ELECTION 2016 ISSUE

SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY BOSTON

VOLUME 80, NUMBER 7

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November 9, 2016

The nation
chose the
unexpected
By Alexa Gagosz, Editor-in-Chief
Businessman Donald J. Trump was elected the 45th president of the United States early Wednesday morning after a long
night of counting the votes.
In a 3 a.m. victory speech, Trump addressed supporters in New York after a turbulent, divided and explosive election season
filled with digs at the institution and the very democracy the country was founded on.
I promise you that I will not let you down, said Trump during his speech after thanking a list of family members, friends,
campaign workers and the people that voted for him.
Trump thanked Democratic nominee Hillary Rodham Clinton for the service she has done for our country in the beginning
of his speech after he said that Clinton called him to congratulate his win.
We owe her a major debt of gratitude, he said, and called for national unity.
Clinton has not spoken to her supporters as of early Wednesday morning.
For some at Suffolk, this stands as a victory.
Good morning America, its time to make this country great again, said junior applied legal studies major Michael Francis
Ryan in his reference to Trumps slogan throughout his campaign trail.
For others, however, Suffolk held a strong liberal stance on the election and this holds as a disappointment for many. For the
23 percent of Suffolks population from countries across the world, eyes were fixed on America and whom they would choose to
represent the people.
Junior public relations major Diana Dussouchet came to Boston from her home country of Russia and warns the U.S. on the
decision that they made during this election.
I think Americans just signed a four-year contract with the devil himself, said Dussouchet. I know what its like to live in a
country with the bad kind of conservatism, bigotry and hatred in power -- and its not good.
Office Coordinator of Suffolks Government department Jeff Fish said that he didnt know what to say after the news broke.
I feel like were living in a dystopian future, except this is real life, said Fish.
A number of polls across the nation, including those from Suffolk Universitys Polling Center, showed that Clinton had held a
measurable edge across the country, including the states that Trump took in the early morning hours.
Trump, 70, real-estate powerhouse and reality star did not have any governmental experience before he announced his
campaign for the top office of the land. The win had stretched across battleground states that both candidates spent countless
hours in during the final days including Florida, North Carolina, Ohio and Pennsylvania.

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Students stand for solidarity

Chris DeGusto/ News Editor

Chris DeGusto
News Editor

At 1p.m. on Monday
afternoon,
students
of
Suffolk
University
gathered in front of 20
Somerset to protest in
support
of
solidarity.
Members
present
held signs, tapped on
makeshift drums and
chanted aloud to the
onlooking crowd and
students emerging from
classes in the Somerset
building. The protest by
concerned members of
the Suffolk community
called Stand Up Suffolk,
lasted for roughly an
hour. Students rallied for
the university to fulfill a
list of demands set forth
on
the
organizations
website, which has 42
signatures as of late
Tuesday night.
Maya Smith, a junior
sociology student and
employee of Suffolks
Office
of
Disability
Services, as well as one
of Stand Up Suffolks
organizers, talked about
the protest in an interview
with The Suffolk Journal
on Tuesday night.
A
change
needed
to happen, if not for
my own sake then for
the countless people on
our campus who deal
with being treated with
disrespect and bigotry
every day, said Smith.
Im really hoping that the
administration,
faculty,
staff and student body
will be open to creating a

more tolerant, accepting

and inclusive campus.
Smiths
reasons
for
protesting
stem
from issues within the
classroom
involving
sexist, racist, derogatory
and
discriminatory
comments from multiple
professors that she said
she
had
experienced
at Suffolk in the past.
Smith said that she wants
her story to serve as an
example for members of
the Suffolk community
to see what the Stand
Up Suffolk movement is
speaking out against.
Just a little over a
week before the protest,
Suffolk University became
the subject of controversy
and media frenzy when a
Suffolk sociology majors
blog post went viral of
alleging
discrimination
after
a
professor
reportedly
commented
on specific words and
said that it was not her
language.
On Oct. 27, Tiffany
Martnez
posted
on
her blog Viva Tiffany
an
article
entitled
Academia,
Love
Me
Back, which highlighted
an assignment that she
had received back from
her
senior
seminar
professor, in which she
said she was accused of
not writing her entire
paper.
The post has caused
a significant response
within both the Suffolk
community and world
of
higher
education,
including Mondays rally.
Ben
Shopper,
a
sociology major at Suffolk
spoke to The Journal

Monday in a post-rally
interview
about
how
talking to media sources
means that the issues
being fought for has still
not been resolved.
It would be great if
we didnt have to have
this conversation because
we would have moved
beyond this point,said
Shopper.
He
elaborated
to
discuss how reporting
certain issues to higher
administration does not
always ensue change, and
the repetition of asserting
that there is a problem at
Suffolk is ongoing.
#SUS is a group of
concerned members of
the Suffolk Community
outraged by the current
state of our university,
the organization states
on their website. We
are organizing to share
our stories, to support
solidarity across campus,
and to empower our
students to speak out
against injustice.
Junior
government
major, Senator at-Large
for Diversity in the
Student
Government
Association,
McNair
Scholar, Suffolk Black
Student Union member
and an organizer for
Stand Up Suffolk Phyliss
St-Hubert commented on
the rally while protesting
students were chanting
stand up Suffolk, behind
her.
We want students to
know that you can share
your stories, there are
students that support you,
that its [discrimination]
been happening, she
said.

