forward
from it and will work
“extremely hard” in order
to generate team success.
“We plan to build
upon the successes that
we had this year and the
foundation that we have
created over the last few
seasons,” said Davis. “I
truly believe that if we
work hard and come
together as a team, we
have all of the necessary
tools to win a GNAC
“We plan to
build upon
the successes
that we had
this year and
the foundation
that we have
created over
the last few
seasons.”
-Coach Davis
Championship.”
The team graduated
two seniors at the end
of the season, but look
to gain six recruited
incoming
freshman.
Coach Davis emphasized
the importance of the
girls resting in order to
prepare for next season.
She
explained
how
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Left: Head Coach Jaclyn Davis
Right: Rising junior and designated hitter Jill Pulek
important it will be for
the team to take time
off from the diamond
in order to avoid “being
burnt out.” She hopes
that the time off will help
to generate a strong team
foundation by the time
they reunite at the start
of the new school year in
Sept.
“We
fought
hard,
we competed with our
biggest competition and
we gave it everything that
we had,” said Davis.
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Rams swing at NCAA tournament
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“I think the key to
our success has been the
quality of players we have
on our roster,” said Del
Prete.
Suffolk finished the
2016-17 season with a
28-17 record, the third
most wins in a season
by the baseball team.
Del Prete pointed out
that his team had been
successful because they
always seemed to come
up big when it was most
detrimental, winning 11-4
of their games when only
one run was scored.
“I think it was a nice
accomplishment for our
seniors to go out having
won a championship in
each of their four years
here (three GNAC’s and
one
Eastern
College
Athletic
Conference
(ECAC) in ’14),” said Del
Prete. “Our players put in
a lot of work each year to
reach their goals and it’s
always good to see them
rewarded.”
Shortly
after
the
season came to a close,
rising senior outfielder
and captain Brady Chant
was
named
an
AllAmerican
Honorable
Mention. This season he
batted .361 and totaled
12 triples, 13 doubles and
four home runs in 69 hits.
“To
be
mentioned
along with some of
the best players in the
country is always special
and when you look at
the lists of these players
almost all of them come
from successful teams
this year so obviously
this is something that I
can say wouldn’t have
been possible without
our
team’s
success,”
said Chant in a recent
interview
with
The
Journal.
Suffolk
lost
eight
seniors at the end of the
season, but Del Prete still
has strong goals moving
forward in the program.
Next season the team will
have eight rising seniors
and according to Del
Prete, they expect over a
dozen new freshmen to
join their group.
“[We hope] to be one
of the top programs again
in New England and
compete for a conference
championship,” said Del
Prete.
After the Rams took
care of business within
the GNAC, they went
on to compete in the
National
Collegiate
Athletic
Association
(NCAA) Division III New
England
Regional
in
Harwich, Mass.
The
tournament,
which consisted of eight
teams, five of which were
from New England and
three from New York and
Pennsylvania, started on
May 18 at Whitehouse
Field.
“Every game in that
tournament is the most
important game all year,”
said rising senior Pordes
in a recent interview with
The Journal.
Suffolk started the
tournament with a 4-0
victory versus St. John
Fisher College. The next
day they faced Arcadia
University,
where
in
the 11th inning a hit
by
graduated
second
baseman BJ Neil brought
in pinch hitter Curtis
Tirone for the 1-0 walkoff
win. This win put them in
the winners bracket final
where, if they advanced,
they would have found
themselves in the College
World Series.
“We made it to Sunday,
which was the last day of
the tournament, which
has never been done
before in the 70 years of
Suffolk Baseball. It shows
that this was a special
team,”
said
Pordes.
“Some may say that we
over-achieved but you
can ask anyone on this
team and they will say
we expected to go to the
NCAA tournament and
compete.”
Although the Rams
would drop their next
two
matches
13-4
to the University of
Massachusetts Boston and
9-1 to Babson College,
they still managed to
reach further than any
Suffolk team had done
before.
“We're
able
to
accomplish
our
goals
each season through our
consistent
hard
work
and
dedication,”
said
Worth. “When I came
here as a freshman,
our goal was to win the
GNAC
championship.
The amazing thing is,
thanks to the seniors that
graduated this past year,
that goal is now just an
expectation. I'm more
proud of this group of
guys than any team I've
ever been apart of and I
wouldn't change it for the
world.”
Chant said his team
and their recent success
had “changed the culture
of
Suffolk
baseball.”
He explained that they
would continue to work
on getting even further in
the game as next season
approaches.
“Our expectations are
exactly the same if not
higher for next year,” said
Chant. “After being that
close to World Series,
I think the goal is to
make another run in the
regional tournament. We
will be a younger team
next year but I think this
program has always been
able to have [players] step
in and fill in roles when
guys graduate or get
hurt.”
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ORIENTATION 2017 | PAGE 12
SPORTS
Third time
is a charm
Suffolk University baseball wins third
straight GNAC Championship.
Hannah Arroyo
Asst. Sports Editor
For the third season
in a row, the Suffolk
University Men’s Baseball
team defended their title
as Champions of the
Greater Northeast Athletic
Conference (GNAC).
With a slow start to
the beginning of the
season, the Rams found
themselves with a 4-6
record in their first 10
games.
Suffolk
then
turned things around,
won nine of their ten
next matches and would
go on to “play their best
baseball” in some of their
most important games,
said Head Baseball Coach
Anthony Del Prete in
an interview with The
Suffolk Journal.
Suffolk came out with
a 1-0 victory in the GNAC
Championship as they
took on fourth seeded
Johnson
and
Wales
University on May 7 at
Fraser Field. Out of a
total of eight teams the
Rams now officially stand
at the top of the GNAC for
most championships with
seven in total.
“We got three really
good
starting
efforts
on the mound from
[upcoming senior righthanded pitcher] Ryan
Pordes
game
one,
[upcoming senior lefthanded pitcher] Worth
Walrod in game two and
[graduated senior righthanded pitcher] Chuck
Gibson closed out the
championship game with
the best performance
we’ve had all season,” said
Del Prete. “We also played
really good defense and
got some timely hitting in
each of the games.”
Walrod
said
his
performance was made
easier with the backup
from
his
teammates
offensively
and
defensively. He explained
that while he walked a
lot of players, letting up
no runs had made the
difference.
“Pitching
in
the
semifinals
this
past
season was an unreal
experience,” said Worth
in an interview with The
Journal. “ Last year, I didn't
do so well in the GNAC
playoffs when I pitched in
the championship game
so I saw this game as an
opportunity to redeem
myself. My team and I
were able to get it done
and advance to the GNAC
championship game.”
Gibson
threw
a
complete-game shutout,
allowed
only
three
hits and notched nine
strikeouts. Senior catcher
Matt Brenner scored the
lone run of the game
off a single to left from
graduated outfielder Luke
Ronchi.
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Courtesy of Suffolk Ahtletics
Rising senior pitcher
Worth Walrod finished
the 2016-17 season with eight
game appearances for the
Rams and a 5.60 ERA.