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THE Suffolk Journal
SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY • BOSTON
VOLUME 80, NUMBER 17
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Alexa Gagosz
Editor-in-Chief
More than 30 years
ago,
Ralph
Indrisano
moved into his brickstoneRevolutionary
era
apartment, which stood,
overshadowed by Suffolk
University’s
properties
known as the C. Walsh
Theatre,
the
Archer
and Donahue buildings.
Students would travel up
and down both Temple
Street and Ridgeway Lane,
a small alley just between
Temple
and
Hancock
Street, where they would
get to and from the State
House and Cambridge
Street. The university
was respectful, Indrisano
said, and it was a “good
feeling” to have Suffolk
just across the street.
For years, Suffolk had
helped the residents of
Temple Street to conduct
neighborhood “cleanups,”
the university donated
funds to purchase Temple
Park and even went as
far as maintaining the
landscape of the rest of
the street until leaving
Beacon Hill last May.
“Suffolk was always
kind to me and the
rest
of
the
Beacon
See TEMPLE page 4
Suffolk mourns loss of
life cut short, again
Haley Clegg
Photo Editor
Life,
more
often
than not, does not go as
planned, no matter how
prepared we think we may
be for the unexpected
challenges that lay in our
paths. Some challenges
are more trying on our
hearts than others, but it
is in the way we respond
to them that really
shows us who we are as
individuals.
In February of 2009,
Initta Andrews began her
career with Sodexo at
Suffolk University. Fellow
coworker
Alejandrina
Lopez,
who
Andrews
affectionately nicknamed
Alex, had planned a trip
for the two women to
travel to New York City
together this June. As life
April 12, 2017
Suffolk University’s tuition continues to rise for the next fiscal year,
however, the university remains “more affordable” than many other
institutions across the Greater Boston area.
$37,128
Tuition cost
for 2018 fiscal
year.
Haley Clegg/ Photo Editor
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Temple Street
speaks out
Some residents say they did not
want Suffolk to leave historic hill
$35,440
Tuition cost
for 2017 fiscal
year.
$33,800
Tuition cost
for 2016 fiscal
year.
$32,530
Tuition cost
for 2015 fiscal
year.
SUFFOLK’S TUITION
HIKE CONTINUES
UP THE HILL OF
HIGHER EDUCATION
S
By Chris DeGusto, News Editor
“
ince the 2011 fiscal year, Suffolk
University has increased the cost of
undergraduate student tuition by $5,274.
Students scheduled to attend Suffolk in the fall
of 2017 will be charged $35,440, an increase of
4.85 percent from this current fiscal year.
This increase of
$1,640 will be be the
largest incremental
increase since the
2012 fiscal year of
4.8 percent. Suffolk
has been, and over
the next two fiscal
years will be, one of
the least expensive
private institutions in
the Boston area.
“As we look at these
tuition increases,
we look to balance
those things we
want to bring to
the enhancement
of the students,”
said Suffolk’s Senior
Vice President for
Enrollment Michael
Crowley in an
interview Tuesday
night with The
Suffolk Journal.
The dollars
we spend
on a great
education
at Suffolk
can be
visibly
seen day
in and day
out.
-SGA
Senator
Jonathan
McTague
See TUITION page 2
$31,592
By Facebook user Ambur James
Initta Andrews
would have it, Andrews
passed away unexpectedly
on Sunday, April 9th
before their trip.
Even
with
the
difficulty
in
speaking
about Andrews, Lopez
was determined to pass
on the positive memories
she shared with her
friend, despite having
only worked together for
one short year.
“We became so close
See ANDREWS page 3
Tuition cost
for 2014 fiscal
year.
$30,672
Tuition cost
for 2013 fiscal
year.
Haley Clegg/ Photo Editor
Protestors outside the Park Street MBTA station
rally against President Trump’s military strategy in
Syria to “fix” the human rights crisis.
See the story on page 3.
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Students question tuition increase, money allotted for strategic plan
From TUITION page 1
Suffolk’s 4.85 percent
tuition increase for the
upcoming
fiscal
year
is one of the largest
supplementations
of
Boston-area universities;
Boston College, Boston
University,
Brandeis
University
and
Tufts
University
all
have
planned to raise their
tuitions at a rate below
four percent, according
to The Boston Globe.
A neighbor to Suffolk,
Emerson College, has
planned to raise their
undergraduate
tuition
cost from $42,144 to
$44,032, which is a
4.47 percent increase,
according
to
the
university’s website.
Senior Vice President
for
Finance
and
Administration
and
Treasurer Laura Sander
explained in an interview
with The Journal that
revenue gained from the
increase in tuition will be
put toward the extension
of
the
university’s
strategic plan, by funding
projects and areas such as
full-time faculty and staff
resources, the Center of
Community Engagement
and the collegiate athletic
departments.
A team of senior
leadership
within
Suffolk’s administration,
the finance committee,
as well as the Board of
Trustees, have worked
and deliberated to ensure
that the dollar figures
going forward lineup
with both the strategic
plan and the university’s
budget explained Sander.
According to Crowley,
the allocation of revenue
is based upon what the
university needs.
Both Crowley and a
university spokesperson
echoed that although
the best interest of the
students are in mind
when tuition prices are
discussed,
attending
Suffolk is a significant
“investment for students
and their families.”
Some students in the
Suffolk community are
not entirely satisfied with
the rising price of tuition
and
although
beleive
there is a rationale, in
the future would like for
funding to be drawn from
other sources rather than
increasing tuition costs.
“The
thing
about
a tuition increase is
that it absolutely does
put an extra financial
burden on students, that
I believe are already
burdened by the costs
of Suffolk,” said Student
Government Association
(SGA)
Treasurer-elect
Logan Trupiano in an
interview
with
The
Journal
late
Tuesday
night. “It is my hope that
the administration gives
a detailed explanation of
where this money goes,
and why they’re asking
students for more money.
And for the future, I hope
they can find a different
route for the extra funds,
instead of from the
students.”
One
student,
SGA
Senator
Jonathan
McTague, a government
and economics major,
believes that the tuition
hike is inevitable and is
happy with the results
that have been welcomed
onto campus. McTague
said in an interview with
The Journal late Tuesday
night
he
personally
believes an increase of
student aid should be
implemented to combat
the rising tuition cost not
only at Suffolk, but across
the country. He said the
“It is my hope that the administration gives
a detailed explanation of where this money
goes, and why they’re asking students for
more money.”
-Student Government Association
Treasurer-elect Logan Trupiano
benefits
from
having
paid
Suffolk’s
tuition
price have shown in the
form of the 20 Somerset
building and renovations
in both 73 Tremont and
the Sawyer building.
“Although
students
and families never like to
see an increase in tuition
at anytime through their
educational careers, it is
inevitable,” said McTague.
“For that reason I’m happy
to actually see results
with
new
buildings,
facilities,
technologies
and programs as our
tuition continues to rise.
The dollars we spend on a
great education at Suffolk
can be visibly seen day in
and day out.”
One
factor
that
Suffolk allots a portion
of its revenue to is
the marketing of the
university in order to
Community remembers Suffolk
soul after unexpected loss
From ANDREWS page 1 always helped to get our would make my day go
in such a short time,
it was unbelievable, it
was like little sisters. We
joked around, we’d sing
at the end of the night
as we were closing, we’d
put music on and she’d
be singing, it was just
beautiful. I loved to see
her happy like that, to see
her in wonderland” said
Lopez.
Many of her coworkers
will remember her for
her years of dedication
to her job. “I’ve known
her for about two and a
half years. She was very
devoted to work and
keeping the place clean”
said fellow Sodexo worker
Lars Bower.
Michael Nowak, the
chef manager in the 150
Tremont dining hall will
remember her for her
work ethic. “She was
always informative with
all the students, she
promotions out. She kept
the dining room cleaner
than any other person.
She was always out here
running back and forth,
always very thorough in
everything she did” he
said.
For some, Andrews
was more than just a
coworker. “Initta was
like a daughter, like a
niece, like a best friend”
said
Darrell
Young,
smiling at his memories
with her. “She was such
a high spirited person.
Now I don’t know how
high spirited she was
outside of work, but
when she walked through
those doors, it was just
uplifting.”
Young had nothing
but positive memories
to share about Andrews.
“The days that I’d work
and she’d work, I would
just look forward to
seeing her, because I
knew she was just going
to say something that
better than I planned.
She was a wonderful
person, and she will be
remembered for life. She
touched my heart, I must
say, she was the most
beautiful person.”
Diane
Hairston,
a
fellow
coworker
who
worked side by side with
Andrews for several years
was especially touched
by the shining light that
Andrews was.
“She was like my girl,
all of us, she was our
girl. She always came in
and greeted us with a
smile, no matter how she
felt, she always gave us
a smile. She would help
anybody out who needed
it. I just love her, I miss
her, I’m going to miss
her for a long time” said
Hairston.
Andrews never missed
an opportunity to make
her coworkers smile. “I
miss her hugs. She used
to come right up to us and
hug us” said Hairston.
Amy Shantzis will miss
the sense of community
that Andrews created
among everyone that
worked alongside her.
“Initta was very very
warm, she was super
loving and kind and
welcoming.
She
was
always inviting people
to go out, and kind of
create a really big family
environment within the
building. It doesn’t matter
who you were, she would
greet you as if she knew
you her entire life.”
Despite the passing
of her friend, Lopez has
decided to go ahead with
the trip the pair had
planned. She will travel to
New York City, where she
will bring a photograph
of Andrews with her as a
way to honor her dreams
and to celebrate the life
of her friend.
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recruit new students.
As part of the extended
university strategic plan
through 2019, Suffolk
has planned to partner
with an international
student recruitment firm- this has not been an
influence in obtaining the
conclusion of next year’s
4.85 percent increase
according to a university
spokesperson. The price
increase has been directed
at fulfilling the projects
Suffolk in in the process
of completing, as well as
the plans that have been
proposed in the strategic
plan.
“We’re
definitely
investing in the Suffolk
Experience
and
the
academic
opportunity,”
said
a
university
spokesperson.
With the tuition set to
increase by 4.76 percent
for the 2018 fiscal year,
some students are more
concerned about their
long-term finances and
overall cost of attending
the university-- regardless
of the beneficial resources
the
university
has
provided.
“[The cost of attending
Suffolk] too high. Even if
you [have] a scholarship
it’s still going to keep you
in debt for a long time,”
said freshman accounting
major Audra Cook. “The
fact that you can rent an
apartment in Boston for
less than it costs to just
stay in a dorm on campus
should show that [Suffolk
is] too expensive.”
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Protestors sweep through Downtown against Trump
Felicity Otterbein
Arts Editor
Protesters
gathered
around the Park Street
T-stop as overcast skies
loomed over the growing
crowd
late
Friday
afternoon.
Chanting
“no war on Syria,” and
“hands off Syria,” the
crowd of 200 gathered
to voice their criticisms
regarding
the
recent
airstrike authorized by
President Trump against
the Syrian government
and forewarned that the
country could be going to
war.
One of the main
organizers of the protest
was
Massachusetts
Peace
Action
(MAP),
a
60-year-old
group,
the organization is the
largest grassroots peace
organization
in
the
country.
“We’re
upset
that
President
Trump
has
launched
an
armed
attack on Syria, that is
against U.S. law,” said
MAP Executive Director
Cole Harrison in a recent
interview
with
The
Suffolk Journal. “For the
President to start a war
without Congress, it is
also against international
law.”
With the help of six
peace
organizations,
campus
and
socialist
groups, the demonstration
was organized at 1:00
a.m. on Friday morning,
and was then up and
running by Friday evening
according to Harrison.
According to Harrison,
there is no sure way to
know who ordered the
initial chemical attack in
Syria, which supposedly
acted as the catalyst for
the U.S. airstrike. Harrison
said that even though it is
difficult to try and solve
the ongoing issues in
Syria, an airstrike is not
the right way to solve any
problem.
According
to
NBC
News, the U.S. fired 59
Tomahawk cruise missiles
at Syria on Thursday
night in response to what
it believes was a chemical
weapons attack that killed
more than 100 people.
According to White House
Officials,
the
graphic
images arising from the
damage done by the
chemical weapon attack
on Tuesday afternoon
carried significant weight
for
President
Trump,
which lead him him to
pursue possible routes of
action. Syria claimed that
at least six people were
killed after the missiles
landed, but the Pentagon
said that civilians were
not targeted and that
the strike was aimed at
a military airfield in the
city of Homs.
Harrison
claimed
that this airstrike was a
way to distract people
from President Trump’s
domestic problems due to
his unpopularity amongst
American
residents.
Harrison also said that
this action was an attempt
to increase his popularity
and have more civilians
fall in line behind him
and support a potential
war.
“The American people
are not going to be
benefited by this and he
wants 54 billion dollars
increase
in
military
spending, he’s [going to]
take it out of everything
that people depend on.
He’s going to take it out
of housing, education,
environmental protection,
and everything else and
we have to stop these
wars immediately,” said
Harrison.
Martha
Neuman,
junior
Northeastern
student, told The Journal
that she was contacted by
one of her co-organizers
the night of the attack
in Syria and the two
decided to take action.
Working together with
MPA,
Neuman
said
she
appreciated
the
grassroots aspect of the
demonstration.
“We can’t stay silent,
we can’t sit back and let
people continue to be
killed both by (President
Bashar al-) Assad and by
the U.S. government,” she
said.
Harrison said that
he was pleased with
the turnout that was
generated
by
the
organizations
involved
and
estimated
that
there were about 200
participants involved. He
said that he hopes that
these people will go back
to their campuses and
communities to educate
those who are interested
in joining the movement,
as
well
as
visiting
Congress members to
demand further action.
Harrison
told
The
Journal that the next
demonstration he will be
a part of will be a TaxDay march in Cambridge
on April 15 in the hopes
of shedding light on
Trump’s budget and its
potential effects on the
public.
Harrison
also
said that the protest will
be calling attention to
the tax system and will
be calling on Trump to
release his own taxes.
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Flood in 10 West leaves some misplaced,
others return back to their original dormitories
Kyle Crozier
Journal Staff
Students have begun
to
move
back
into
their rooms after being
displaced while work to
repair
water-damaged
10 West rooms was
underway.
Now
after
nearly three weeks, the
maintenance process has
come to a close for some,
while
others
remain
separated
from
their
roommates
and
their
belongings.
During construction,
students had been asked
by administration to stay
out of the way, forcing
many of the students to
attempt to work around
the schedules of the
workers in order to enter
their rooms and retrieve
any property they needed.
Residents of room 313
stated that when they
were in their room, they
had positive experiences
with the workers. Gia
Sarkis said that talking
to the workers, “gave us
the updates we weren’t
getting from ResLife.”
Issues did arrive when
Suffolk
administration
heard that students had
returned to their rooms
unattended, leading to
Jessica Wheeler, Suffolk’s
Residence Director, to
email a group of students
to inform them of her
concern. Wheeler wrote
to the students, “We
want to get you back into
your room as quickly as
possible and that requires
some compliance on your
end.”
In an interview with
The Journal, sophomore
Jillian Hanson said that
she and her roommates
had done their best to
stay out of the way of any
work being done, but that,
“we needed to get our
books, I don’t know how
they were expecting us
to be productive without
our class material.”
The
process
of
relocation
proved
to be a stressor for
several students, who
were subject to many
inconsistencies
with
placement
into
their
temporary housing. Some
students were offered
hotel rooms for their
period out of the dorms,
while another had been
asked to sleep in a room
with two other strangers,
exceeding the designed
capacity of the suite.
Michal
Kanra,
a
resident of room 214, was
lucky enough to be asked
to stay coincidentally with
his roommate from the
N
Room 313 in 10 West.
previous year, while 213
resident Sabrina Young
described living in the
four person room they
were assigned as “rough”
but that, “it is doable.”
Those students living
in room 313 returned
Tuesday night, ending the
commute some had to
make from hotels or home
to their classes. Having
seen the condition of the
suite throughout multiple
states of construction,
Hanson was excited to
see what progress had
been made in the past few
days. After moving back
in, she said that the room
“looks amazing,” and that
“everything looks brand
new, even the bathroom
was spotless.”
For some students,
this event is a just blip
on the radar of stories to
tell in years to come, but
for several of the seniors
affected, they will have
spent several of their last
weeks in the rooms of
strangers, asked to make
an appointment in order
to step foot in their own
bedroom.