She explained that a

list of demands has been
formed by the group,
including training for
faculty on diversity, racial
bias and representation
within
the
higher
administration.
For students who are
transgender, its really
unfortunate that were
basically forced to out
ourselves to the class,
political theory major
Sabs Young said in a
post-rally interview with
The Journal on Monday.
We want our pronouns
respected.
Young said that there
have
been
multiple
occasions where students
have been forced to
correct a class on the
pronouns the student
wished to be used, and
in turn have to out
themselves to the class
even if they do not want
to, in order to make this
correction.
Theres not enough
queer faculty and or
staff to help facilitate, or
just be there [for queer
students], said Sarah
Simi Cohen, a student
double
majoring
in
psychology and sociology
to a Journal reporter on
Monday.
Protesters
chanted
other phrases throughout
the protest such as,
Students unified can
never
be
defeated,
and whos school? Our
school.
Matthew
Brenner,
a senior finance and
global business major
commented
on
the
protest in relation to
Martnezs viral blog post

in an interview with The

Journal on Monday.
I think that every
student that is protesting
right now thinks that
the teacher accused this
student of plagiarism
because of her race, said
Brenner. In my opinion
any teacher has a right to
call any student out for
plagiarism if thats what
they think they did.
Jake Seibel, senior
management
major
commented to a Journal
reporter at the rally
as well correlating the
protest to the viral blog.
If you have an issue
with a professor, I would
rather you go one-on-one
with that professor, he
said.
Sheikh
Nasher,
a
sophomore
double
major in public relations
and sociology, service
scholar for the Center for
Community Engagement
as well as McNair Scholar,
commented upon Stand
Up Suffolk in a postprotest interview with
The Journal.
I
actually
know
Tiffany
Martnez,
I
admire the work she
does. The incident that
took place with her is not
a new thing, it happens
everywhere in a campus.
I have experienced it
myself, he said. There
was an incident where I
was told to get deported
[last year].
He stated that he is
a permanent resident,
but was mistaken for an
international
student
who could not work off of
campus.
Martnez, who was

present at the protest

declined to comment.
Nasher explained that
the incident involving
Martnez has triggered
negative remarks about
the university.
Theres a reason why
we all need to stand up
right now. Its not only
about people of minority.
People
shouldnt
be
making
assumptions
and accusing people for
something they didnt
[do]. Thats what really
matters here because
we are an extremely
diverse campus, said
Nasher. For the one
incident that took place
last week, we had open
house [for students], and
I had [parents] coming in
making nasty comments
about this school is
racist,
the
faculty
professor is racist.
He
stated
that
educating people is what
really matters, and hopes
the
university
takes
steps to facilitate better
relationships
between
students and professors.
Smith also said that the
systematic
institutional
discrimination isnt just
present at Suffolk, but
in campuses across the
nation, but hopes that
Suffolk will begin to act
proactively, upon these
issues.
At the end of the
day, the people who run
#StandUpSuffolk
are
student leaders who love
this school. We love it
so much that we refuse
to let racism, sexism,
transphobia, or any kind
of discrimination plague
our campus, Smith said.

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Viral blog post under scope, no word on investigation

Alexa Gagosz
Editor-in-Chief
On Oct. 27, Tiffany
Martnez
posted
on
her blog Viva Tiffany
an
article
entitled
Academia,
Love
Me
Back, which highlighted
an assignment that she
had received back from
her
senior
seminar
sociology
professor,
in which she said she
was accused of not
writing her entire paper.
The blog post alleged
discrimination after a
professor
reportedly
commented on specific
words and said that it was
not her language.
The post soon went
viral in a matter of hours
after being shared on
Martnezs
Facebook
and news sources such
as BBC World News, the
Huffington
Post
and
Buzzfeed picked up the

story.
In the paper, the
professor had circled the
word hence and wrote,
this is not your word
with the word not
underlined twice.
The post has caused
a significant response
within both the Suffolk
community and world
of
higher
education,
including Mondays rally
at Suffolk by the newly
formed
organization
Stand Up Suffolk as well
as a letter addressed to
Acting President Marisa
Kelly with more than 277
signatories
demanding
transparency
for
misconduct.
The
sociology
department had facilitated
a restorative justice circle
on Friday afternoon in
the Law School to speak
on recent events. The
email that was sent to
sociology majors said,
We encourage you to
reach out to others within

the Suffolk community

and make them aware of
this event.
Journal reporters were
not admitted into the
event.
Chair for the sociology
department James Ptacek
sent an email to faculty
members
on
Friday
morning regarding the
incident between Martnez
and her professor. In the
statement, Ptacek said
that
the
department
reached out to the student
and has offered support.
As
a
department,
we are committed to
social justice, said the
statement. We study
and teach about poverty,
racism,
misogyny,
immigration, colonialism,
crime and human rights.
Department
members
work on these issues in
Boston-area schools, in
prisons,
in
homeless
shelters, in communities
dealing with crime and
in the State Legislature.