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Some Beacon Hill residents not confident with new neighbors
From TEMPLE page 1 on
Hill community,” said
Indrisano, a resident who
took various classes and
even used the Mildred
Sawyer Library, in an
interview with a Journal
reporter in November.
The
Dedham,
MA
company JDMD Owner
LLC,
an
affiliate
of
Center Court Properties,
purchased
Suffolk’s
former properties for
$43.5 million in July of
2015. The sale of the
buildings
came
after
the university’s severalyear long battle with
the Beacon Hill Civic
Association who claimed
that residents did not
want college students in
the area- including the
two historic buildings on
Temple Street any longer.
Since the sale, the
purchaser, JDMD, has
faced
a
number
of
issues on their proposed
project
of
renovating
the buildings to create
75
condos
and
60
parking spaces in an
underground
garage.
Temple Street residents
have voiced their concern
and
opposition
over
both the height of the
building being raised for
a penthouse as well as the
possible traffic increase
a
predominantly
pedestrian street.
The existing Donahue
and Archer buildings are
already 16.75 feet higher
than height limit in
Beacon Hill. The project
design’s penthouses have
made many residents
worry about the cast
shadows that are not
currently there.
JDMD,
who
could
not be contacted for
an interview, has been
approved to reconvert
both buildings by the
Beacon Hill Architectural
Commission as of late
February after months
of revising outstanding
issues to the proposal
plans,
but
several
residents of Temple Street
said there have been no
signs of construction, or
even activity.
“The building – the
birthplace
of
Suffolk
University – has been
recognized
by
the
National Park Service
and the Massachusetts
Commission
as
a
significant and important
contributor to the National
Landmark
District,”
said member of the
Boston
Redevelopment
Authority’s
original
Institutional
Advisory
Group (IAG) Rob Whitney
to the Beacon Hill Times
in November on his
frustration with JDMD’s
proposition
to
add
penthouse floors that
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JDMD Owner LLC will be transforming the old Suffolk University properties on
Temple Street into 75 condominiums and a 60-space underground parking garage.
Construction has not began, according to some residents.
would not align with the
Hill’s historic “charm.”
Since late September,
an alarm has sounded
throughout the Donahue
building. Many residents
claimed in interviews
with The Suffolk Journal
that they called the
number listed on sheets
of paper in the windows
of the Donahue building
to reporting the alarms,
but said that no one came
to shut them off.
“It’s
been
really
irritating to have the
alarm constantly going
off,” said Craig Bagley,
who has lived on Temple
Street for just over a year.
“It’s been going off for
months.”
In
the
1970s,
it
was Suffolk that had
aided the Beacon Hill
Civic Association and
the
Northeast
Slope
Neighborhood Association
transform the street from
a neglected concrete slab
into the brick walkway
and minimal automotive
traffic that it has today by
donating funds.
One resident, who
wished
to
remain
anonymous
said
that
“most” of the residents
on Temple Street did not
want the university to
leave.
“I never did mind the
university being there. It
was their right,” said the
woman in an interview
with a Journal reporter
in late February. “They
were part of the historic
neighborhood too. It was
a shame when they left.
We all thought so.”
The woman said that
she had lived on Temple
Street for a number of
years but then moved
onto Hancock Street. She
said that the university
would
have
“never”
created the traffic that
the proposed 60-space
parking garage will and
the traffic that the condos
will create.
“We have lost that
battle,” she said. “It’s not
even the construction
that we are concerned
with, it’s what comes next
with the influx of traffic.”
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Hard-working Suffolk
students are known for
their strong will and
determination to provide
service to those in need
whenever
injustice
occurs. Since December
2016, the Venezuelan
Student Union (VSU) has
been working to provide
humanitarian
aid
to
Venezuela -- a country
experiencing
serious
crisis -- through collecting
medical supplies to ship
to Venezuela from now
until May 15.
V e n e z u e l a ’ s
Authoritarian President
Nicolás Maduro declared
a military dictatorship in
October 2016.
Currently,
innocent
Venezuelan
citizens
face aggressive police
brutality everyday. There
are regular protests in
the country that are often
violently shut down by
the military.
As this oppression
worsens,
more
and
more civilians endure
abuse, fatal illness, and
homelessness. The people
of Venezuela have little
money and limited food.
Overall, the country is
currently in a dark and
hostile place.
VSU
President
Pasquale Palmisano, an
international student from
Venezuela, has attended
Suffolk since Spring 2015.
As a citizen of Venezuela,
Palmisano
expressed
how catastrophic and
unfortunate the situation
is.
“Venezuela is one of
the largest oil resources
in the world,” he said.
Seeing as the country is
now in such a disastrous
state, that resource is
essentially useless.
“We have the ability
to
help
Venezuela,”
said
Palmisano.
“The
purpose of doing this is
to implement a system
where we can help
Venezuela from abroad.”
VSU is determined
to provide aid to those
that are helpless and
suffering. They are asking
people to donate basic
medical supplies without
prescriptions.
“We
started
this
campaign
to
have
medical supplies sent
to
Venezuela,”
said
Palmisano. Supplies that
can be donated include
Tylenol,
Ibuprofen,
Aspirin,
Multivitamins
and Omega supplements
along with other nonprescription
medicinal
supplies.
On
May
15,
all
supplies will be sent to
the Ayuda Humanitaria
para Venezuela to be
distributed to more than
85
locations
seeking
refuge in Venezuela.
Since VSU is still a
relatively new group here
at Suffolk, their primary
goal for this year is to
provide aid for Venezuela.
In years to come, the
club hopes to enhance
the work they do now
by holding more events,
collaborating with other
groups, and increasing
the size of their club.
“I think what the
VSU is doing is a
commendable
effort,”
said SGA President-Elect
Daniel Gazzani. As a
native Venezuelan citizen,
Gazzani feels a deep
connection to Venezuela.
“My entire family still
lives there,” said Gazzani.
“Having my family there
is something that is
concerning, I check in
with them everyday.”
People in Venezuela
struggle
everyday.
“Knowing
that
VSU
is doing their best to
help those struggling is
amazing,” said Gazzani.
“I applaud them for their
efforts.”
Besides sending aid
to those suffering in
Venezuela, VSU discusses
and promotes Venezuelan
culture through holding
cultural events.
“We
want
people
to enjoy, learn, and be
aware of what’s going
on in Venezuela,” said
Palmisano.
VSU is holding an
event this Thursday, April
13 in Somerset B18 from
6:00 to 8:00 p.m., where
Harvard professor Ricardo
Hausmann will be giving
a talk on Venezuelan
Economics.
The club started with
about 35 members this
year but hope to increase
the size of their group
dramatically within the
next year.
“We’d like to have
as many members as
possible so that we can
help Venezuela as much as
possible,” said Palmisano.
Not only does VSU
wish
to
help
those
suffering in Venezuela,
but they also want to
make their club a place
where they can explain
all aspects of Venezuelan
culture. VSU members
embrace the beauty of the
country’s culture while
analyzing the politics and
government structure in
Venezuela.
Donation boxes are
located on the ninth
floor of 73 Tremont in
the International Student
Services Office and on the
third floor of Sawyer in
the Student Leadership
and Involvement Office.
To see more examples
of what can and cannot
be
donated,
contact
them through Facebook
at Suffolk Venezuelan
Student Union or email
them
at
VSUsuffolk@
gmail.com.
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This week, America
witnessed a new President
Trump;
a
president
of swift action in the
face of an international
atrocity.
In
one
of
Trump’s most supported
decisions thus far, the
United States lobbed 59
tomahawk missiles at
Syria’s Al Shayrat Airfield
in response to Syrian
President
Bashar
alAssad’s chemical attack
on his own people last
week. Although it was a
powerful display by the
world’s most well-funded
military, that is all it was:
a display, courtesy of
Trump.
As the current situation
stands, last week’s missile
attack by Trump can be
seen as nothing more
than a publicity stunt.
Until he elaborates on
his military involvement
in Syria, his actions
can’t be considered to
be anything more than
a reactionary, shallow
attempt at a quick win. In
a way, Trump’s move can
be compared to a boxer
who attempts to remedy a
losing streak with an easy
opponent. Only in this
case, the opponent that
he set his sights on isn’t
going away after a brief
demonstration of power.
Trump’s
first
major
military
action
as
president
was
a
superficial,
self-serving
maneuver. It targeted
an enemy that the world
was rightfully outraged
at. Dozens were killed by
Assad’s sarin gas. It was
a no-brainer for a newly
elected Trump whose
approval ratings have
been less than stellar. It
was his time to shine, but
he chose to do so with an
action that looked and felt
impressive without any
real geopolitical effect.
The results of the missile
strike benefitted Trump,
and Trump alone. He got
a chance to act like a real
president on national
news, while Syria will no
doubt remain a war-zone.
Nevertheless,
the
reality-show president’s
plan produced positive
results. According to a
recent ABC/Washington
Post poll, the majority
of Americans supported
Trump’s missile strike.
This is not a surprising
reaction to the attack.
Assad broke war-etiquette
by employing chemical
weapons on his own
people. A response was
warranted, and even a
broken clock is right
twice a day.
As
video
emerged
of the missiles headed
for the Syrian airfield,
sweet revenge was in the
air and Americans that
watched the broadcast
got the intoxicating hit
of patriotic dopamine
that the country was
desperately jonesing for.
The problem is, Assad’s
chemical
attack,
that
59 tomahawk missiles
attempted to address,
was
arguably
caused
indirectly by the Trump
administration. The U.S.
played a major role in
demanding that Assad
give up his chemical
weapons in 2013. Just
days before last week’s
chemical attack, the U.S.
hinted that they were
going to leave Syria’s fate
up to its civilians and let
Assad stay in power; less
than four years after he
killed more than 1,000
with similar chemical
attacks.
The
“longer-term
status
of
President
Assad,” U.S. Secretary of
State Rex Tillerson said,
“will be decided by the
Syrian people.” Later that
week, Assad committed
an atrocity against the
very people who the U.S.
stated would be deciding
his future. To believe
that this announcement
didn’t signal a green light
for Assad would be, put
nicely, naive.
The decision to call
“hands off” on Syria
is defensible, the U.S.
perennially faces heavy
criticism for acting as
the world police, but
the inconsistency that
followed is concerning.
A
president,
of
all
people, is required to
be dispassionate in the
decision making process,
but the foreign policy
that
was
announced
by Tillerson took an
immediate 180 degree
turn after Trump observed
photos of “beautiful little
babies” who died in
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Haley Clegg
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Since February, Suffolk
University’s Model United
Nations (SUMUN) club
has been honing their
skills in preparation of
their competition against
some of their brightest
peers. This week the team
is attending their third
conference of the year,
competing at the National
Model United Nations
Conference in New York
City.
Preparations
began
in February after the
team returned from a
conference at Harvard
University. For many,
the Harvard convention
was a completely new
experience. Yazeed AbuGhazaleh, the soon-to-beinaugurated
presidentelect, was proud of their
performance,
despite
having not competed in
this type of conference in
a number of years.
“I think our team did
very well in adapting
to the new procedures,
considering the Harvard
rules were different from
what we had done in the
past,” said Abu-Ghazaleh.
Courtesy of Yazeed Abu-Ghazaleh
SUMUN poses for a photo in New York.
Senior
government
major Ruslan Gorsky also
attended the Harvard
convention, where Suffolk
University
represented
the Republic of Cuba.
“The
whole
environment was high
paced, and leaves no
room for error, instead
prompting
delegations
to think swiftly on their
feet and make leadership
decisions
whilst
maintaining
diplomatic
ties with all relevant
parties,” he said in a
statement to the Suffolk
Journal. “It was a learning
experience that was at
times fascinating and
exhilarating and at other
times frustrating and
downright exhausting.”
Prior to the New
York
conference,
the
SUMUN team worked on
strengthening
specific
skills that would enable
them to be successful at
these conferences. Such
skills included public
speaking, parliamentary
procedure, and resolution
writing.
“Our goal is and always
has been to be the most
well-rounded candidates
that we can be, by
honoring our delegated
countries
political
position, and whilst still
being persuasive with our
public presence and our
interpersonal skills,” said
Gorsky.
The skills students
acquire
by
being
a
part of SUMUN are
not specific to any one
particular major, and
can be applied to a vast
expanse of professions. “I
think that as a business
student, joining SUMUN
has made me not only
more confident, and more
capable, but frankly a
more competent business
student and hopefully this
will carry-on to make me
a better businessman,”
said
Abu-Ghazaleh
in
an interview with The
Suffolk Journal.
Abu-Ghazaleh has high
hopes for the future of
SUMUN. “Our long-term
goals are focused on
growth, and growth in
every sense of the word.
Growth in the number
of members, growth in
the quality of members,
and the intrinsic growth
within
each
member.
Essentially we hope to
expand
our
network
among other MUN clubs
around
Boston,
and
potentially the rest of
the Northeast,” said AbuGhazaleh in an interview
with The Suffolk Journal.
With students so hardworking and ambitious,
there is no limit to what
SUMUN will be able to
accomplish in the future.
“I learned that there
really is no cap to what
we can achieve,” said
Abu-Ghazaleh,
“Every
limitation we set for
ourselves is nothing more
than a glass ceiling and
every glass ceiling can be
broken.”
Throughout
these
past several decades, the
Yemenite Babies Affair
has been a much-debated
controversy.
During
this
crisis,
Yemenite
children were kidnapped
from their homes from
the late 1940’s up until
the mid-1950’s. Suffolk
University Professor of
Communication
and
Journalism
Shoshana
Madmoni-Gerber
held
a seminar in the Poetry
Center this past week
analyzing the presence
and impact of Israeli
media during this crisis.
Madmoni-Gerber was
born and raised in Israel
to parents of Yemenite
descent. She has worked
as a journalist for several
Israeli
publications
and also as a broadcast
journalist, concentrating
on
investigative
journalism in Israel.
In her book, “Israeli
Media and the Framing
of Internal Conflict,” she
examines
bias
within
Israel and the media at
large through the lens
of the news coverage
of the Yemenite Babies
Affair. The seminar took
audience members inside
her book as she told the
story of the affair and
the role she played in
uncovering the mystery
behind these events.
Madmoni-Gerber was
inspired to investigate the
Yemenite Babies Affair
while working at a small
Israeli newspaper called
“The Hammer.”
During
the
mass
immigration
of
Jews
during the 1940’s and
50’s,
thousands
of
babies disappeared from
immigrant absorption and
transit camps throughout
Israel.
She
recalled
one
memory
from
her
childhood when she saw
an ambulance driver take
her aunt’s daughter. In
several other cases, she
said babies were ripped
out of their mother’s
hands and never returned.
Madmoni-Gerber
showed video clips from
the investigative show
Uvda on Channel Two
where she worked as
a broadcast journalist.
These clips were from
actual Yemenite parents
whose
babies
were
kidnapped; they vividly
showed the horror and
suffering these parents
endured
when
their
children were stolen.
No investigation into
the kidnappings came
until the mid 1960’s.
Madmoni-Gerber said all
Israelis are drafted when
they turn 16. However,
when these kidnapped
children never showed up
for the draft, they came to
the doors of the parents
from which the children
were stolen. From there,
three
commissions
ensued.
While the first two
commissions
revealed
little information about
the affair, the third Kedmi
Commission, lasting from
1995 to 2001, revealed
the most shocking data
because it had the power
to subpoena. The Kedmi
Commission
heard
roughly 1,053 court cases
and revealed that roughly
972 children had died.
The children who were
kidnapped were most
likely sold to affluent
families looking to raise a
child of their own.
Madmoni-Gerber
considered
that
because such shocking
results came from the
investigation, most would
expect the media to
conduct a further, even
deeper investigation of
the events. Unfortunately,
the media’s actions were
quite the contrary.
Because the Yemenite
Babies Affair was not
thoroughly covered by
Israeli
media,
many
students
were
truly
surprised
when
they
listened to MadmoniGerber’s presentation.
Being apart of the
media herself, MadmoniGerber
explained
all
the
censorship
and
obstruction
that
was
such a routine part of
the Israeli media. She
said voluntary censorship
was a huge part of Israeli
media.
“My
main
finding
was that the press was
complicit,”
she
said.
“They were reacting to
what the government
was doing, not creating
their own investigation.”
Israeli
media
went
along with what the
government said rather
than conducting their
own deeper investigation.
“When
you’re
investigating, you need
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to hit non-stop with that
issue,” said MadmoniGerber. She explained
that after a few months of
writing about the affair,
Israeli media eventually
said they saw no need
for further investigation.
But she felt there was so
much more to uncover.
According
to
Madmoni-Gerber,
the
government
equated
racism to rationalize why
the kidnappings were
not
legitimate.
They
emphasized the babies
were
not
necessarily
kidnapped
because
affluent families wouldn’t
want a baby of Yemenite
descent.
Madmoni-Gerber
concluded
the
main
theory, although there
is a significant lack of
information, is that the
government was a part
of
these
kidnappings
and that’s why they tried
to deflect the media
from a more thorough
investigation
because
they did not want to be
caught.
the attack. He smelled
blood in the water and,
similarly to his campaign
strategy, chose to attack.
This type of impulsivity,
which is a trademark
characteristic of Trump,
has faced intense scrutiny
in the past, but now
elicits praise.
This is not a surprise
to anyone who has an
adequate understanding
of American history. This
time, Trump’s erratic
behavior
resulted
in
military action, not a 4
a.m. twitter tirade, and
war is the ultimate unifier.
According to a Gallup
poll, President George
W. Bush’s approval rating
skyrocketted after he
announced the war on
terror following 9/11.
The same can be said
of John F. Kennedy’s
approval rating after the
Cuban missile crisis.
This could be the
beginning of bold military
moves by the newly
elected Trump. Now he
knows what his audience
wants. He claimed that
the photographs of Syrian
children suffocating on
sarin gas led him to strike,
taking advantage of an
emotionally raw America.
How
realistic
is
it to believe that a
heartbroken
Trump
decided that enough was
enough and it was time
to intervene for the sake
of Syria’s innocent? The
same suffering women
and children that swayed
Trump to spend an
estimated $93 million on
a missile strike are the
same women and children
that he’s been tirelessly
trying to keep out of the
United States. Trump’s
decision to intervene in
Syria directly contradicts
the isolationist, Americafirst sentiment that he
has maintained thus far.
This is why it’s imperative
to note the immediate
cause-and-effect of the
missile attack.
For Assad and the
Syrian Government, the
destruction of one of
their airfields is a shallow
warning, but that is all
that it seemed to be. The
Al Shayrat Airfield can,
and most likely will, be
rebuilt. The true test of
Trump’s commitment to
Syria will be on display in
the upcoming months.
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Professor takes hard look at Israeli journalism
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WHO
THEN
AM
I?
Suffolk University Theatre
Department’s “Orlando”
shatters conventional
concepts of gender identity.
Felicity Otterbein / Arts Editor
Freshman theatre major Mickey Rogers transitioning from the male body of “Orlando” to the female body.
hormones of a 16-year-old
Felicity Otterbein
boy affect his imminent
Arts Editor future relationships.
Organized
chaos.
Perhaps
one
of
the
more
ironically
used
oxymorons in the english
language, is widely used
to
describe
cluttered
bedrooms or office desks
for those who thrive off of
instability. From a place
of dismantled common
constructs which may act
as a source of inspiration,
comes an outpouring of
clarity. With this is mind,
Suffolk University Theatre
Department’s “Orlando”
attempts to personify
organized chaos through
a tumultuous glance at a
life through the eyes of
someone who seems to
thrive within the depths
of constant upheaval.
Originally
written
as a novel in 1928 by
British writer Virginia
Woolf, “Orlando” shatters
conventional concepts of
gender identity and has
continued to do so for the
last century. Following
protagonist Orlando and
how gender constructs
can affect the life of
anyone in any given time
period. Starting in the
16th century, the play
shows Orlando as part
of
Queen
Elizabeth’s
court and how the raging
The play itself is
almost entirely delivered
in third-person narrative.
Each character would
quickly announce the
upcoming action that
was about to occur on
stage, similar to that of
an action scene from a
Robert Downey Junior
“Sherlock Holmes” film.
From this ongoing
narration
stemmed
humor and witty asides
from
all
characters,
effectively breaking the
fourth
wall.
Working
with the small stage setup within the Modern
Theatre, the entire cast
of “Orlando” created a
sense of time and space
by simply walking around
the stage to create the
illusion of a larger living
space.
To portray the ebb and
flow of time, characters
would meander through
the posts of a large metal
frame used to represent
the framework of a
house and would cast out
billowing bed sheets to
create a dream-like wave
effect.
In a musical setting,
the chorus of a production
would narrate the ongoing
action. In “Orlando,” the
chorus used spoken word
Felicity Otterbein / Arts Editor
Orlando sitting amongst chrous members acting out the limbs of an oak tree,
the subject of Orlando’s acclaimed poem
and nimbly navigated
the set to assist with the
story telling. Often times
the
chorus
members
would dress in beige, only
adorned with hats and
scarves when it seemed
to fit with the scheme of
the scene.
Freshman
Mickey
Rogers took on the
incredible challenge of
portraying the lead role of
Orlando. Faced with the
task of portraying a male
role, only to transition
into a female role and
maintain
the
same
personality traits halfway
through the performance
without ever fully leaving
the stage, save for an odd
soliloquy from a few cast
members, was a feat all
on its own.
Yet while she did leave
the stage if only for the
briefest
of
moments,
Rogers captivated the
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audience
with
her
innate ability to transcend
not only both sexes, but
time itself. A freshman
theatre major, Rogers
seemed to display talent
far beyond a presumed
beginner-level status.
First playing a male
role, Rogers was able
to deliver a spectacular
performance as 16-year-
the
female
depiction
of Orlando, it seemed
as though she decided
to maintain that same
register. Poking fun at the
lower tones of her voice
only once during her early
moments as a woman on
stage while conversing
with a male counterpart.
She tested the octaves of
her woman vocal chords
as a means of practice by
“Orlando” attempts to personify
organized chaos through a
tumultuous glance at a life
through the eyes of someone who
seems to thrive within the depths
of constant upheaval.
old Orlando in the 16th
century. In a typical
outfit worn by a man of
stature in the English
court, Rogers, complete
with frilled collar, was
incredible
to
watch.
She delivered Orlando’s
lines in what seemed
like a lower register fit
for a male part, but as
she
transitioned
into
carrying herself through
a world in which she had
just become accustomed
to as a young man.
This
feminine
side
resembled
the
performance done by
actress Julia Stiles in “The
Prince and Me.” Rogers
was witty and charming
and exuded confidence
in her role as a woman.
Perhaps this kind of
outlook stemmed from
the overarching concept
of gender fluidity and
over-arching theme of a
personal acceptance of
the different sexes.
Rogers
portrayed
this kind of internalized
organized chaos with
every fibre of her being,
and to that extent was
the perfect fit for such a
complex role. To take on
such a strong part and so
early on in her career is
a feat all on its own, but
to step into the role of
Orlando and to do so with
wild abandon was nothing
short of excellent.
The hour-long play
tackled
complicated
concepts
like
gender
fluidity
and
social
constructs
regarding
sex and relationships,
leaving the audience to
turn inwards to reflect on
morality and the ethics
behind
judging
one’s
character based on their
biological gender.
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Felicity Otterbein / Arts Editor
Kane Harper as Queen Elizabeth clutches Mickey Rogers as
Orlando during an intimate interaction on stage.
Allston-based Vundabar set to perform at Boston Calling
“Our ambition, however,
considered
a
new
and
order to be able to keep
ourselves immersed in
the projects that we are
working on.”
In German, ‘Vundabar’
translates to ‘wonderful.’
becoming very popular
among
independent
record
labels.
As
Vundabar demonstrates
through their music, it
is a form of sound that
Kendra Huber
has always been pretty upcoming
genre
of
Journal Staff simple and small scale, in Alternative Rock that is
Vundabar,
a
local
indie-rock band, started
out with the intention
of playing their music
for themselves, simply
because they loved it.
Five years later, however,
they are playing shows
where their audiences
can love their music as
much as they do.
The band started out
in high school, as Brandon
Hagen, lead guitarist and
singer, describes in a
recent phone interview
with The Suffolk Journal.
“Drew [McDonald] and
I were neighbors at the
time, and it was just one
of those goofy bands you
make in high school,” he
said.
Soon after Zachary
Abramo joined as their
bassist, the band became
more
serious.
They
recorded
their
debut
album “Antics” in 2013,
and began performing at
house and college shows
around Boston.
Vundabar
started
touring almost right off
the bat. “We just felt that
it would be a good idea
for us to expand beyond
Boston,”
said
Hagen.
“Our ambition, however, has
always been pretty simple and
small scale, in order to be able to
keep ourselves immersed in the
projects that we are working on.”
-Brandon Hagen
Lead guitarist, “Vundabar”
This Spring, they will be
brought to the spotlight
at the Boston Calling,
an
electrifying
threeday music festival that
occurs twice every year,
since 2013. In the past,
hits like Kendrick Lamar,
Jack Johnson, Childish
Gambino
and
The
Shins have performed.
Vundabar hits the stage
on Friday, May 26, along
with Bon Iver, Sylvan
Esso and 2017 Grammy
Best New Artist, Chance
the Rapper.
Indie-rock
is
still
reconstructs
emotions
with a pulsating beat and
passionate lyrics.
Yet, their voice goes
beyond just inspiring their
audiences, they also enact
a high level of pure and
raw fun. This may come
from their sound, or even
their rich sense of humor.
Just from watching their
live performances, their
energy can be felt vibrating
through their words and
instruments.
In
their
YouTube videos, their
humor and rambunctious
nature exude jubilating
By Twitter user @Vundabar_band
happiness, as they are
filled with pranks with
friends, and a good,
classic sound. Watching
them you cannot help
but have a good time,
which is something to
look forward to at their
live show at the Boston
Calling next month.
Their thrilling and
vivacious sound is the
archetype for musical
youth, as they work
toward their overall goal:
“Do the good gig.” They
are currently working
on two albums, which
they hope to release
this coming fall, after
their Summer 2017 tour
around Europe and a few
places in the States.
To find out more about
Boston Calling at http://
www.bostoncalling.com
Follow
Vundabar
on
Facebook or Twitter, or go
to their website, https://
vundabar.bandcamp.com,
to find upcoming tour
dates and venues.
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by emailing
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Mobile Application:
Why Suffolk needs to innovate its tech
In a modern society, we are
attached to our cell phones. Some
Opinion Editor of us are more productive on our
smartphones than others, but one
cannot deny that an abundance
of our time is spent on our devices. Between games and
entertainment, to productivity and news, there is a mobile
application for almost everything.
Patrick Holmes
“Not every application is the same, but the
same idea is behind the invention of these
apps: to increase the productivity of the
universities’ students.”
So Suffolk, where is yours?
Technology is an integral part of our lives, especially
the younger generations. College students seem to use
applications and the internet for a multitude of different
areas, so universities should jump at the chance to increase
the productivity of their students.
Suffolk holds numerous platforms for its students to be
active online such as Blackboard, which is used to stay upto-date with classwork. One can get lost between Blackboard,
WorkDay, MySuffolk, SUConnect and many more sites that
Suffolk offers its students to become more organized and are
easily accessible. And just like every university, Suffolk has a
website that can direct any student, or prospective student, to
what they are searching for and where they need to be.
But wouldn’t it be convenient if everything was in one
place and at our fingertips?
Northeastern University is launching a mobile application
in the fall for its incoming class of 2021, as noted at a recent
accepted students day event. It seems that they are aware of
how much use smartphones receive from students and are
implementing ways to enhance the overall productivity of
them.
In most cases, students have to search for various aspects
of college information and are directed to a multitude of
different sites. But what if it was all in one place?
That seems to be the thought process of the creators of
the mobile application for Northeastern. This university and
others want to make life for their students easier and to have
them be more involved and aware.
Other universities within the greater Boston area have
created mobile apps for their students such as Boston College,
Emerson College, Simmons College and UMASS Boston. Not
every application is the same, but the same idea is behind the
invention of these apps: to increase the productivity of the
universities’ students.
Suffolk should think about creating a similar database
application for its students because as of right now, it is easy
to confuse the many sites that are among different platforms.
If all this information was in once place, it could benefit not
only the students but the university as a whole, with less
confusion from the people searching for information.
There could even be two versions of the mobile app: one
for students and one for faculty and staff. Students are not
the only ones who have various sites to travel to and work
to do.
Instead of becoming lost among the web, students and
faculty could easily navigate an app connected to their phone,
or even their computer, that obtained all the information
they would need from the university.
The app would include a conglomerate of information;
from loans, to registering for classes, to even finding a club a
student is interested in. The app for faculty could incorporate
the system used for entering grades and many other structural
“Overall, the app could create an easier
environment for professors and students
to be more effective and rewarding.”
sites that faculty use on a daily basis.
Faculty and staff would benefit from a mobile application
because they are just as busy as students at a university. The
app could influence the way professors reach their students
and make it easier for professors to send out notifications
and updates. Overall, the app could create an easier
environment for professors and students to be more effective
and rewarding.
If Suffolk wants to stay modernized and up to date, the
idea for a mobile application incorporating diverse systems
that students and faculty routinely use is a grand invention
that could influence change at Suffolk. Let’s enhance our
innovation and move forward.
Connect with Patrick by emailing
pholmes2@suffolk.edu
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10 APRIL 12, 2017
Editor’s Word
Maintenance struggles to keep up
Kyle Crozier
Journal Staff
The Suffolk Journal’s
primary goal is to be a reliable
disseminator of information
here on Beacon Hill. We
consider it to be of the utmost
importance to keep the Suffolk
community informed on what
is happening at the university.
Problems don’t get solved if they
are never brought to light. This
is why an open dialogue with
students and faculty on campus
is key to our reporting.
A news organization is
only as good as the contacts
and sources that it works with.
Therefore, we would like to take
this opportunity to stress the
gratitude that we feel towards
everyone that cooperates with
us in our weekly publishing.
We’d like to thank the students,
professors and faculty that have
gone out of their way to give us
information that only they have.
Every member of the Suffolk
community is invaluable.
Everyone here has the ability
to promote transparency
and accountability through
the unique knowledge and
experiences that are gathered
everyday on and off campus.
We strive to be as approachable
as possible and will continue
to make it easier to confide in
us, but without a supportive
community what we do wouldn’t
be possible. Suffolk University
has proven to be resilient in the
face of difficulty, and passionate
in times of despair. As the
university moves forward, we
must continue to coexist in
order for prosperity to continue.
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Many students living
on campus come to a
university with the idea
of creating roots and
developing a home away
from home. While dorm
living for many is an
opportunity to experience
a type of independence
most
people
have
dreamed of for years,
in order to develop that
personal connection with
new college life there has
to be someone laying the
infrastructure to build
that home environment.
After two years at
Suffolk, my life in the
residence halls has been
plagued by numerous
and serious maintenance
issues, problems that
have not only lowered my
quality of life here at the
university, but have also
caused me to question
how much Suffolk intends
to help me create the
feeling of security a home
should bring.
T h r o u g h o u t
my
freshman
and
sophomore
years
in
my residence halls, my
room temperatures have
fluctuated wildly. There
have been instances in
the winter of temperature
dropping to 45 degrees
Fahrenheit, and then spike
to 80 degrees Fahrenheit;
because of this, I have
questioned whether or
not Suffolk plans to take
accountability for my
grievances. Inside of my
suite, window screens are
“
My grievances
progress
down into the
basement, where
doing laundry
means wearing
whatever shoes
I have that are
most waterproof,
as I know I have
to prepare for
a thick pool of
soapy water from
the most recent
flooded washing
machine.
missing, sink drains have
been stuck and ethernet
ports remain unusable.
Exiting my door and
heading further down the
hall in the building forces
me to struggle with
our elevator systems,
which not only have
broken down, but have
been at the subject of
controversy,
regarding
overdue
inspections.
Do I instead take the
stairs?
Unfortunately,
an emergency door, that
would cause much more
trouble than it is worth,
to use blocks off the
stairwell to the first floor.
There
are
many
elevators in my building,
but the inconvenience
develops when I stand
waiting,
for
several
frustrating
minutes,
before I decide to try
another exit. The first
warning from Suffolk
often comes at the end of
the week from Residence
Life and Housing in the
form of an email, alerting
that the elevators should
be up and running in two
or three days.
My
grievances
progress down into the
basement, where doing
laundry means wearing
whatever shoes I have
that are most waterproof,
as I know I have to
prepare for a thick pool
of soapy water from
the most recent flooded
washing machine. I have
to bring extra quarters so
that I will not run the risk
of having the machines
eat so much of my money
that I have no hope of
completing a full drying
cycle.
An alternative could
be to load money onto my
RAM Card for electronic
payment, but any money
on the card I don’t use
will disappear at the end
of the year.