Many of us became
scholars in order to
address
these
social
inequalities.
Ptacek referenced in
the statement that the
department has met with
Kelly and College of Arts
and Sciences Dean Maria
Toyoda in order to discuss
the matter with them on
how to address individual
incidents.
Ptacek declined to
comment on the ongoing
investigation
on
the
professor to a Journal
reporter.
The sociology senior
seminar
professor
has not responded to
communication with The
Journal.
A student from the
class who wished to
remain
anonymous,
said in an interview on
Thursday, A few others
were called out right
before Tiffany, including
myself, for critiques on
our papers. I witnessed

this happen and believe

it has been portrayed
negatively in the media.
The student said that
they do not particularly
agree with the method
of critiquing that the
professor has but said,
I dont believe it is the
professors intention to
humiliate anyone.
A rally on Monday
was hosted outside of
the Somerset building by
Stand Up Suffolk, where
students
demanded
solidarity.
Sheikh
Nasher,
a
sophomore double major
in public relations and
sociology
commented
on Stand Up Suffolk in a
post-rally interview with
The Journal.
I
actually
know
Tiffany
Martnez,
I
admire the work she
does. The incident that
took place with her is not
a new thing, it happens
everywhere in a campus.
I have experienced it

myself, he said to a
reporter. There was an
incident where I was told
to get deported [last
year].
The student from the
class, however, said that
the professor tells it like
it is when it comes to
papers.
She
is
criticizing
because
she
knows
we all have a lot of
potential,
she
makes
that a point everyday,
said the student. In
my opinion, she needs
to be more sensitive
to how and when she
criticizes our work. She
was challenging Tiffanys
intellect and Tiffany took
it personally, like many
students would. We are
in a sociology seminar so
this professor challenges
us every class to think
about racial issues and
how to solve them.
Martnez
declined
to comment to Journal
reporters.

Student poll workers bring diversity to voting centers

James MacDonald
Journal Staff
Teams of students
from Suffolks Election
Law
course
occupied
polling centers during
Bostons first early voting
period to provide youth
support to a typically
older crowd of workers.
Suffolk students used
a
Harvard
University
survey to collect data
on early voters. The
two schools partnered
together,
working
in
polling stations from city
hall to Roslindale and
most neighborhoods in
between.
Dr. Rachael Cobbs

Election Law class was

split into registration, exit
polling and poll worker
groups. The class hoped
to provide a younger
voice within the polling
system,
traditionally
dominated
by
older
workers, according to
Cobb. Her involvement
was more hands off,
allowing student groups
to operate on their own.
Student exit pollsters
Norma Buyund and Ariana
Guy, both government
majors
in
Cobbs
class, have worked in
communities throughout
the city, including their
hometowns of Allston and
Somerville.
The
17-question

survey used by exit

pollers included inquiries
about the issues the voter
may have encountered,
the length of time spent
in line, demographics
and the most convenient
voting times for the
individual.
Guy estimated that she
handed out 50 surveys
during her typical two
hour stints at the early
voting polls. She and
Buyund staggered the
distribution, approaching
every third voter to keep
the sample as diverse as
possible.
Guy said she expected
early voters to be hourly
workers,
voters
with
children and others who

can only afford a few

minutes away from their
schedules and hope to
avoid the high traffic flow
of Nov. 8.
Guy
worked
the
Somerville polls during
a previous election, and
said the age and education
level of the average poll
worker may contribute
to the long waiting times
voters often experience
on Election Day. The
training for the one-day
position is also limited,
according to Guy. She said
that her hope, along with
Cobb, is that the addition
of students to the mix of
poll workers will smooth
out the process.
In regards to this years

early voting in Somerville,

which Guy participated
in, she estimated the wait
time to be from ten to
fifteen minutes.
Early voting helps to
regulate the traffic seen
on election day, Guy
said.
Cobb estimated that
more than 1,600 poll
workers
are
required
during a normal polling
period. Throughout a
presidential
campaign,
that number rose to
roughly 1,900 workers,
given
that
polling
locations house multiple
precincts
worth
of
voters at that time.
Supplementary positions
such as greeters and

hotline
operators
are
added during presidential
election years.
Cobb said she believed
the student involvement
in election cycles is
important
to
create
diversity
within
the
polling system, given that
the typical poll worker is
of retirement age.
[Poll workers] often
do not reflect the diversity
of the places they live in,
she said in an interview
with The Journal on Oct.
27. A more diverse set of
poll workers is good for
democracy.
In
the
student
registration
group,

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Paleologoss polls place Suffolk on the map