Although I have not
yet had issues eventually
finding
a
working
machine, nearly every
time I bring my clothing
down, I find myself
having to try loading my
clothing into multiple
machines before finding
one that works.
Suffolk could easily
improve the quality of
the laundry experience
by estimating the cost
of one student to clean
their clothing over the
semester, and tack that
amount onto the housing
bills. This would greatly
benefit
the
student,
assuming I am not the
only one that has trouble
collecting and using my
quarters in those hungry
machines.
Attempts
to
prevent
damaged
machines could be as
minor as improvements
in education on what size
loads work best in the
machines, which settings
work well for types of
clothing, etc. If students
did not have to pay on the
spot for their washes, they
would be less inclined to
overload machines, one
of the most common ways
to start a flood.
Depending
on
the
urgency of the problems,
I will have to wait several
days, possibly weeks, to
hear back from anyone
able to help. Perhaps
they are preparing me for
when I will be responsible
for the full maintenance
of my own home, but
my preference would be
to focus on the lessons
given by my professors.
From issues with the
heating
and
cooling
systems, to problems with
broken furniture, holes in
the wall, laundry room
flooding and now with
water leaking through
one of my hallway outlets,
I wonder if my parents
would
regret
coming
up with the $12,000 for
housing
under
these
circumstances.
Connect with Kyle
by emailing
kcrozier@suffolk.edu
Rebuilding our Military with Trump
Letter to the Editor
As a Navy veteran and
a strong supporter of
our military, I commend
President
Trump
for
initiating
a
program
to rebuild our military
with a defense budget
increase of $54 billion.
However, it should be
decreased by $1.3 billion
and that amount added to
the Coast Guard budget
within the Department of
Homeland Security so it is
not cut by $1.3 billion.
Our
military
has
dramatically shrunk and
been neglected in recent
times.
Although
we
have
increased the capabilities
of our military through
technological advances,
we have downsized our
forces and we have not
adequately replaced worn
out equipment.
Due
to
the
cuts
imposed by the 2014
Sequestration Act, our
Army has significantly
decreased from a high
of 570,000 soldiers after
Sept. 11, and it is heading
down to 450,000. The
Marines are going from
184,000 to 175,000 and
the National Guard and
Reserves will lose tens of
thousands.
The Air Force will
have 700 fewer aircraft,
and the Navy remains at
286 ships. My Navy has
11 carrier battle groups
but at any one time a
number of them are not
available due to overhaul
and
maintenance
requirements, in port rest
and relaxation, and ships
in transit. It should have
12 carrier battle groups to
fulfill its global missions
in a dangerous world.
George Will, in an article
on Oct. 1, 2015 stated,
“the sun never sets” on
our Navy.
Potential adversaries
continue to build up
their military forces. Iran
has a large army and
continues with its missile
development
program.
North Korea continues to
test long-range missiles
and
develop
nuclear
armaments.
The two significant
potential
adversaries
are China and Russia.
China has a huge army,
is currently adding to it’s
air force and is building
up its navy, including
aircraft
carriers
and
submarines. China lays
claim to the South China
Sea and has established
island bases in the region,
which the U.S. Navy will
have to contest. Russia
is rebuilding its navy
and maintains a large
army and air force as it
continues to threaten
Europe.
Trump
should
continue to rebuild our
military so we can meet
the military challenges
in the world, preserve
our national security and
keep the peace.
P.S.
President
Trump, please stop your
unpresidential
tweets
and concentrate on the
important matters, which
impact
our
national
security and our economy.
Donald Moskowitz
Londonderry, NH
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Boston ready for playoffs
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Bruins return to playoffs, set to face Ottawa Senators in first round
By Twitter user @NHLBruins
Bruins forward Dominic Moore and
defenseman Kevan Miller fist bump
to cap off a celebratory win.
Skylar To
Sports Editor
After
a
two-year
postseason
absence,
the Boston Bruins are
officially back in the
Stanley Cup Playoffs this
year.
The Bruins will open
the postseason with the
first two of a potential
seven-game series on the
road to face the Ottawa
Senators at the Canadian
Tire Centre on Wednesday
with the puck set to drop
at 7:00 p.m.
The Bruins had a
taste of playoffs in their
last two home games
of the season against
the
Ottawa
Senators
last Thursday and the
Washington Capitals last
Saturday. In both games,
the Bruins lost to two
possible matchups they
were predicted to face
in the playoffs last week.
During the season, both
the Senators and Capitals
each defeated the Bruins
for a several game series
sweep. With help from
the
Columbus
Blue
Jackets in their 3-2 win
over the Toronto Maple
Leafs on Sunday night
to finalize the National
Hockey League (NHL)
playoff
schedule,
the
Bruins now face the lesser
of the two “evil” teams
as the Capitals finished
another season as the
league’s best team with a
55-19-8 record.
For the past two
seasons, it took the
Bruins 82 games and
a leap of playoff hope
from the hockey gods to
qualify for the playoffs.
The Bruins missed the
playoffs by two points in
2015 and by one point
in 2014, which ended a
seven-year
consecutive
playoff appearance since
the 2007-08 season under
former
10-year
Head
Coach Claude Julien.
It looked to be another
short year
when the
Bruins
dropped
five
consecutive
games
toward the end of March
with very few games
remaining.
But, the Bruins did it-and it only took them 80
games this year to clinch
a playoff berth after last
Tuesday’s 4-0 shut-out
win over the Tampa Bay
Lightning at TD Garden.
On the game win
and the Bruins return to
the playoffs, goaltender
Tuukka
Rask,
who
collected his 28th shutout of the season with last
Tuesday’s game win, said
in a post-game interview
to reporters that: “I think
the city deserves it. The
organization
deserves
it and we feel like we
deserve it, too.”
Forward
Patrice
Bergeron
thinks
the
Bruins have taken the
playoffs for granted in
years past.
“[The
playoffs]
seems like it’s definitely
something
that
you
have to appreciate,” said
Bergeron in a post-game
interview to reporters.
“It’s been two years. It’s
been a long time coming
for us. There are a lot of
guys in this room that
haven’t had a taste of it
yet.”
To win the series best
to advance to the next
round, the Bruins need
to score that extra goal
to lead early and build off
of that momentum. On
average, the Bruins score
2.83 goals per game and
they have a 34-0-2 record
after leading two periods
heading into the third.
The
Bruins
have
forward Brad Marchand’s
offense to look forward
to after he faced a twogame
suspension
for
spearing
Lightning
defenseman Jake Dotchin
last
Tuesday
night.
However, the Bruins can
anticipate a fight from
Senators goaltender Craig
Anderson as he has a 2.35
goals-against average in
the playoffs, again, the
Bruins need to produce.
Marchand,
who
finished a career high
of 39 goals this season,
acknowledges that the
Senators are a “very
tough” and “great” team
and looks past the team’s
0-3-1 series record against
Ottawa to start fresh in
the playoffs.
On the series faceoff, Marchand said to
reporters that: “We’re
all in the same exact
position. We’re all zerozero, no wins, no losses,
and we’re fighting for our
lives.”
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by emailing
sto2@suffolk.edu
C elti c s clo s e out se a son on top, shoots f o r p o st - seaso n r u n
Joe Rice
Journal Contributor
As of April 11, the
Boston
Celtics
own
the best record in the
Eastern Conference of
the National Basketball
Association (NBA). As of
Tuesday night, the Celtics
have a game in lead for
the East, however they are
only barely in front of the
recent NBA Champions,
the Cleveland Cavaliers.
To take the Eastern
Conference title in the
regular season, all the
Celtics have to do is win
their last game against
the Milwaukee Bucks. If
the Celtics lose and the
Cavs win their final game,
the Celtics fall to second
in the East.
When asked about the
current situation, Head
Coach Brad Stevens told
Celtics media that, “The
focus for us has to be the
things we can control.”
Last year, the Celtics
rode into the playoffs
as a fifth seed, drawing
the Atlanta Hawks, who
promptly beat them in
a hard-fought six game
series. This year, the
Celtics look to build upon
this and win a round, or
potentially two, in the
playoffs.
The Celtics are in a
good position to do this,
as they will play a bottom
seeded team. If they finish
second in the East, the
most likely scenario for
the green, they will draw
the seventh seed. In this
case, it will most likely
be the Indiana Pacers
led by small forward and
star player Paul George.
If the Celtics manage to
leap the Cavs, they will
host the eighth seed and
final playoff position.
The eighth seed is up for
grabs, as the Miami Heat
and Chicago Bulls seem to
be battling for that spot
up until the final game.
Either scenario for the
Celtics would be favorable
to win a round. They will
host the first two games
at the TD Garden as well
as games five and seven, if
necessary. This bodes well
for the Celtics, as they
have a 28-11 record at
home. In addition to this,
the Celtics overall talent
with
rising
superstar
point
guard
Isaiah
Thomas, as well as pieces
around him like power
forward Al Horford, small
forward Jae Crowder, and
shooting guard Avery
Bradley vastly outweighs
the talent of the Heat,
Indiana Pacers, and the
Bulls.
Some
people
may
argue that the Celtics
should shoot for the stars
this post-season, however
the goal for them should
be to win a round or two.
Stevens may agree with
this statement as well.
The coach was quoted
from the Boston Herald
saying that the Celtics
are, “Not as good as our
record,” also noting that
the Celtics are, “A long
way to be what I think is
competitive at a necessary
level to be really good
when it's all on the line.”
The
Celtics
recently
showed that statement
is indeed true when they
had a chance to beat
Cleveland to take the top
spot in the East and failed
miserably, losing by 23 at
home.
With that being said,
this post-season will not be
a total failure regardless
By Twitter user @celtics
of the outcome. Young
players such as rookie and
emerging talent Jaylen
Brown will learn about
what it takes to win highstake games. In addition
to this, Thomas will learn
more about how to win
in the playoffs, which
is something he has yet
to do. As much of a star
as Thomas is, playoff
experience is something
he lacks. A playoff run
where the Celtics could
steal a couple rounds
may provide him with the
experience every player
needs to win.
One thing working
for the Celtics is that the
pressure is off of them and
on Cleveland more than
ever. Coming off a big
win on the road against
the Celtics, the Cavs yet
again proved that they are
still atop the mountain in
the Eastern Conference.
Now that everyone knows
this again, people are
expecting the Cavs will
take the East. The Celtics
have no pressure from
national media to make an
impact in this postseason,
so if they go out and play
loose, it could result in a
postseason surprise.
The NBA playoffs will
begin on April 15 for
the best basketball team
Boston has seen in terms
of overall record since
Shaquille O’Neal wore
green.
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jrice4@suffolk.edu
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@RedSox
Opening up the homestand with
#WINDANCEREPEAT!
FINAL: #RedSox 8, Orioles 1
SPORTS
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BASE | Baseball locks up its seventh
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Suffolk chases talent, seeks program depth
(Left) Head softball coach congratulates
student-athlete.
(Above) Head baseball coach discuss game
plan with a player.
Courtesy of Suffolk Athletics
coaches, the studentathletes are not entitled
to a scholarship. The
student-athletes at Suffolk
have to go through the
Since last fall, Suffolk same
admission
and
University has been the financial
aid
process
home to 204 studentathletes, which makes
up about two and a half
percent of the student
population. Out of that
small percentage, which
[Head
will see an increase with
the new varsity sport
Baseball
additions of track and
field and women’s ice
Coach
hockey, a majority of the
athletes at the university
Anthony Del
have been recruited by
head coaches.
Prete] does
“I chose Suffolk for
the location, education
a good job
and the ability to play
competitive Division-III
at finding
baseball,” said outfielder
Luke
Ronchi
in
an
recruits
interview with The Suffolk
Journal
on
Monday.
that have
“When making a college
decision, finances were
the same
always a consideration,
but weighing in all the
intensity and
opportunities
provided
by being in the heart of
work ethic as
Boston, I couldn’t think
of a better place.”
the rest of the
For
the
2016-17
season,
the
Suffolk
team.”
Athletics
Department,
a National Collegiate
Athletic
Association
(NCAA)
Division-III
- Senior
school, had 91 “deposits,”
adding members to each
roster of the 19 varsity
outfielder
level teams that the
university currently has.
Luke Ronchi
The deposits were a
group of individuals that
were recruited by the
various coaching staffs that every other student
at Suffolk, because they does, explained Associate
were interested in having Director of Athletics and
those student-athletes as Head
Softball
Coach
a member on their roster. Jaclyn Davis in a recent
Although the athletes interview
with
The
were
recruited
by Journal.
Brooke Patterson
Asst. Sports Editor
“
“You try to find as
many [individuals] as you
can that will be successful
here in terms of a student
and an athlete,” said the
fifth-year head coach.
“When I got [to Suffolk]
the roster was really
small so it was about
recruiting as many [girls]
as we could, but we are at
a point where we have so
much talent that we can
be more picky in terms of,
I don’t really need X, but I
need more of Y.”
For Davis and Head
Baseball Coach Anthony
Del Prete, a large portion
of their recruiting process
occurs throughout the
summer. The coaches
attend tournaments and
showcases in order to
spot the talent they are
interested in adding to
their roster.
Depite
most
of
the
recruiting
being
conducted
over
the
summer, Davis said she
attends recruiting events
year round.
Del Prete said that he
starts contacting players
following their junior year
of high school. He travels
throughout New England,
upstate New York and
New Jersey in order to
find team players.
The recruiting process
for the baseball team
usually begins with a
group of 400 to 450
prospective recruits and
eventually those numbers
dwindle down to about 150
interested recruits. The
pool of players becomes
smaller depending on
academic
interests,
location of the university
and
commitments to
other schools, explained
Associate
Director
of
Athletics Del Prete in a
recent interview with The
Journal.
Aside
from
going
to
tournaments
and
watching
talent
on
the field, the softball
and baseball coaching
staff reach out to their
recruits and have them
explore
Suffolk’s
city
campus in order to help
them
envision
their
future academic careers.
Both coaches said they
encourage their recruits
to do an overnight stay
with current members
of the team in order to
observe a day in the life of
a Suffolk student-athlete.
Senior Ronchi was
recruited by Del Prete
during the summer before
his senior of high school
in Worcester, Mass.
The marketing major
received an email from
Del Prete that expressed
his interest in Ronchi,
but before that, the
senior had never heard of
Suffolk before.
Del
Prete
kept
in contact with him
throughout his decision
process, which allowed
Ronchi to feel like the
university was the right
place for him.
“Coach Del Prete does
not want anything but
the best for Suffolk and
he wears it everyday with
him,” said Ronchi. “He
does a good job at finding
recruits that have the
same intensity and work
ethic as the rest of the
team.”
A majority of athletes
are recruited to Suffolk
varsity teams. Davis said
that from her 19-member
roster, 17 of her girls
were recruited, the other
two walked onto the
team. Whereas Del Prete
explained
that
every
member on his roster had
been recruited or in prior
communication with the
coaching
staff
before
attending Suffolk.
Although each coach
has to follow specific
NCAA
Division-III
recruiting rules, they all
have their respective ways
of seeking talent and the
appropriate academic fit
for their team.
“Every coach has their
own way of doing things,”
said Davis. “Everybody
recruits and everybody’s
needs are different.”
First-year women’s golf
Head Coach Jay Parker
used online services such
as BeRecruited and Front
Rush in order to recruit
his girls and currently has
675 girls in his database.
With only two girls
returning to his team in the
fall, Parker currently has
four recruits committed
from New Jersey, New
Hampshire, Chicago, IL
and Massachusetts. He
also has two potential
recruits from Miami, FL
and California.
The
women’s
golf
program was established
in July 2016 and the
team's first season was in
the fall. The first season
was intended to carry
over into the spring, but
the season was canceled
due to weather. Parker, a
previous Suffolk baseball
assistant coach, saw the
season cancellation as a
blessing in disguise for
his team because it gave
him the opportunity to go
out and recruit more girls
for his team.
“As I look at it in a
maturity level, I’m still
at [the] baby level as
far as coaching goes,”
said Parker in a recent
interview
with
The
Journal. “Luckily, the
recruiting process has
been
good
because
women want to part of
history being the first
recruiting class ever.”
Varsity
coaches
at
Suffolk are constantly
striving to obtain talent
for their teams in order
to acquire the strongest
roster for their season.
“You’re always striving
to find someone that is
as good as or better than
what you’ve had before,”
said Davis.
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by emailing
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Editor-in-Chief
More than 30 years
ago,
Ralph
Indrisano
moved into his brickstoneRevolutionary
era
apartment, which stood,
overshadowed by Suffolk
University’s
properties
known as the C. Walsh
Theatre,
the
Archer
and Donahue buildings.