Jacob Geanous
World News Editor
David
Paleologos,
Director
of
Suffolk
Universitys
Political
Research Center (SUPRC),
has been one of Americas
premier
political
forecasters for more than
a decade. He has been
able to predict the vast
majority of Americas
state and federal elections
through
innovative
polling techniques that
are published weekly. His
proprietary
bellwether
poll model, which focuses
on predicting outcomes
instead of margins, has
an 89 percent hit rate as
of November 2016. This
has earned the SUPRC
a partnership with USA
Today and the Boston
Globe, as well as references
by news sources across
the country including
The New York Times, The
Guardian, Politico, CNN
and many more.
Paleologos
recently
bolstered his reputation
as a reliable fortune-teller
of American politics by
effectively predicting the
Senate and House races
in New Hampshire in his
most recent poll on Nov.
3.
The
SUPRC,
along
with nearly every other
poll across the U.S.,
were incorrect in their
prediction of who would
be next President of
the United States. The
reasons behind republican
candidate Donald Trumps

Courtesy of Suffolk University

upset of Hillary Clinton

on Election Day are
unknown. Clinton aides
pointed to FBI director
James
Comeys
last
minute re-opening of
the investigation of the
Secretary of States email
server as a contributing
factor to her defeat,
although this is not
confirmed.
Paleologos
considered the upset a
result of a group of voters
that could have gone
either way on Election
Day.
You had a Brexit type
wave that cut through
numerous states. said
Paleologos in an interview

with the Journal early

Wednesday
morning.
Most of the states that
Trump is winning or won,
that werent expected,
were in the margin of
error. There were two
blocks of persuadables:
the undecided voters and
third party supporters.
With every poll comes
an inevitable margin of
error. It is incredibly
unlikely that a prediction
is exact, said Paleologos.
Occasionally, the SUPRC
is wrong like any other
polling center.
Their
work has always been
closely
scrutinized
because of this. Instead

of ignoring the criticism

and comments that fill
his computer, Paleologos
prefers to address those
who question the SUPRC
polls.
The only thing that
is frustrating is when
people dont understand
the work you do, he
said. People that may
have more followers than
me on Twitter may say
something that is just
incorrect. Then I have
to take time to educate
them. Taking the time
to explain this to a lay
person can be difficult,
but part of me says it is a
teaching opportunity.

Paleologos
recalled
a time during the 2008
presidential
election,
when opposition in the
polling community made
him wish he could avoid
the media. Two SUPRC
polls
predicted
that
Hillary Clinton would
defeat Barack Obama in
New Hampshire. This was
an outlier poll and the
only one predicting this
result, said Paleologos.
I was the laughing
stock of the polling
world, said Paleologos.
We had only been a
research center for six
years.
Paleologos
recalled

one
instance
where
he
found
himself
emphatically hoping to
avoid interviews at the
Ratisan hotel in New
Hampshire.
Normally
pollsters
want to be interviewed.
They were doing the
opposite, said Paleologos.
They
were
telling
reporters to go interview
me, the guy in the corner,
because I had Clinton
winning. So I spent the
whole
day
defending
what I thought in my gut
was probably wrong. But

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Change brought to Trump elected as 45th president,

poll centers
Suffolk divided
From POLL page 3
Junior government major
Katherine
Heatherton
worked on campus, with
registration
tables
at
Somerset and Sawyer
that amassed more than
80 student registration
cards.
Heatherton recruited
about 20 students from
her sorority, Alpha Sigma
Alpha, to raise awareness
about the registration
tables through the Suffolk
Votes
Facebook
page
and other social media
outlets.
Her
group
also
conducted
visits
to
six different freshman
seminar
classes
this
semester.
The
group

sought to add more

students to the pool of
Massachusetts
voters.
According to Heatherton,
not many out-of-state
students were aware that
they could register for
absentee ballots. Several
more registration cards
were collected as a result,
according to Heatherton.
Heatherton
hoped
to mobilize as many
young voters as possible
through the registration
campaign, citing her love
of the electoral process
as her main source of
motivation.
Its your vote, its your
voice, is what I always tell
people, Heatherton said
in an interview with the
Journal on Oct. 28..

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CBS News anchor Charlie
Rose
asked
panelists
and political strategists
throughout the night,
What is happening?
The results had set off
the Dow Jones futures
as they had dropped by
700 points according to
multiple news sources as
Trump claimed some of
the swing states during
Tuesday night.
This is the biggest joke
the world has ever seen,
Rana Tarabzouni, a junior
international economics
major said in an interview
with The Journal early
Wednesday morning.

Throughout
the
campaign, a number of
controversies around the
candidate arose, including
his
threats
toward
opponents in the primary
and general election, 11
women who accused him
of sexual assault and
promised lawsuits toward
news organizations on
their reporting.
The
Suffolk
University
Republicans
did
not
respond
to
communication
as
of
early Wednesday morning
on Trumps victory.
As of 3:55a.m. on
Wednesday
morning,
The New York Times had
reported that Trump had
amassed an estimated

306 votes from the

electoral college. Key
battleground states such
as Florida, Pennsylvania
and Michigan were won
by a margin of less than
two percent, according to
The Times.
Freshman government
and economics major
and Student Government
Association class senator
Matt
OBrien
used
Trumps victory to find
opportunity.
After a year and a half
of the grueling campaign
and
countless
hours
of work by volunteers,
the dream has been
realized, said OBrien
as he said that Trump
accomplished what the

liberal establishment and

the media said he would
not do. After a long and
spirited primary process,
the GOP unified behind
our nominee to defeat
Secretary Clinton. It is
a great night to be a
Republican, and an even
better night to be an
American.
Trumps
various
business ventures, some
of which have spread
across seas, could carry
him to the Oval Office and
will make some question
any conflicts of interest
and make some wonder
where his financial status
stands.
Trump will take office
on Jan. 20, 2017.

WORLD

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Weapons of war arrive on American soil

Domestic police forces receive military grade equipment

By Facebook user DailyPolice

James MacDonald
Journal Staff
Military
equipment,
including
weapons
and
combat
vehicles,
has returned to the
United States en mass
in recent years through
a government program
designed to arm police.
Do Not Resist, a
documentary bringing to
light this militarization of
police, made its Boston
premiere Thursday night
in the MFAs Remis
Auditorium, followed by a
discussion with the films
director Craig Atkinson
and a panel of Boston
community leaders.
The film drew scenes
from
demonstrations
in Ferguson, Mo, SWAT
team ride-alongs in South
Carolina and hearings
regarding
the
1033
military Surplus Program.
The 1033 Program,
created by the National
Defense
Authorization
Act of 1990, placed
under the jurisdiction
of the Defense Logistics
Agency, allocates used
military
equipment
to
domestic
law
enforcement.
Eligible
items range from TV
monitors and sleeping
bags to armored assault
vehicles and firearms.
Domestic departments
access
the
program
through a governmental
website where they may
choose from a list of
available
equipment.
Fees are required for the

shipment and storage of

the equipment, but the
departments do not pay
the cost of any equipment
that they request. The
total value of equipment
donated
exceeds
$4
billion, according to the
Washington Post.
Weve spent the last
15 years paying for wars
we never should have
fought, Atkinson said
during the post-show
panel.
Mine-Resistant Assault
Protection
(MRAP)
vehicles
are
included
in the list of surplus
equipment being shipped
to
law
enforcement
agencies. They are the
proposed
replacement
for the Armys Humvee
and part of a $50 billion
project the US military
employs to protect troops
from roadside IEDs in
overseas combat zones,
said Atkinson.
The film shows a
stockyard
filled
with
hundreds of MRAPs that
have returned to the U.S.
to be refurbished and sent
out to police departments
around the country, a
facility that is comprised
of millions of taxpayer
dollars.
Atkinson, whose father
served as a SWAT officer
for more than 20 years in
Michigan, took inspiration
from the heavy police
response to the Boston
Marathon bombing in
2013. After seeing the
deployment of several
MRAPs and numerous
assault
weapons,
he

decided to make a film to

uncover the extent of the
changes made to domestic
law enforcement since
his fathers retirement in
2002.
Atkinson
discovered
an all time high SWAT
deployment rate of 50,000
teams in 2015, more than
15 times the yearly rate of
the 80s when Atkinsons
father began his SWAT
career.
Police
response
to situations like the
Ferguson demonstrations
in 2014, depicted in
the film across several
nights,
raised
public
concern about the use
and distribution of 1033
program equipment.
Kentucky
Senator
Rand Paul appeared in the
film during a recorded
Senate hearing. He stated
that much of the assault
class gear provided by the
1033 Program is reserved
only for response to
terror eventsand is not to
be used for the purpose
of
riot
suppression.
There is not a clear
understanding of this
reservation within police
departments across the
country, according to
Atkinson.
The
images
from
Ferguson have helped
to
launch
several
investigations into the
usage of the equipment.
Clearly
there
has
been a mission breach,
Atkinson said.
The panel discussion
consisted of Co-Chair of
the Housing Committee

for the NAACP Segun

Idowu,
founding
Executive Director of
the National Center for
Race Amity at Wheelock
College William H. Smith
and Director of the Racial
Justice Program for the
ACLU Rahsaan Hall.
Panel
members
all
voiced
concerns
about the effects of
police militarization on
communities of color.

We have to push back

against the militarization
of the police, Hall said.
With equipment and
training becoming more
similar to that of the
armed services, the panel
members have grown
concerned
about
the
effects on the attitude of
officers benefitting from
these similarities, Idowu
especially.
They are a cult, it

seems like, Idowu said.