Students would travel up
and down both Temple
Street and Ridgeway Lane,
a small alley just between
Temple
and
Hancock
Street, where they would
get to and from the State
House and Cambridge
Street. The university
was respectful, Indrisano
said, and it was a “good
feeling” to have Suffolk
just across the street.
For years, Suffolk had
helped the residents of
Temple Street to conduct
neighborhood “cleanups,”
the university donated
funds to purchase Temple
Park and even went as
far as maintaining the
landscape of the rest of
the street until leaving
Beacon Hill last May.
“Suffolk was always
kind to me and the
rest
of
the
Beacon
See TEMPLE page 4
Suffolk mourns loss of
life cut short, again
Haley Clegg
Photo Editor
Life,
more
often
than not, does not go as
planned, no matter how
prepared we think we may
be for the unexpected
challenges that lay in our
paths. Some challenges
are more trying on our
hearts than others, but it
is in the way we respond
to them that really
shows us who we are as
individuals.
In February of 2009,
Initta Andrews began her
career with Sodexo at
Suffolk University. Fellow
coworker
Alejandrina
Lopez,
who
Andrews
affectionately nicknamed
Alex, had planned a trip
for the two women to
travel to New York City
together this June. As life
April 12, 2017
Suffolk University’s tuition continues to rise for the next fiscal year,
however, the university remains “more affordable” than many other
institutions across the Greater Boston area.
$37,128
Tuition cost
for 2018 fiscal
year.
Haley Clegg/ Photo Editor
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Temple Street
speaks out
Some residents say they did not
want Suffolk to leave historic hill
$35,440
Tuition cost
for 2017 fiscal
year.
$33,800
Tuition cost
for 2016 fiscal
year.
$32,530
Tuition cost
for 2015 fiscal
year.
SUFFOLK’S TUITION
HIKE CONTINUES
UP THE HILL OF
HIGHER EDUCATION
S
By Chris DeGusto, News Editor
“
ince the 2011 fiscal year, Suffolk
University has increased the cost of
undergraduate student tuition by $5,274.
Students scheduled to attend Suffolk in the fall
of 2017 will be charged $35,440, an increase of
4.85 percent from this current fiscal year.
This increase of
$1,640 will be be the
largest incremental
increase since the
2012 fiscal year of
4.8 percent. Suffolk
has been, and over
the next two fiscal
years will be, one of
the least expensive
private institutions in
the Boston area.
“As we look at these
tuition increases,
we look to balance
those things we
want to bring to
the enhancement
of the students,”
said Suffolk’s Senior
Vice President for
Enrollment Michael
Crowley in an
interview Tuesday
night with The
Suffolk Journal.
The dollars
we spend
on a great
education
at Suffolk
can be
visibly
seen day
in and day
out.
-SGA
Senator
Jonathan
McTague
See TUITION page 2
$31,592
By Facebook user Ambur James
Initta Andrews
would have it, Andrews
passed away unexpectedly
on Sunday, April 9th
before their trip.
Even
with
the
difficulty
in
speaking
about Andrews, Lopez
was determined to pass
on the positive memories
she shared with her
friend, despite having
only worked together for
one short year.
“We became so close
See ANDREWS page 3
Tuition cost
for 2014 fiscal
year.
$30,672
Tuition cost
for 2013 fiscal
year.
Haley Clegg/ Photo Editor
Protestors outside the Park Street MBTA station
rally against President Trump’s military strategy in
Syria to “fix” the human rights crisis.
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Students question tuition increase, money allotted for strategic plan
From TUITION page 1
Suffolk’s 4.85 percent
tuition increase for the
upcoming
fiscal
year
is one of the largest
supplementations
of
Boston-area universities;
Boston College, Boston
University,
Brandeis
University
and
Tufts
University
all
have
planned to raise their
tuitions at a rate below
four percent, according
to The Boston Globe.
A neighbor to Suffolk,
Emerson College, has
planned to raise their
undergraduate
tuition
cost from $42,144 to
$44,032, which is a
4.47 percent increase,
according
to
the
university’s website.
Senior Vice President
for
Finance
and
Administration
and
Treasurer Laura Sander
explained in an interview
with The Journal that
revenue gained from the
increase in tuition will be
put toward the extension
of
the
university’s
strategic plan, by funding
projects and areas such as
full-time faculty and staff
resources, the Center of
Community Engagement
and the collegiate athletic
departments.
A team of senior
leadership
within
Suffolk’s administration,
the finance committee,
as well as the Board of
Trustees, have worked
and deliberated to ensure
that the dollar figures
going forward lineup
with both the strategic
plan and the university’s
budget explained Sander.
According to Crowley,
the allocation of revenue
is based upon what the
university needs.
Both Crowley and a
university spokesperson
echoed that although
the best interest of the
students are in mind
when tuition prices are
discussed,
attending
Suffolk is a significant
“investment for students
and their families.”
Some students in the
Suffolk community are
not entirely satisfied with
the rising price of tuition
and
although
beleive
there is a rationale, in
the future would like for
funding to be drawn from
other sources rather than
increasing tuition costs.
“The
thing
about
a tuition increase is
that it absolutely does
put an extra financial
burden on students, that
I believe are already
burdened by the costs
of Suffolk,” said Student
Government Association
(SGA)
Treasurer-elect
Logan Trupiano in an
interview
with
The
Journal
late
Tuesday
night. “It is my hope that
the administration gives
a detailed explanation of
where this money goes,
and why they’re asking
students for more money.
And for the future, I hope
they can find a different
route for the extra funds,
instead of from the
students.”
One
student,
SGA
Senator
Jonathan
McTague, a government
and economics major,
believes that the tuition
hike is inevitable and is
happy with the results
that have been welcomed
onto campus. McTague
said in an interview with
The Journal late Tuesday
night
he
personally
believes an increase of
student aid should be
implemented to combat
the rising tuition cost not
only at Suffolk, but across
the country. He said the
“It is my hope that the administration gives
a detailed explanation of where this money
goes, and why they’re asking students for
more money.”
-Student Government Association
Treasurer-elect Logan Trupiano
benefits
from
having
paid
Suffolk’s
tuition
price have shown in the
form of the 20 Somerset
building and renovations
in both 73 Tremont and
the Sawyer building.
“Although
students
and families never like to
see an increase in tuition
at anytime through their
educational careers, it is
inevitable,” said McTague.
“For that reason I’m happy
to actually see results
with
new
buildings,
facilities,
technologies
and programs as our
tuition continues to rise.
The dollars we spend on a
great education at Suffolk
can be visibly seen day in
and day out.”
One
factor
that
Suffolk allots a portion
of its revenue to is
the marketing of the
university in order to
Community remembers Suffolk
soul after unexpected loss
From ANDREWS page 1 always helped to get our would make my day go
in such a short time,
it was unbelievable, it
was like little sisters. We
joked around, we’d sing
at the end of the night
as we were closing, we’d
put music on and she’d
be singing, it was just
beautiful. I loved to see
her happy like that, to see
her in wonderland” said
Lopez.
Many of her coworkers
will remember her for
her years of dedication
to her job. “I’ve known
her for about two and a
half years. She was very
devoted to work and
keeping the place clean”
said fellow Sodexo worker
Lars Bower.
Michael Nowak, the
chef manager in the 150
Tremont dining hall will
remember her for her
work ethic. “She was
always informative with
all the students, she
promotions out. She kept
the dining room cleaner
than any other person.
She was always out here
running back and forth,
always very thorough in
everything she did” he
said.
For some, Andrews
was more than just a
coworker. “Initta was
like a daughter, like a
niece, like a best friend”
said
Darrell
Young,
smiling at his memories
with her. “She was such
a high spirited person.
Now I don’t know how
high spirited she was
outside of work, but
when she walked through
those doors, it was just
uplifting.”
Young had nothing
but positive memories
to share about Andrews.
“The days that I’d work
and she’d work, I would
just look forward to
seeing her, because I
knew she was just going
to say something that
better than I planned.
She was a wonderful
person, and she will be
remembered for life. She
touched my heart, I must
say, she was the most
beautiful person.”
Diane
Hairston,
a
fellow
coworker
who
worked side by side with
Andrews for several years
was especially touched
by the shining light that
Andrews was.
“She was like my girl,
all of us, she was our
girl. She always came in
and greeted us with a
smile, no matter how she
felt, she always gave us
a smile. She would help
anybody out who needed
it. I just love her, I miss
her, I’m going to miss
her for a long time” said
Hairston.
Andrews never missed
an opportunity to make
her coworkers smile. “I
miss her hugs. She used
to come right up to us and
hug us” said Hairston.
Amy Shantzis will miss
the sense of community
that Andrews created
among everyone that
worked alongside her.
“Initta was very very
warm, she was super
loving and kind and
welcoming.
She
was
always inviting people
to go out, and kind of
create a really big family
environment within the
building. It doesn’t matter
who you were, she would
greet you as if she knew
you her entire life.”
Despite the passing
of her friend, Lopez has
decided to go ahead with
the trip the pair had
planned. She will travel to
New York City, where she
will bring a photograph
of Andrews with her as a
way to honor her dreams
and to celebrate the life
of her friend.
Connect with Haley
by emailing
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recruit new students.
As part of the extended
university strategic plan
through 2019, Suffolk
has planned to partner
with an international
student recruitment firm- this has not been an
influence in obtaining the
conclusion of next year’s
4.85 percent increase
according to a university
spokesperson. The price
increase has been directed
at fulfilling the projects
Suffolk in in the process
of completing, as well as
the plans that have been
proposed in the strategic
plan.
“We’re
definitely
investing in the Suffolk
Experience
and
the
academic
opportunity,”
said
a
university
spokesperson.
With the tuition set to
increase by 4.76 percent
for the 2018 fiscal year,
some students are more
concerned about their
long-term finances and
overall cost of attending
the university-- regardless
of the beneficial resources
the
university
has
provided.
“[The cost of attending
Suffolk] too high. Even if
you [have] a scholarship
it’s still going to keep you
in debt for a long time,”
said freshman accounting
major Audra Cook. “The
fact that you can rent an
apartment in Boston for
less than it costs to just
stay in a dorm on campus
should show that [Suffolk
is] too expensive.”
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by emailing
cdegusto@suffolk.edu.
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Felicity Otterbein
Arts Editor
Protesters
gathered
around the Park Street
T-stop as overcast skies
loomed over the growing
crowd
late
Friday
afternoon.
Chanting
“no war on Syria,” and
“hands off Syria,” the
crowd of 200 gathered
to voice their criticisms
regarding
the
recent
airstrike authorized by
President Trump against
the Syrian government
and forewarned that the
country could be going to
war.
One of the main
organizers of the protest
was
Massachusetts
Peace
Action
(MAP),
a
60-year-old
group,
the organization is the
largest grassroots peace
organization
in
the
country.
“We’re
upset
that
President
Trump
has
launched
an
armed
attack on Syria, that is
against U.S. law,” said
MAP Executive Director
Cole Harrison in a recent
interview
with
The
Suffolk Journal. “For the
President to start a war
without Congress, it is
also against international
law.”
With the help of six
peace
organizations,
campus
and
socialist
groups, the demonstration
was organized at 1:00
a.m. on Friday morning,
and was then up and
running by Friday evening
according to Harrison.
According to Harrison,
there is no sure way to
know who ordered the
initial chemical attack in
Syria, which supposedly
acted as the catalyst for
the U.S. airstrike. Harrison
said that even though it is
difficult to try and solve
the ongoing issues in
Syria, an airstrike is not
the right way to solve any
problem.
According
to
NBC
News, the U.S. fired 59
Tomahawk cruise missiles
at Syria on Thursday
night in response to what
it believes was a chemical
weapons attack that killed
more than 100 people.
According to White House
Officials,
the
graphic
images arising from the
damage done by the
chemical weapon attack
on Tuesday afternoon
carried significant weight
for
President
Trump,
which lead him him to
pursue possible routes of
action. Syria claimed that
at least six people were
killed after the missiles
landed, but the Pentagon
said that civilians were
not targeted and that
the strike was aimed at
a military airfield in the
city of Homs.
Harrison
claimed
that this airstrike was a
way to distract people
from President Trump’s
domestic problems due to
his unpopularity amongst
American
residents.
Harrison also said that
this action was an attempt
to increase his popularity
and have more civilians
fall in line behind him
and support a potential
war.
“The American people
are not going to be
benefited by this and he
wants 54 billion dollars
increase
in
military
spending, he’s [going to]
take it out of everything
that people depend on.
He’s going to take it out
of housing, education,
environmental protection,
and everything else and
we have to stop these
wars immediately,” said
Harrison.
Martha
Neuman,
junior
Northeastern
student, told The Journal
that she was contacted by
one of her co-organizers
the night of the attack
in Syria and the two
decided to take action.
Working together with
MPA,
Neuman
said
she
appreciated
the
grassroots aspect of the
demonstration.
“We can’t stay silent,
we can’t sit back and let
people continue to be
killed both by (President
Bashar al-) Assad and by
the U.S. government,” she
said.
Harrison said that
he was pleased with
the turnout that was
generated
by
the
organizations
involved
and
estimated
that
there were about 200
participants involved. He
said that he hopes that
these people will go back
to their campuses and
communities to educate
those who are interested
in joining the movement,
as
well
as
visiting
Congress members to
demand further action.
Harrison
told
The
Journal that the next
demonstration he will be
a part of will be a TaxDay march in Cambridge
on April 15 in the hopes
of shedding light on
Trump’s budget and its
potential effects on the
public.
Harrison
also
said that the protest will
be calling attention to
the tax system and will
be calling on Trump to
release his own taxes.
Connect with Felicity
by emailing
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Flood in 10 West leaves some misplaced,
others return back to their original dormitories
Kyle Crozier
Journal Staff
Students have begun
to
move
back
into
their rooms after being
displaced while work to
repair
water-damaged
10 West rooms was
underway.
Now
after
nearly three weeks, the
maintenance process has
come to a close for some,
while
others
remain
separated
from
their
roommates
and
their
belongings.
During construction,
students had been asked
by administration to stay
out of the way, forcing
many of the students to
attempt to work around
the schedules of the
workers in order to enter
their rooms and retrieve
any property they needed.
Residents of room 313
stated that when they
were in their room, they
had positive experiences
with the workers. Gia
Sarkis said that talking
to the workers, “gave us
the updates we weren’t
getting from ResLife.”
Issues did arrive when
Suffolk
administration
heard that students had
returned to their rooms
unattended, leading to
Jessica Wheeler, Suffolk’s
Residence Director, to
email a group of students
to inform them of her
concern. Wheeler wrote
to the students, “We
want to get you back into
your room as quickly as
possible and that requires
some compliance on your
end.”
In an interview with
The Journal, sophomore
Jillian Hanson said that
she and her roommates
had done their best to
stay out of the way of any
work being done, but that,
“we needed to get our
books, I don’t know how
they were expecting us
to be productive without
our class material.”
The
process
of
relocation
proved
to be a stressor for
several students, who
were subject to many
inconsistencies
with
placement
into
their
temporary housing. Some
students were offered
hotel rooms for their
period out of the dorms,
while another had been
asked to sleep in a room
with two other strangers,
exceeding the designed
capacity of the suite.
Michal
Kanra,
a
resident of room 214, was
lucky enough to be asked
to stay coincidentally with
his roommate from the
N
Room 313 in 10 West.
previous year, while 213
resident Sabrina Young
described living in the
four person room they
were assigned as “rough”
but that, “it is doable.”
Those students living
in room 313 returned
Tuesday night, ending the
commute some had to
make from hotels or home
to their classes. Having
seen the condition of the
suite throughout multiple
states of construction,
Hanson was excited to
see what progress had
been made in the past few
days. After moving back
in, she said that the room
“looks amazing,” and that
“everything looks brand
new, even the bathroom
was spotless.”
For some students,
this event is a just blip
on the radar of stories to
tell in years to come, but
for several of the seniors
affected, they will have
spent several of their last
weeks in the rooms of
strangers, asked to make
an appointment in order
to step foot in their own
bedroom.
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Some Beacon Hill residents not confident with new neighbors
From TEMPLE page 1 on
Hill community,” said
Indrisano, a resident who
took various classes and
even used the Mildred
Sawyer Library, in an
interview with a Journal
reporter in November.