That mentality is causing
officers, when they enter
my community, to treat
people as combatants.
Do Not Resist will
remain at the MFA
through Nov. 26, and will
be available to stream on
Amazon Video Dec 15.

for film commentary

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Suffolk University
Political Research
Center takes aim at
international arena
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U.S. news foreign

to international
students at Suffolk

From Nation page 4

Elvira Mora
Journal Contributor

The manner in which

the United States media
projects to viewers is
vastly
different
from
the rest of the world.
The American people
have been exposed to
opposing
biases
that
are displayed through
enumerable
forms
of
media every day. News
source differ across the
country, exacerbated by
underlying political bias
inherent to the bipartisan
nature of America. The
2016 election, the most
discussed
election
in
modern American history,
had a continuous dialogue
open between the news
media and the public.
Heated
partisan
rhetoric has headlined
news coverage on the
election.
International
students
who
are
experiencing their first
American election pick
this type of discourse up
much easier.
I think the media in
Guatemala is different
because CNN is democrat
and Fox is republican,
meaning that they base
their news on what they
support, says freshman
undecided major Maria
Aguilar de Paz from
Guatemala, who has been
in America for three
years. But in Guatemala
the news are a little bit
less biased than in the
US,
De Paz reads news
from both Guatemala and
America weekly, having a
preference for CNN and El
Periodico, a Guatemalan
news source.
In
America,
the
portrayal
of
politics
in news outlets has
dominated conversations.
Individual
Americans
have been citing various
media
outlets
during
political debates, both on
and offline. This differs

from the perspectives

of media outlets and
individuals outside of
America and the ability to
access it.
In America, media
is
discussed
actively,
whereas
back
in
Kazakhstan it is not,
says freshman finance
major
Regina
Hwang
from Kazakhstan. It feels
differently, but probably
because of the elections.
She has said that she
feels a hint of culture
shock as a result of the
medias accessibility to
the public in America,
which greatly differs from
Kazakhstan.
Hwang also mentioned
that public reaction to
media
in
Kazakhstan
differs
greatly
from
American reaction. There
is a presence in America
that actively encourages
the involvement of news
and media that she did
not feel in Kazakhstan.
The polarizing media
in America can be seen
as a positive and negative
influence on the public.
This has been an aspect
heavily discussed by the
international community
at Suffolk.
The way people reflect
on media is much higher
than
a
participating
perspective,
said
freshman
psychology
major Jose Windevoxchel
from Puerto Rico. In
this case, they make
the election look like a
game and its kind of
bad because many get
distracted from the main
point which is that were
electing our next leader,
He has been intently
following the election
because of implications
that it will have in the
country he is studying
in, as well as his home in
Puerto Rico
It determines the fate
of my country too. he
said.
The
international
community at Suffolk
has picked up on the

reliance that the U.S.

has on the news outlets.
In an expansive country
with pockets of urban
communities
sparsely
placed in vast swaths
of rural and suburban
communities,
major
media sources are a
lifeline to those who
are not within reach of
a prominent local news
source.
The media has the
power to influence people
because thats how we
get our information said
freshman Aashi Sethi
from Nepal. She has
been in America for two
months. She said she has
witnessed social media
also playing an active role
in influencing individuals,
especially during election
season.
The constant need
for
entertainment
is
another difference that
international
students
believe influence media
output. This has turned
politics into theatre on a
grand stage.
The media is openly
biased so an individual
will want to consume
what they want to hear
so theyll hear what
they want to. said
junior double major in
management and business
Jose Antonio Pea from
Peru. Their own channels
will show their interests.
I feel like its a reality
show with publicity and
the news channels have
to be attractive and
entertaining with a focus
on scandals and drama.
He stated that he
believes that the media
caters to what an audience
wants.
The press and their outlets
all have a particular
course of action that
varies
from
country
to country. The media
differences
between
America and the rest of
the world has shaped
the way international
students perceive their
current home.

I had to defend it
because the numbers are
the numbers.
To the surprise of
the
political
polling
community
and
Paleologos himself, the
poll was correct. Clinton
took
New
Hampshire
from Senator Obama.
It was great for the
university.
he
said.
But thats the risk that
anyone doing a poll takes;
sometimes youre right,
sometimes youre wrong.
Suffolk
University
has not always been a
pinnacle of American
political
research.
In
2002, Paleologos was
working as an adjunct
professor at Suffolk and
Emerson College when
one of his students asked
a question in class that

his class ran had Romney

decisively defeating the
incumbent Swift by an
impressive margin. Two
days later the Boston
Herald picked up the
same poll and had similar
results. Jane Swift pulled
out of the race shortly
following the publication
of these results.
It was at that moment
that it crystallized that
one
Suffolk
student
in one poll class, who
came up with an out
of the box question
that
totally
changed
the
Massachusetts
political landscape, said
Paleologos. It was that
poll that put us on the
map.
The SUPRC then accepted
a
partnership
with
WHDH 7News Boston
that spanned from 2002
until 2014, according to

direct jurisdiction of the

president,
who
allots
funding and ultimately
makes the decisions on
what is polled.
Theres
willingness
on my behalf to dip
out toe in the water
internationally, he said.
But it has to make sense
to the new president of
the university, and the
dean as well.
According
to
Paleologos, the landscape
of international polling is
vacant. None of the major
American pollsters have
expanded outside of the
U.S. border to a significant
degree,
according
to
Paleologos. One of the
biggest impediments on
his goal to eventually
branch into international
polling is the constant
instability of appointed
presidents at Suffolk.

Ive worked with numerous presidents who

didnt have the same passion as I do. There
are so many issues we could be polling, but
have we havent had the opportunity to.
- David Paleologos
changed the trajectory
of Suffolks perceived
political clout, as well as
his career in polling.
Paleologos said he
assigned his class a polling
project
that
focused
on the Massachusetts
state race for Governor.
One student stood up
and
inquired
about
a
businessman
from
Massachusetts
walking
alongside
President
George W. Bush on
television. Although it
was unknown who this
man was or what he was
doing alongside President
Bush at the time, the
student wanted to run a
poll with this man against
Democrat
Jane
Swift
for the Massachusetts
Governors race, according
to Paleologos. This man
was Mitt Romney. The
poll that Paleologos and

Paleologos.
A goal that Paleologos
has had for the SUPRC is
for it to break into the
world of international
polls. This is something
that he believes will help
Suffolk Universitys brand
expand across the globe,
as well as help recruit
more
international
students.
He
notes
that there has been an
inherent lack of interest
in
international
polls
from American agencies.
There would be an
increase in interest for
us because thats a space
that no one is in, he said.
The
difficulty
in
achieving
this
goal
has been a result of
Suffolks
bureaucracy
and the revolving door
of university presidents
that have come and gone.
The SUPRC is under the

Ive wanted to do
this for seven years, he
said. Ive worked with
numerous
presidents
who didnt have the same
passion as I do. There are
so many issues we could
be polling, but havent. I
wanted to poll Brexit. I
think we could have had
a major impact on that,
but we didnt have the
opportunity.
With the 2016 election
in the rearview mirror,
Paleologeos plans to take
some time off. He plans
to spend it catching up
family,
especially
his
son who is a high school
senior going through
the college application
process.
I really havent had
as much time to engage
with them as Id like and
I dont want to lose that
time. said Paleologos.

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Hard truths: Hard to resist

James MacDonald
Journal Staff
Craig Atkinson, with
credits in award-winning
documentaries
such
as Detropia, made his
disquieting
directorial
debut with Do Not
Resist, a documentary
film that made its Boston
debut at the Museum of
Fine Arts this month.
The film examined
the
militarization
of
police forces in the
United States, a subject
of much debate as police
responses to perceived
public
safety
threats
have become increasingly
more aggressive. The
film revealed that these
forces have an arsenal of
military grade equipment
the likes of which local
departments
have
historically never used.
The
film
inspired
discomfort
during
scenes
of
mounting
tension between police
and demonstrators in
Ferguson,
Missouri,
following the shooting

of Michael Brown. A
destructive SWAT raid
that yielded nothing more
than a single confiscated
bud of marijuana, and
hearings regarding the
use of military equipment
on U.S. soil, which left
sitting
U.S.
senators
speechless.

could one day become a

militarized state of the
likes of Russia and Mexico.
With endorsements from
multiple domestic law
enforcement
agencies,
Grossman
participatesd
in a 200 event-per-year
speaking tour.
The imagery in the

Ferguson streets showed

ejected
gas
canisters
soaking in puddles as
police in full riot gear
pushed
back
crowds.
SWAT officers were also
shown hanging out of
speeding vans. Another
shot depicted training
sessions in which officers

This is not a thriller,

but a piece of the
world we inhabit.
Also in the mix,
most prominently at the
bookends of the film,
are clips from a seminar
given to a small police
department by author and
retired Army Lieutenant
Colonel Dave Grossman, a
wide-eyed and vehement
advocate
of
fighting
violence with violence.
He implied that the U.S.

film was as sharp and

cinematic as that of a
scripted film, but with all
the cutting realism of a
respectable documentary.

The imagery in
the film is as sharp and
cinematic as that of a
scripted film, but with all
the cutting realism of a
respectable documentary.
Rolling shots of dark

fired assault rifles at a

firing range while heavily
armored vehicles passed
plastic tricycles on lawns
in suburbia. All shots
served to alienate the
viewers in the end.
Atkinsons
various interviews, as
well as his sit ins at senate
hearings, SWAT briefings
and Grossman events,

helped to ground these

extreme images; this is
not a thriller, but a piece
of the world we inhabit.
The true weight of the
action is fleshed out here,
where consequences can
be assessed.
These scenes coupled
with Atkinsons minimal
text narrative moved the
film smoothly through its
first two acts. The third
act, an examination of
the latest surveillance
techniques police have
used via private data
collection organizations,
is much less visually
striking and captivating
than the earlier scenes,
despite the undeniable
newsworthiness
of
the
content.
Perhaps
a
dispersal
of
the
intelligence aspects of the
police trade throughout
the film would have
alleviated this issue.
The
only
other
prominent blemish on an
otherwise immaculately
cut and presented film is
the lack of a responding
voice from police, a
counter to the message
that
would
provide

some more credibility.

Atkinsons lens seems
only to capture the worst
moments in policing and
policy blunders. However,
the film is by no means
taking
liberties
with
reality. It simply chooses
to depict extreme cases to
strengthen itself.
The film remains bleak
right through its final
seconds. This is after all
an ongoing crisis, and
the lack of resolution or
solace is a true testament
to the timeliness of the
film.
Atkinsons
first
effort as a director is a
must see for American
audiences, a think piece
of immense interest to
the voting public.
The film will continue
with screenings at the
MFA through Nov. 26.