The
Dedham,
MA
company JDMD Owner
LLC,
an
affiliate
of
Center Court Properties,
purchased
Suffolk’s
former properties for
$43.5 million in July of
2015. The sale of the
buildings
came
after
the university’s severalyear long battle with
the Beacon Hill Civic
Association who claimed
that residents did not
want college students in
the area- including the
two historic buildings on
Temple Street any longer.
Since the sale, the
purchaser, JDMD, has
faced
a
number
of
issues on their proposed
project
of
renovating
the buildings to create
75
condos
and
60
parking spaces in an
underground
garage.
Temple Street residents
have voiced their concern
and
opposition
over
both the height of the
building being raised for
a penthouse as well as the
possible traffic increase
a
predominantly
pedestrian street.
The existing Donahue
and Archer buildings are
already 16.75 feet higher
than height limit in
Beacon Hill. The project
design’s penthouses have
made many residents
worry about the cast
shadows that are not
currently there.
JDMD,
who
could
not be contacted for
an interview, has been
approved to reconvert
both buildings by the
Beacon Hill Architectural
Commission as of late
February after months
of revising outstanding
issues to the proposal
plans,
but
several
residents of Temple Street
said there have been no
signs of construction, or
even activity.
“The building – the
birthplace
of
Suffolk
University – has been
recognized
by
the
National Park Service
and the Massachusetts
Commission
as
a
significant and important
contributor to the National
Landmark
District,”
said member of the
Boston
Redevelopment
Authority’s
original
Institutional
Advisory
Group (IAG) Rob Whitney
to the Beacon Hill Times
in November on his
frustration with JDMD’s
proposition
to
add
penthouse floors that
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JDMD Owner LLC will be transforming the old Suffolk University properties on
Temple Street into 75 condominiums and a 60-space underground parking garage.
Construction has not began, according to some residents.
would not align with the
Hill’s historic “charm.”
Since late September,
an alarm has sounded
throughout the Donahue
building. Many residents
claimed in interviews
with The Suffolk Journal
that they called the
number listed on sheets
of paper in the windows
of the Donahue building
to reporting the alarms,
but said that no one came
to shut them off.
“It’s
been
really
irritating to have the
alarm constantly going
off,” said Craig Bagley,
who has lived on Temple
Street for just over a year.
“It’s been going off for
months.”
In
the
1970s,
it
was Suffolk that had
aided the Beacon Hill
Civic Association and
the
Northeast
Slope
Neighborhood Association
transform the street from
a neglected concrete slab
into the brick walkway
and minimal automotive
traffic that it has today by
donating funds.
One resident, who
wished
to
remain
anonymous
said
that
“most” of the residents
on Temple Street did not
want the university to
leave.
“I never did mind the
university being there. It
was their right,” said the
woman in an interview
with a Journal reporter
in late February. “They
were part of the historic
neighborhood too. It was
a shame when they left.
We all thought so.”
The woman said that
she had lived on Temple
Street for a number of
years but then moved
onto Hancock Street. She
said that the university
would
have
“never”
created the traffic that
the proposed 60-space
parking garage will and
the traffic that the condos
will create.
“We have lost that
battle,” she said. “It’s not
even the construction
that we are concerned
with, it’s what comes next
with the influx of traffic.”
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Students send aid home Trump’s missile strike on
Commentary:
Syria was all for show
Jake Geanous
World News Editor
Courtesy of Pasquale Palmisano
VSU members work to donate medical supplies to Venezuela.
Amy Koczera
Journal Staff
Hard-working Suffolk
students are known for
their strong will and
determination to provide
service to those in need
whenever
injustice
occurs. Since December
2016, the Venezuelan
Student Union (VSU) has
been working to provide
humanitarian
aid
to
Venezuela -- a country
experiencing
serious
crisis -- through collecting
medical supplies to ship
to Venezuela from now
until May 15.
V e n e z u e l a ’ s
Authoritarian President
Nicolás Maduro declared
a military dictatorship in
October 2016.
Currently,
innocent
Venezuelan
citizens
face aggressive police
brutality everyday. There
are regular protests in
the country that are often
violently shut down by
the military.
As this oppression
worsens,
more
and
more civilians endure
abuse, fatal illness, and
homelessness. The people
of Venezuela have little
money and limited food.
Overall, the country is
currently in a dark and
hostile place.
VSU
President
Pasquale Palmisano, an
international student from
Venezuela, has attended
Suffolk since Spring 2015.
As a citizen of Venezuela,
Palmisano
expressed
how catastrophic and
unfortunate the situation
is.
“Venezuela is one of
the largest oil resources
in the world,” he said.
Seeing as the country is
now in such a disastrous
state, that resource is
essentially useless.
“We have the ability
to
help
Venezuela,”
said
Palmisano.
“The
purpose of doing this is
to implement a system
where we can help
Venezuela from abroad.”
VSU is determined
to provide aid to those
that are helpless and
suffering. They are asking
people to donate basic
medical supplies without
prescriptions.
“We
started
this
campaign
to
have
medical supplies sent
to
Venezuela,”
said
Palmisano. Supplies that
can be donated include
Tylenol,
Ibuprofen,
Aspirin,
Multivitamins
and Omega supplements
along with other nonprescription
medicinal
supplies.
On
May
15,
all
supplies will be sent to
the Ayuda Humanitaria
para Venezuela to be
distributed to more than
85
locations
seeking
refuge in Venezuela.
Since VSU is still a
relatively new group here
at Suffolk, their primary
goal for this year is to
provide aid for Venezuela.
In years to come, the
club hopes to enhance
the work they do now
by holding more events,
collaborating with other
groups, and increasing
the size of their club.
“I think what the
VSU is doing is a
commendable
effort,”
said SGA President-Elect
Daniel Gazzani. As a
native Venezuelan citizen,
Gazzani feels a deep
connection to Venezuela.
“My entire family still
lives there,” said Gazzani.
“Having my family there
is something that is
concerning, I check in
with them everyday.”
People in Venezuela
struggle
everyday.
“Knowing
that
VSU
is doing their best to
help those struggling is
amazing,” said Gazzani.
“I applaud them for their
efforts.”
Besides sending aid
to those suffering in
Venezuela, VSU discusses
and promotes Venezuelan
culture through holding
cultural events.
“We
want
people
to enjoy, learn, and be
aware of what’s going
on in Venezuela,” said
Palmisano.
VSU is holding an
event this Thursday, April
13 in Somerset B18 from
6:00 to 8:00 p.m., where
Harvard professor Ricardo
Hausmann will be giving
a talk on Venezuelan
Economics.
The club started with
about 35 members this
year but hope to increase
the size of their group
dramatically within the
next year.
“We’d like to have
as many members as
possible so that we can
help Venezuela as much as
possible,” said Palmisano.
Not only does VSU
wish
to
help
those
suffering in Venezuela,
but they also want to
make their club a place
where they can explain
all aspects of Venezuelan
culture. VSU members
embrace the beauty of the
country’s culture while
analyzing the politics and
government structure in
Venezuela.
Donation boxes are
located on the ninth
floor of 73 Tremont in
the International Student
Services Office and on the
third floor of Sawyer in
the Student Leadership
and Involvement Office.
To see more examples
of what can and cannot
be
donated,
contact
them through Facebook
at Suffolk Venezuelan
Student Union or email
them
at
VSUsuffolk@
gmail.com.
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This week, America
witnessed a new President
Trump;
a
president
of swift action in the
face of an international
atrocity.
In
one
of
Trump’s most supported
decisions thus far, the
United States lobbed 59
tomahawk missiles at
Syria’s Al Shayrat Airfield
in response to Syrian
President
Bashar
alAssad’s chemical attack
on his own people last
week. Although it was a
powerful display by the
world’s most well-funded
military, that is all it was:
a display, courtesy of
Trump.
As the current situation
stands, last week’s missile
attack by Trump can be
seen as nothing more
than a publicity stunt.
Until he elaborates on
his military involvement
in Syria, his actions
can’t be considered to
be anything more than
a reactionary, shallow
attempt at a quick win. In
a way, Trump’s move can
be compared to a boxer
who attempts to remedy a
losing streak with an easy
opponent. Only in this
case, the opponent that
he set his sights on isn’t
going away after a brief
demonstration of power.
Trump’s
first
major
military
action
as
president
was
a
superficial,
self-serving
maneuver. It targeted
an enemy that the world
was rightfully outraged
at. Dozens were killed by
Assad’s sarin gas. It was
a no-brainer for a newly
elected Trump whose
approval ratings have
been less than stellar. It
was his time to shine, but
he chose to do so with an
action that looked and felt
impressive without any
real geopolitical effect.
The results of the missile
strike benefitted Trump,
and Trump alone. He got
a chance to act like a real
president on national
news, while Syria will no
doubt remain a war-zone.
Nevertheless,
the
reality-show president’s
plan produced positive
results. According to a
recent ABC/Washington
Post poll, the majority
of Americans supported
Trump’s missile strike.
This is not a surprising
reaction to the attack.
Assad broke war-etiquette
by employing chemical
weapons on his own
people. A response was
warranted, and even a
broken clock is right
twice a day.
As
video
emerged
of the missiles headed
for the Syrian airfield,
sweet revenge was in the
air and Americans that
watched the broadcast
got the intoxicating hit
of patriotic dopamine
that the country was
desperately jonesing for.
The problem is, Assad’s
chemical
attack,
that
59 tomahawk missiles
attempted to address,
was
arguably
caused
indirectly by the Trump
administration. The U.S.
played a major role in
demanding that Assad
give up his chemical
weapons in 2013. Just
days before last week’s
chemical attack, the U.S.
hinted that they were
going to leave Syria’s fate
up to its civilians and let
Assad stay in power; less
than four years after he
killed more than 1,000
with similar chemical
attacks.
The
“longer-term
status
of
President
Assad,” U.S. Secretary of
State Rex Tillerson said,
“will be decided by the
Syrian people.” Later that
week, Assad committed
an atrocity against the
very people who the U.S.
stated would be deciding
his future. To believe
that this announcement
didn’t signal a green light
for Assad would be, put
nicely, naive.
The decision to call
“hands off” on Syria
is defensible, the U.S.
perennially faces heavy
criticism for acting as
the world police, but
the inconsistency that
followed is concerning.
A
president,
of
all
people, is required to
be dispassionate in the
decision making process,
but the foreign policy
that
was
announced
by Tillerson took an
immediate 180 degree
turn after Trump observed
photos of “beautiful little
babies” who died in
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Since February, Suffolk
University’s Model United
Nations (SUMUN) club
has been honing their
skills in preparation of
their competition against
some of their brightest
peers. This week the team
is attending their third
conference of the year,
competing at the National
Model United Nations
Conference in New York
City.
Preparations
began
in February after the
team returned from a
conference at Harvard
University. For many,
the Harvard convention
was a completely new
experience. Yazeed AbuGhazaleh, the soon-to-beinaugurated
presidentelect, was proud of their
performance,
despite
having not competed in
this type of conference in
a number of years.
“I think our team did
very well in adapting
to the new procedures,
considering the Harvard
rules were different from
what we had done in the
past,” said Abu-Ghazaleh.
Courtesy of Yazeed Abu-Ghazaleh
SUMUN poses for a photo in New York.
Senior
government
major Ruslan Gorsky also
attended the Harvard
convention, where Suffolk
University
represented
the Republic of Cuba.
“The
whole
environment was high
paced, and leaves no
room for error, instead
prompting
delegations
to think swiftly on their
feet and make leadership
decisions
whilst
maintaining
diplomatic
ties with all relevant
parties,” he said in a
statement to the Suffolk
Journal. “It was a learning
experience that was at
times fascinating and
exhilarating and at other
times frustrating and
downright exhausting.”
Prior to the New
York
conference,
the
SUMUN team worked on
strengthening
specific
skills that would enable
them to be successful at
these conferences. Such
skills included public
speaking, parliamentary
procedure, and resolution
writing.
“Our goal is and always
has been to be the most
well-rounded candidates
that we can be, by
honoring our delegated
countries
political
position, and whilst still
being persuasive with our
public presence and our
interpersonal skills,” said
Gorsky.
The skills students
acquire
by
being
a
part of SUMUN are
not specific to any one
particular major, and
can be applied to a vast
expanse of professions. “I
think that as a business
student, joining SUMUN
has made me not only
more confident, and more
capable, but frankly a
more competent business
student and hopefully this
will carry-on to make me
a better businessman,”
said
Abu-Ghazaleh
in
an interview with The
Suffolk Journal.
Abu-Ghazaleh has high
hopes for the future of
SUMUN. “Our long-term
goals are focused on
growth, and growth in
every sense of the word.
Growth in the number
of members, growth in
the quality of members,
and the intrinsic growth
within
each
member.
Essentially we hope to
expand
our
network
among other MUN clubs
around
Boston,
and
potentially the rest of
the Northeast,” said AbuGhazaleh in an interview
with The Suffolk Journal.
With students so hardworking and ambitious,
there is no limit to what
SUMUN will be able to
accomplish in the future.
“I learned that there
really is no cap to what
we can achieve,” said
Abu-Ghazaleh,
“Every
limitation we set for
ourselves is nothing more
than a glass ceiling and
every glass ceiling can be
broken.”
Throughout
these
past several decades, the
Yemenite Babies Affair
has been a much-debated
controversy.
During
this
crisis,
Yemenite
children were kidnapped
from their homes from
the late 1940’s up until
the mid-1950’s. Suffolk
University Professor of
Communication
and
Journalism
Shoshana
Madmoni-Gerber
held
a seminar in the Poetry
Center this past week
analyzing the presence
and impact of Israeli
media during this crisis.
Madmoni-Gerber was
born and raised in Israel
to parents of Yemenite
descent. She has worked
as a journalist for several
Israeli
publications
and also as a broadcast
journalist, concentrating
on
investigative
journalism in Israel.
In her book, “Israeli
Media and the Framing
of Internal Conflict,” she
examines
bias
within
Israel and the media at
large through the lens
of the news coverage
of the Yemenite Babies
Affair. The seminar took
audience members inside
her book as she told the
story of the affair and
the role she played in
uncovering the mystery
behind these events.
Madmoni-Gerber was
inspired to investigate the
Yemenite Babies Affair
while working at a small
Israeli newspaper called
“The Hammer.”
During
the
mass
immigration
of
Jews
during the 1940’s and
50’s,
thousands
of
babies disappeared from
immigrant absorption and
transit camps throughout
Israel.
She
recalled
one
memory
from
her
childhood when she saw
an ambulance driver take
her aunt’s daughter. In
several other cases, she
said babies were ripped
out of their mother’s
hands and never returned.
Madmoni-Gerber
showed video clips from
the investigative show
Uvda on Channel Two
where she worked as
a broadcast journalist.
These clips were from
actual Yemenite parents
whose
babies
were
kidnapped; they vividly
showed the horror and
suffering these parents
endured
when
their
children were stolen.
No investigation into
the kidnappings came
until the mid 1960’s.
Madmoni-Gerber said all
Israelis are drafted when
they turn 16. However,
when these kidnapped
children never showed up
for the draft, they came to
the doors of the parents
from which the children
were stolen. From there,
three
commissions
ensued.
While the first two
commissions
revealed
little information about
the affair, the third Kedmi
Commission, lasting from
1995 to 2001, revealed
the most shocking data
because it had the power
to subpoena. The Kedmi
Commission
heard
roughly 1,053 court cases
and revealed that roughly
972 children had died.
The children who were
kidnapped were most
likely sold to affluent
families looking to raise a
child of their own.
Madmoni-Gerber
considered
that
because such shocking
results came from the
investigation, most would
expect the media to
conduct a further, even
deeper investigation of
the events. Unfortunately,
the media’s actions were
quite the contrary.
Because the Yemenite
Babies Affair was not
thoroughly covered by
Israeli
media,
many
students
were
truly
surprised
when
they
listened to MadmoniGerber’s presentation.
Being apart of the
media herself, MadmoniGerber
explained
all
the
censorship
and
obstruction
that
was
such a routine part of
the Israeli media. She
said voluntary censorship
was a huge part of Israeli
media.
“My
main
finding
was that the press was
complicit,”
she
said.
“They were reacting to
what the government
was doing, not creating
their own investigation.”
Israeli
media
went
along with what the
government said rather
than conducting their
own deeper investigation.
“When
you’re
investigating, you need
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to hit non-stop with that
issue,” said MadmoniGerber. She explained
that after a few months of
writing about the affair,
Israeli media eventually
said they saw no need
for further investigation.
But she felt there was so
much more to uncover.
According
to
Madmoni-Gerber,
the
government
equated
racism to rationalize why
the kidnappings were
not
legitimate.
They
emphasized the babies
were
not
necessarily
kidnapped
because
affluent families wouldn’t
want a baby of Yemenite
descent.
Madmoni-Gerber
concluded
the
main
theory, although there
is a significant lack of
information, is that the
government was a part
of
these
kidnappings
and that’s why they tried
to deflect the media
from a more thorough
investigation
because
they did not want to be
caught.
the attack. He smelled
blood in the water and,
similarly to his campaign
strategy, chose to attack.
This type of impulsivity,
which is a trademark
characteristic of Trump,
has faced intense scrutiny
in the past, but now
elicits praise.
This is not a surprise
to anyone who has an
adequate understanding
of American history. This
time, Trump’s erratic
behavior
resulted
in
military action, not a 4
a.m. twitter tirade, and
war is the ultimate unifier.
According to a Gallup
poll, President George
W. Bush’s approval rating
skyrocketted after he
announced the war on
terror following 9/11.
The same can be said
of John F. Kennedy’s
approval rating after the
Cuban missile crisis.
This could be the
beginning of bold military
moves by the newly
elected Trump. Now he
knows what his audience
wants. He claimed that
the photographs of Syrian
children suffocating on
sarin gas led him to strike,
taking advantage of an
emotionally raw America.
How
realistic
is
it to believe that a
heartbroken
Trump
decided that enough was
enough and it was time
to intervene for the sake
of Syria’s innocent? The
same suffering women
and children that swayed
Trump to spend an
estimated $93 million on
a missile strike are the
same women and children
that he’s been tirelessly
trying to keep out of the
United States. Trump’s
decision to intervene in
Syria directly contradicts
the isolationist, Americafirst sentiment that he
has maintained thus far.
This is why it’s imperative
to note the immediate
cause-and-effect of the
missile attack.
For Assad and the
Syrian Government, the
destruction of one of
their airfields is a shallow
warning, but that is all
that it seemed to be. The
Al Shayrat Airfield can,
and most likely will, be
rebuilt. The true test of
Trump’s commitment to
Syria will be on display in
the upcoming months.
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WHO
THEN
AM
I?
Suffolk University Theatre
Department’s “Orlando”
shatters conventional
concepts of gender identity.
Felicity Otterbein / Arts Editor
Freshman theatre major Mickey Rogers transitioning from the male body of “Orlando” to the female body.
hormones of a 16-year-old
Felicity Otterbein
boy affect his imminent
Arts Editor future relationships.
Organized
chaos.
Perhaps
one
of
the
more
ironically
used
oxymorons in the english
language, is widely used
to
describe
cluttered
bedrooms or office desks
for those who thrive off of
instability. From a place
of dismantled common
constructs which may act
as a source of inspiration,
comes an outpouring of
clarity. With this is mind,
Suffolk University Theatre
Department’s “Orlando”
attempts to personify
organized chaos through
a tumultuous glance at a
life through the eyes of
someone who seems to
thrive within the depths
of constant upheaval.
Originally
written
as a novel in 1928 by
British writer Virginia
Woolf, “Orlando” shatters
conventional concepts of
gender identity and has
continued to do so for the
last century. Following
protagonist Orlando and
how gender constructs
can affect the life of
anyone in any given time
period. Starting in the
16th century, the play
shows Orlando as part
of
Queen
Elizabeth’s
court and how the raging
The play itself is
almost entirely delivered
in third-person narrative.
Each character would
quickly announce the
upcoming action that
was about to occur on
stage, similar to that of
an action scene from a
Robert Downey Junior
“Sherlock Holmes” film.
From this ongoing
narration
stemmed
humor and witty asides
from
all
characters,
effectively breaking the
fourth
wall.
Working
with the small stage setup within the Modern
Theatre, the entire cast
of “Orlando” created a
sense of time and space
by simply walking around
the stage to create the
illusion of a larger living
space.
To portray the ebb and
flow of time, characters
would meander through
the posts of a large metal
frame used to represent
the framework of a
house and would cast out
billowing bed sheets to
create a dream-like wave
effect.
In a musical setting,
the chorus of a production
would narrate the ongoing
action. In “Orlando,” the
chorus used spoken word
Felicity Otterbein / Arts Editor
Orlando sitting amongst chrous members acting out the limbs of an oak tree,
the subject of Orlando’s acclaimed poem
and nimbly navigated
the set to assist with the
story telling. Often times
the
chorus
members
would dress in beige, only
adorned with hats and
scarves when it seemed
to fit with the scheme of
the scene.
Freshman
Mickey
Rogers took on the
incredible challenge of
portraying the lead role of
Orlando. Faced with the
task of portraying a male
role, only to transition
into a female role and
maintain
the
same
personality traits halfway
through the performance
without ever fully leaving
the stage, save for an odd
soliloquy from a few cast
members, was a feat all
on its own.
Yet while she did leave
the stage if only for the
briefest
of
moments,
Rogers captivated the
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audience
with
her
innate ability to transcend
not only both sexes, but
time itself. A freshman
theatre major, Rogers
seemed to display talent
far beyond a presumed
beginner-level status.
First playing a male
role, Rogers was able
to deliver a spectacular
performance as 16-year-
the
female
depiction
of Orlando, it seemed
as though she decided
to maintain that same
register. Poking fun at the
lower tones of her voice
only once during her early
moments as a woman on
stage while conversing
with a male counterpart.
She tested the octaves of
her woman vocal chords
as a means of practice by
“Orlando” attempts to personify
organized chaos through a
tumultuous glance at a life
through the eyes of someone who
seems to thrive within the depths
of constant upheaval.
old Orlando in the 16th
century. In a typical
outfit worn by a man of
stature in the English
court, Rogers, complete
with frilled collar, was
incredible
to
watch.
She delivered Orlando’s
lines in what seemed
like a lower register fit
for a male part, but as
she
transitioned
into
carrying herself through
a world in which she had
just become accustomed
to as a young man.
This
feminine
side
resembled
the
performance done by
actress Julia Stiles in “The
Prince and Me.” Rogers
was witty and charming
and exuded confidence
in her role as a woman.
Perhaps this kind of
outlook stemmed from
the overarching concept
of gender fluidity and
over-arching theme of a
personal acceptance of
the different sexes.
Rogers
portrayed
this kind of internalized
organized chaos with
every fibre of her being,
and to that extent was
the perfect fit for such a
complex role. To take on
such a strong part and so
early on in her career is
a feat all on its own, but
to step into the role of
Orlando and to do so with
wild abandon was nothing
short of excellent.
The hour-long play
tackled
complicated
concepts
like
gender
fluidity
and
social
constructs
regarding
sex and relationships,
leaving the audience to
turn inwards to reflect on
morality and the ethics
behind
judging
one’s
character based on their
biological gender.
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Kane Harper as Queen Elizabeth clutches Mickey Rogers as
Orlando during an intimate interaction on stage.
Allston-based Vundabar set to perform at Boston Calling
“Our ambition, however,
considered
a
new
and
order to be able to keep
ourselves immersed in
the projects that we are
working on.”
In German, ‘Vundabar’
translates to ‘wonderful.’
becoming very popular
among
independent
record
labels.
As
Vundabar demonstrates
through their music, it
is a form of sound that
Kendra Huber
has always been pretty upcoming
genre
of
Journal Staff simple and small scale, in Alternative Rock that is
Vundabar,
a
local
indie-rock band, started
out with the intention
of playing their music
for themselves, simply
because they loved it.
Five years later, however,
they are playing shows
where their audiences
can love their music as
much as they do.
The band started out
in high school, as Brandon
Hagen, lead guitarist and
singer, describes in a
recent phone interview
with The Suffolk Journal.
“Drew [McDonald] and
I were neighbors at the
time, and it was just one
of those goofy bands you
make in high school,” he
said.
Soon after Zachary
Abramo joined as their
bassist, the band became
more
serious.
They
recorded
their
debut
album “Antics” in 2013,
and began performing at
house and college shows
around Boston.
Vundabar
started
touring almost right off
the bat. “We just felt that
it would be a good idea
for us to expand beyond
Boston,”
said
Hagen.
“Our ambition, however, has
always been pretty simple and
small scale, in order to be able to
keep ourselves immersed in the
projects that we are working on.”
-Brandon Hagen
Lead guitarist, “Vundabar”
This Spring, they will be
brought to the spotlight
at the Boston Calling,
an
electrifying
threeday music festival that
occurs twice every year,
since 2013. In the past,
hits like Kendrick Lamar,
Jack Johnson, Childish
Gambino
and
The
Shins have performed.
Vundabar hits the stage
on Friday, May 26, along
with Bon Iver, Sylvan
Esso and 2017 Grammy
Best New Artist, Chance
the Rapper.
Indie-rock
is
still
reconstructs
emotions
with a pulsating beat and
passionate lyrics.
Yet, their voice goes
beyond just inspiring their
audiences, they also enact
a high level of pure and
raw fun. This may come
from their sound, or even
their rich sense of humor.
Just from watching their
live performances, their
energy can be felt vibrating
through their words and
instruments.
In
their
YouTube videos, their
humor and rambunctious
nature exude jubilating
By Twitter user @Vundabar_band
happiness, as they are
filled with pranks with
friends, and a good,
classic sound. Watching
them you cannot help
but have a good time,
which is something to
look forward to at their
live show at the Boston
Calling next month.
Their thrilling and
vivacious sound is the
archetype for musical
youth, as they work
toward their overall goal:
“Do the good gig.” They
are currently working
on two albums, which
they hope to release
this coming fall, after
their Summer 2017 tour
around Europe and a few
places in the States.
To find out more about
Boston Calling at http://
www.bostoncalling.com
Follow
Vundabar
on
Facebook or Twitter, or go
to their website, https://
vundabar.bandcamp.com,
to find upcoming tour
dates and venues.
Connect with Kendra
by emailing
khuber@suffolk.edu
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Mobile Application:
Why Suffolk needs to innovate its tech
In a modern society, we are
attached to our cell phones. Some
Opinion Editor of us are more productive on our
smartphones than others, but one
cannot deny that an abundance
of our time is spent on our devices. Between games and
entertainment, to productivity and news, there is a mobile
application for almost everything.
Patrick Holmes
“Not every application is the same, but the
same idea is behind the invention of these
apps: to increase the productivity of the
universities’ students.”
So Suffolk, where is yours?
Technology is an integral part of our lives, especially
the younger generations. College students seem to use
applications and the internet for a multitude of different
areas, so universities should jump at the chance to increase
the productivity of their students.
Suffolk holds numerous platforms for its students to be
active online such as Blackboard, which is used to stay upto-date with classwork. One can get lost between Blackboard,
WorkDay, MySuffolk, SUConnect and many more sites that
Suffolk offers its students to become more organized and are
easily accessible. And just like every university, Suffolk has a
website that can direct any student, or prospective student, to
what they are searching for and where they need to be.
But wouldn’t it be convenient if everything was in one
place and at our fingertips?
Northeastern University is launching a mobile application
in the fall for its incoming class of 2021, as noted at a recent
accepted students day event. It seems that they are aware of
how much use smartphones receive from students and are
implementing ways to enhance the overall productivity of
them.
In most cases, students have to search for various aspects
of college information and are directed to a multitude of
different sites. But what if it was all in one place?
That seems to be the thought process of the creators of
the mobile application for Northeastern. This university and
others want to make life for their students easier and to have
them be more involved and aware.
Other universities within the greater Boston area have
created mobile apps for their students such as Boston College,
Emerson College, Simmons College and UMASS Boston. Not
every application is the same, but the same idea is behind the
invention of these apps: to increase the productivity of the
universities’ students.
Suffolk should think about creating a similar database
application for its students because as of right now, it is easy
to confuse the many sites that are among different platforms.
If all this information was in once place, it could benefit not
only the students but the university as a whole, with less
confusion from the people searching for information.
There could even be two versions of the mobile app: one
for students and one for faculty and staff. Students are not
the only ones who have various sites to travel to and work
to do.
Instead of becoming lost among the web, students and
faculty could easily navigate an app connected to their phone,
or even their computer, that obtained all the information
they would need from the university.
The app would include a conglomerate of information;
from loans, to registering for classes, to even finding a club a
student is interested in. The app for faculty could incorporate
the system used for entering grades and many other structural
“Overall, the app could create an easier
environment for professors and students
to be more effective and rewarding.”
sites that faculty use on a daily basis.
Faculty and staff would benefit from a mobile application
because they are just as busy as students at a university. The
app could influence the way professors reach their students
and make it easier for professors to send out notifications
and updates. Overall, the app could create an easier
environment for professors and students to be more effective
and rewarding.
If Suffolk wants to stay modernized and up to date, the
idea for a mobile application incorporating diverse systems
that students and faculty routinely use is a grand invention
that could influence change at Suffolk. Let’s enhance our
innovation and move forward.
Connect with Patrick by emailing
pholmes2@suffolk.edu
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10 APRIL 12, 2017
Editor’s Word
Maintenance struggles to keep up
Kyle Crozier
Journal Staff
The Suffolk Journal’s
primary goal is to be a reliable
disseminator of information
here on Beacon Hill. We
consider it to be of the utmost
importance to keep the Suffolk
community informed on what
is happening at the university.
Problems don’t get solved if they
are never brought to light. This
is why an open dialogue with
students and faculty on campus
is key to our reporting.
A news organization is
only as good as the contacts
and sources that it works with.
Therefore, we would like to take
this opportunity to stress the
gratitude that we feel towards
everyone that cooperates with
us in our weekly publishing.
We’d like to thank the students,
professors and faculty that have
gone out of their way to give us
information that only they have.
Every member of the Suffolk
community is invaluable.
Everyone here has the ability
to promote transparency
and accountability through
the unique knowledge and
experiences that are gathered
everyday on and off campus.
We strive to be as approachable
as possible and will continue
to make it easier to confide in
us, but without a supportive
community what we do wouldn’t
be possible. Suffolk University
has proven to be resilient in the
face of difficulty, and passionate
in times of despair. As the
university moves forward, we
must continue to coexist in
order for prosperity to continue.
O
Many students living
on campus come to a
university with the idea
of creating roots and
developing a home away
from home. While dorm
living for many is an
opportunity to experience
a type of independence
most
people
have
dreamed of for years,
in order to develop that
personal connection with
new college life there has
to be someone laying the
infrastructure to build
that home environment.
After two years at
Suffolk, my life in the
residence halls has been
plagued by numerous
and serious maintenance
issues, problems that
have not only lowered my
quality of life here at the
university, but have also
caused me to question
how much Suffolk intends
to help me create the
feeling of security a home
should bring.
T h r o u g h o u t
my
freshman
and
sophomore
years
in
my residence halls, my
room temperatures have
fluctuated wildly. There
have been instances in
the winter of temperature
dropping to 45 degrees
Fahrenheit, and then spike
to 80 degrees Fahrenheit;
because of this, I have
questioned whether or
not Suffolk plans to take
accountability for my
grievances. Inside of my
suite, window screens are
“
My grievances
progress
down into the
basement, where
doing laundry
means wearing
whatever shoes
I have that are
most waterproof,
as I know I have
to prepare for
a thick pool of
soapy water from
the most recent
flooded washing
machine.
missing, sink drains have
been stuck and ethernet
ports remain unusable.
Exiting my door and
heading further down the
hall in the building forces
me to struggle with
our elevator systems,
which not only have
broken down, but have
been at the subject of
controversy,
regarding
overdue
inspections.
Do I instead take the
stairs?
Unfortunately,
an emergency door, that
would cause much more
trouble than it is worth,
to use blocks off the
stairwell to the first floor.
There
are
many
elevators in my building,
but the inconvenience
develops when I stand
waiting,
for
several
frustrating
minutes,
before I decide to try
another exit. The first
warning from Suffolk
often comes at the end of
the week from Residence
Life and Housing in the
form of an email, alerting
that the elevators should
be up and running in two
or three days.
My
grievances
progress down into the
basement, where doing
laundry means wearing
whatever shoes I have
that are most waterproof,
as I know I have to
prepare for a thick pool
of soapy water from
the most recent flooded
washing machine. I have
to bring extra quarters so
that I will not run the risk
of having the machines
eat so much of my money
that I have no hope of
completing a full drying
cycle.
An alternative could
be to load money onto my
RAM Card for electronic
payment, but any money
on the card I don’t use
will disappear at the end
of the year.
Although I have not
yet had issues eventually
finding
a
working
machine, nearly every
time I bring my clothing
down, I find myself
having to try loading my
clothing into multiple
machines before finding
one that works.
Suffolk could easily
improve the quality of
the laundry experience
by estimating the cost
of one student to clean
their clothing over the
semester, and tack that
amount onto the housing
bills. This would greatly
benefit
the
student,
assuming I am not the
only one that has trouble
collecting and using my
quarters in those hungry
machines.
Attempts
to
prevent
damaged
machines could be as
minor as improvements
in education on what size
loads work best in the
machines, which settings
work well for types of
clothing, etc. If students
did not have to pay on the
spot for their washes, they
would be less inclined to
overload machines, one
of the most common ways
to start a flood.
Depending
on
the
urgency of the problems,
I will have to wait several
days, possibly weeks, to
hear back from anyone
able to help. Perhaps
they are preparing me for
when I will be responsible
for the full maintenance
of my own home, but
my preference would be
to focus on the lessons
given by my professors.
From issues with the
heating
and
cooling
systems, to problems with
broken furniture, holes in
the wall, laundry room
flooding and now with
water leaking through
one of my hallway outlets,
I wonder if my parents
would
regret
coming
up with the $12,000 for
housing
under
these
circumstances.
Connect with Kyle
by emailing
kcrozier@suffolk.edu
Rebuilding our Military with Trump
Letter to the Editor
As a Navy veteran and
a strong supporter of
our military, I commend
President
Trump
for
initiating
a
program
to rebuild our military
with a defense budget
increase of $54 billion.
However, it should be
decreased by $1.3 billion
and that amount added to
the Coast Guard budget
within the Department of
Homeland Security so it is
not cut by $1.3 billion.
Our
military
has
dramatically shrunk and
been neglected in recent
times.
Although
we
have
increased the capabilities
of our military through
technological advances,
we have downsized our
forces and we have not
adequately replaced worn
out equipment.
Due
to
the
cuts
imposed by the 2014
Sequestration Act, our
Army has significantly
decreased from a high
of 570,000 soldiers after
Sept. 11, and it is heading
down to 450,000. The
Marines are going from
184,000 to 175,000 and
the National Guard and
Reserves will lose tens of
thousands.
The Air Force will
have 700 fewer aircraft,
and the Navy remains at
286 ships. My Navy has
11 carrier battle groups
but at any one time a
number of them are not
available due to overhaul
and
maintenance
requirements, in port rest
and relaxation, and ships
in transit. It should have
12 carrier battle groups to
fulfill its global missions
in a dangerous world.
George Will, in an article
on Oct. 1, 2015 stated,
“the sun never sets” on
our Navy.
Potential adversaries
continue to build up
their military forces. Iran
has a large army and
continues with its missile
development
program.
North Korea continues to
test long-range missiles
and
develop
nuclear
armaments.
The two significant
potential
adversaries
are China and Russia.
China has a huge army,
is currently adding to it’s
air force and is building
up its navy, including
aircraft
carriers
and
submarines. China lays
claim to the South China
Sea and has established
island bases in the region,
which the U.S. Navy will
have to contest. Russia
is rebuilding its navy
and maintains a large
army and air force as it
continues to threaten
Europe.
Trump
should
continue to rebuild our
military so we can meet
the military challenges
in the world, preserve
our national security and
keep the peace.
P.S.
President
Trump, please stop your
unpresidential
tweets
and concentrate on the
important matters, which
impact
our
national
security and our economy.
Donald Moskowitz
Londonderry, NH
11 APRIL 12, 2017
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Boston ready for playoffs
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Bruins return to playoffs, set to face Ottawa Senators in first round
By Twitter user @NHLBruins
Bruins forward Dominic Moore and
defenseman Kevan Miller fist bump
to cap off a celebratory win.
Skylar To
Sports Editor
After
a
two-year
postseason
absence,
the Boston Bruins are
officially back in the
Stanley Cup Playoffs this
year.
The Bruins will open
the postseason with the
first two of a potential
seven-game series on the
road to face the Ottawa
Senators at the Canadian
Tire Centre on Wednesday
with the puck set to drop
at 7:00 p.m.
The Bruins had a
taste of playoffs in their
last two home games
of the season against
the
Ottawa
Senators
last Thursday and the
Washington Capitals last
Saturday. In both games,
the Bruins lost to two
possible matchups they
were predicted to face
in the playoffs last week.
During the season, both
the Senators and Capitals
each defeated the Bruins
for a several game series
sweep. With help from
the
Columbus
Blue
Jackets in their 3-2 win
over the Toronto Maple
Leafs on Sunday night
to finalize the National
Hockey League (NHL)
playoff
schedule,
the
Bruins now face the lesser
of the two “evil” teams
as the Capitals finished
another season as the
league’s best team with a
55-19-8 record.
For the past two
seasons, it took the
Bruins 82 games and
a leap of playoff hope
from the hockey gods to
qualify for the playoffs.
The Bruins missed the
playoffs by two points in
2015 and by one point
in 2014, which ended a
seven-year
consecutive
playoff appearance since
the 2007-08 season under
former
10-year
Head
Coach Claude Julien.
It looked to be another
short year
when the
Bruins
dropped
five
consecutive
games
toward the end of March
with very few games
remaining.
But, the Bruins did it-and it only took them 80
games this year to clinch
a playoff berth after last
Tuesday’s 4-0 shut-out
win over the Tampa Bay
Lightning at TD Garden.
On the game win
and the Bruins return to
the playoffs, goaltender
Tuukka
Rask,
who
collected his 28th shutout of the season with last
Tuesday’s game win, said
in a post-game interview
to reporters that: “I think
the city deserves it. The
organization
deserves
it and we feel like we
deserve it, too.”
Forward
Patrice
Bergeron
thinks
the
Bruins have taken the
playoffs for granted in
years past.
“[The
playoffs]
seems like it’s definitely
something
that
you
have to appreciate,” said
Bergeron in a post-game
interview to reporters.
“It’s been two years. It’s
been a long time coming
for us. There are a lot of
guys in this room that
haven’t had a taste of it
yet.”
To win the series best
to advance to the next
round, the Bruins need
to score that extra goal
to lead early and build off
of that momentum. On
average, the Bruins score
2.83 goals per game and
they have a 34-0-2 record
after leading two periods
heading into the third.
The
Bruins
have
forward Brad Marchand’s
offense to look forward
to after he faced a twogame
suspension
for
spearing
Lightning
defenseman Jake Dotchin
last
Tuesday
night.
However, the Bruins can
anticipate a fight from
Senators goaltender Craig
Anderson as he has a 2.35
goals-against average in
the playoffs, again, the
Bruins need to produce.
Marchand,
who
finished a career high
of 39 goals this season,
acknowledges that the
Senators are a “very
tough” and “great” team
and looks past the team’s
0-3-1 series record against
Ottawa to start fresh in
the playoffs.
On the series faceoff, Marchand said to
reporters that: “We’re
all in the same exact
position. We’re all zerozero, no wins, no losses,
and we’re fighting for our
lives.”
Connect with Skylar
by emailing
sto2@suffolk.edu
C elti c s clo s e out se a son on top, shoots f o r p o st - seaso n r u n
Joe Rice
Journal Contributor
As of April 11, the
Boston
Celtics
own
the best record in the
Eastern Conference of
the National Basketball
Association (NBA). As of
Tuesday night, the Celtics
have a game in lead for
the East, however they are
only barely in front of the
recent NBA Champions,
the Cleveland Cavaliers.
To take the Eastern
Conference title in the
regular season, all the
Celtics have to do is win
their last game against
the Milwaukee Bucks. If
the Celtics lose and the
Cavs win their final game,
the Celtics fall to second
in the East.
When asked about the
current situation, Head
Coach Brad Stevens told
Celtics media that, “The
focus for us has to be the
things we can control.”
Last year, the Celtics
rode into the playoffs
as a fifth seed, drawing
the Atlanta Hawks, who
promptly beat them in
a hard-fought six game
series. This year, the
Celtics look to build upon
this and win a round, or
potentially two, in the
playoffs.
The Celtics are in a
good position to do this,
as they will play a bottom
seeded team. If they finish
second in the East, the
most likely scenario for
the green, they will draw
the seventh seed. In this
case, it will most likely
be the Indiana Pacers
led by small forward and
star player Paul George.
If the Celtics manage to
leap the Cavs, they will
host the eighth seed and
final playoff position.
The eighth seed is up for
grabs, as the Miami Heat
and Chicago Bulls seem to
be battling for that spot
up until the final game.
Either scenario for the
Celtics would be favorable
to win a round. They will
host the first two games
at the TD Garden as well
as games five and seven, if
necessary. This bodes well
for the Celtics, as they
have a 28-11 record at
home. In addition to this,
the Celtics overall talent
with
rising
superstar
point
guard
Isaiah
Thomas, as well as pieces
around him like power
forward Al Horford, small
forward Jae Crowder, and
shooting guard Avery
Bradley vastly outweighs
the talent of the Heat,
Indiana Pacers, and the
Bulls.
Some
people
may
argue that the Celtics
should shoot for the stars
this post-season, however
the goal for them should
be to win a round or two.
Stevens may agree with
this statement as well.
The coach was quoted
from the Boston Herald
saying that the Celtics
are, “Not as good as our
record,” also noting that
the Celtics are, “A long
way to be what I think is
competitive at a necessary
level to be really good
when it's all on the line.”
The
Celtics
recently
showed that statement
is indeed true when they
had a chance to beat
Cleveland to take the top
spot in the East and failed
miserably, losing by 23 at
home.
With that being said,
this post-season will not be
a total failure regardless
By Twitter user @celtics
of the outcome. Young
players such as rookie and
emerging talent Jaylen
Brown will learn about
what it takes to win highstake games. In addition
to this, Thomas will learn
more about how to win
in the playoffs, which
is something he has yet
to do. As much of a star
as Thomas is, playoff
experience is something
he lacks. A playoff run
where the Celtics could
steal a couple rounds
may provide him with the
experience every player
needs to win.
One thing working
for the Celtics is that the
pressure is off of them and
on Cleveland more than
ever. Coming off a big
win on the road against
the Celtics, the Cavs yet
again proved that they are
still atop the mountain in
the Eastern Conference.
Now that everyone knows
this again, people are
expecting the Cavs will
take the East. The Celtics
have no pressure from
national media to make an
impact in this postseason,
so if they go out and play
loose, it could result in a
postseason surprise.
The NBA playoffs will
begin on April 15 for
the best basketball team
Boston has seen in terms
of overall record since
Shaquille O’Neal wore
green.
Connect with Joe
by emailing
jrice4@suffolk.edu
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@RedSox
Opening up the homestand with
#WINDANCEREPEAT!
FINAL: #RedSox 8, Orioles 1
SPORTS
@gosuffolkrams
BASE | Baseball locks up its seventh
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Suffolk chases talent, seeks program depth
(Left) Head softball coach congratulates
student-athlete.
(Above) Head baseball coach discuss game
plan with a player.
Courtesy of Suffolk Athletics
coaches, the studentathletes are not entitled
to a scholarship. The
student-athletes at Suffolk
have to go through the
Since last fall, Suffolk same
admission
and
University has been the financial
aid
process
home to 204 studentathletes, which makes
up about two and a half
percent of the student
population. Out of that
small percentage, which
[Head
will see an increase with
the new varsity sport
Baseball
additions of track and
field and women’s ice
Coach
hockey, a majority of the
athletes at the university
Anthony Del
have been recruited by
head coaches.
Prete] does
“I chose Suffolk for
the location, education
a good job
and the ability to play
competitive Division-III
at finding
baseball,” said outfielder
Luke
Ronchi
in
an
recruits
interview with The Suffolk
Journal
on
Monday.
that have
“When making a college
decision, finances were
the same
always a consideration,
but weighing in all the
intensity and
opportunities
provided
by being in the heart of
work ethic as
Boston, I couldn’t think
of a better place.”
the rest of the
For
the
2016-17
season,
the
Suffolk
team.”
Athletics
Department,
a National Collegiate
Athletic
Association
(NCAA)
Division-III
- Senior
school, had 91 “deposits,”
adding members to each
roster of the 19 varsity
outfielder
level teams that the
university currently has.
Luke Ronchi
The deposits were a
group of individuals that
were recruited by the
various coaching staffs that every other student
at Suffolk, because they does, explained Associate
were interested in having Director of Athletics and
those student-athletes as Head
Softball
Coach
a member on their roster. Jaclyn Davis in a recent
Although the athletes interview
with
The
were
recruited
by Journal.
Brooke Patterson
Asst. Sports Editor
“
“You try to find as
many [individuals] as you
can that will be successful
here in terms of a student
and an athlete,” said the
fifth-year head coach.
“When I got [to Suffolk]
the roster was really
small so it was about
recruiting as many [girls]
as we could, but we are at
a point where we have so
much talent that we can
be more picky in terms of,
I don’t really need X, but I
need more of Y.”
For Davis and Head
Baseball Coach Anthony
Del Prete, a large portion
of their recruiting process
occurs throughout the
summer. The coaches
attend tournaments and
showcases in order to
spot the talent they are
interested in adding to
their roster.
Depite
most
of
the
recruiting
being
conducted
over
the
summer, Davis said she
attends recruiting events
year round.
Del Prete said that he
starts contacting players
following their junior year
of high school. He travels
throughout New England,
upstate New York and
New Jersey in order to
find team players.
The recruiting process
for the baseball team
usually begins with a
group of 400 to 450
prospective recruits and
eventually those numbers
dwindle down to about 150
interested recruits. The
pool of players becomes
smaller depending on
academic
interests,
location of the university
and
commitments to
other schools, explained
Associate
Director
of
Athletics Del Prete in a
recent interview with The
Journal.
Aside
from
going
to
tournaments
and
watching
talent
on
the field, the softball
and baseball coaching
staff reach out to their
recruits and have them
explore
Suffolk’s
city
campus in order to help
them
envision
their
future academic careers.
Both coaches said they
encourage their recruits
to do an overnight stay
with current members
of the team in order to
observe a day in the life of
a Suffolk student-athlete.
Senior Ronchi was
recruited by Del Prete
during the summer before
his senior of high school
in Worcester, Mass.
The marketing major
received an email from
Del Prete that expressed
his interest in Ronchi,
but before that, the
senior had never heard of
Suffolk before.
Del
Prete
kept
in contact with him
throughout his decision
process, which allowed
Ronchi to feel like the
university was the right
place for him.
“Coach Del Prete does
not want anything but
the best for Suffolk and
he wears it everyday with
him,” said Ronchi. “He
does a good job at finding
recruits that have the
same intensity and work
ethic as the rest of the
team.”
A majority of athletes
are recruited to Suffolk
varsity teams. Davis said
that from her 19-member
roster, 17 of her girls
were recruited, the other
two walked onto the
team. Whereas Del Prete
explained
that
every
member on his roster had
been recruited or in prior
communication with the
coaching
staff
before
attending Suffolk.
Although each coach
has to follow specific
NCAA
Division-III
recruiting rules, they all
have their respective ways
of seeking talent and the
appropriate academic fit
for their team.
“Every coach has their
own way of doing things,”
said Davis. “Everybody
recruits and everybody’s
needs are different.”
First-year women’s golf
Head Coach Jay Parker
used online services such
as BeRecruited and Front
Rush in order to recruit
his girls and currently has
675 girls in his database.
With only two girls
returning to his team in the
fall, Parker currently has
four recruits committed
from New Jersey, New
Hampshire, Chicago, IL
and Massachusetts. He
also has two potential
recruits from Miami, FL
and California.
The
women’s
golf
program was established
in July 2016 and the
team's first season was in
the fall. The first season
was intended to carry
over into the spring, but
the season was canceled
due to weather. Parker, a
previous Suffolk baseball
assistant coach, saw the
season cancellation as a
blessing in disguise for
his team because it gave
him the opportunity to go
out and recruit more girls
for his team.
“As I look at it in a
maturity level, I’m still
at [the] baby level as
far as coaching goes,”
said Parker in a recent
interview
with
The
Journal. “Luckily, the
recruiting process has
been
good
because
women want to part of
history being the first
recruiting class ever.”
Varsity
coaches
at
Suffolk are constantly
striving to obtain talent
for their teams in order
to acquire the strongest
roster for their season.
“You’re always striving
to find someone that is
as good as or better than
what you’ve had before,”
said Davis.
Connect with Brooke
by emailing
bpatterson2@suffolk.edu