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from invited
panelists
regarding
racial
injustices,
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Dan Croll leaves Boston in a Sweet Disarray

British singer-songwriter takes a trip across the pond to perform for the first time in Boston on Aurora tour

By Facebook user Dan Croll

Morgan Hume
Journal Staff

Widely
known
for
his prolific songwriting
capabilities and numerous
accolades in the music
industry, Dan Croll made
his first appearance in
Boston at the Paradise
Rock Club last weekend.
Croll, a 26-year-old
singer-songwriter
from
Liverpool,
England
is
best known for blending
electronic
and
folk
sounds together to create
a new kind of sound.
The british musician
worked with Sir Paul
McCartney when he was
in college at the Liverpool
Institute for Performing
Arts (LIPA). This rare
opportunity was granted
to just eight students who
were selected to have
a personal session with
the former Beatles band
member. Since graduating
from LIPA, he has been
busy
performing
and
creating his own original
music, and released his
first album in 2014. He
is currently signed to
Communion music record
label.
At the Thursday night
concert, the musician

Up-and-coming musician
one of eight selected to study
under Paul McCartney

played a selection of
songs from his debut
album Sweet Disarray.
Paradise Rock Club
is
a
concert
venue
located next to Boston
University known for
hosting concerts for wellknown local bands and
alternative
musicians.
The club holds a capacity
of 933 people, so the
small stage and standing
room only seating quickly
creates
an
intimate
atmosphere. Croll fits
the
demographic
for
the typical performer
at the venue due to his
indie-folk sound and up
and coming status in the
music industry.
Suffolk
University
student,
freshman
international economics
major Jordan Albrizio,
attended the concert.
Dan
Croll
was
absolutely fantastic. His
voice was unlike most

artists today. I feel like

it was very pure and
magical, she said in a
post-show interview with
The Suffolk Journal. It
was mesmerizing and I
was blown away by his
performance even though
Im not too familiar with
him as an artist.
Albrizio thought the
club was the best place for
Crolls show. The small,
cozy venue was perfect
for his soft music and
rich voice. She said that
she would be interested
in seeing Croll perform
again if he came back to
Boston on another tour
and she plans on listening
to more of his music in
the future.
The
singer
also
played his newest single
Swim, and his hit song
Home,
which
many
audience
members
immediately recognized
because it was featured

in the background of a
popular Home Goods TV
commercial.
Before he sang the
song, he paused to joke
to the crowd about the
advertisement.
Sorry if youre sick
of it. There are other
stores available. You pick
and choose, youre free
to do so. Dont listen to
corporate America, he
said.
Croll was the opening
act for Aurora, a singersongwriter from Norway
who he sees as an
admirable musician. He
made it a point to admire
her talent during his set,
commending those who
had purchased tickets
to her show as means of
supporting her.
Aurora and Croll are
in the middle of their
ten-stop
tour
across
North America. Besides
Boston, they have gigs in
other major cities across
the country, including
Washington D.C., New
York City and Chicago.
His next few stops will be
out west in Minneapolis,
Minn., and Milwaukee,
Wis.
His music can be
streamed
on
Spotify
and is also available for
purchase on iTunes.

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By Twitter user Hamilton Musical

Hamilton creator and star Lin-Manuel Miranda

announced last week that The Hamilton Mixtape,
will be dropping soon and is now available for
preorder. Miranda has not been subtle on social
media regarding the mixtape, including naming
stars such as Chance the Rapper and Usher in a
flurry of tweets surrounding the announcement.
The entire tracklist was released on Amazon in
Australia where viewers could see not only what
tracks were being remixed, but the names of the
stars being featured on them, a feature that was
not available on the U.S. preorder. Artists such as
Nas, Wiz Khalifa, Alicia Keys, Jimmy Fallon and
The Roots, and John Legend are among the select
few that will appear on the tracks. According to
various music sharing platforms like iTunes, the
mixtape is set to be released Dec. 2, 2016.

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OPINION

With an international
population of 23 percent,
according to enrollment,
Suffolk seems to be
one of the most diverse
universities in Boston.
Suffolk
prides
itself
on accepting students
from over one hundred
different countries every
year. But do students
really benefit from their
diverse peers? Or does
Suffolk push this statistic
in
their
promotional
videos solely for image
purposes? Who knows?
We have probably
had
professors
that
truly helped us, and
professors that we would
rather forget, but we
should
put
ourselves
in the shoes of our
international classmates.
It is hard enough to be an
international student, but
the added pressure from
unsympathetic professors
can
harshly
affect
the student and their
academic
performance.
Cultural
barriers
can
cause misunderstandings
between an international
student who needs a
little
extra
practice
with English and a wellmeaning professor that
might not recognize that
the student is feeling
discouraged.
Mariana
Barragan
of Colombia wants her
professors to know that
international students are
not going to be as fluent
or eloquent with their
English as their Americanborn classmates.
Barragan is working
on her junior year at
Suffolk University.
Barragan said that
Americans
are
more
private and reserved,
and the friend-making
process took longer to
develop here than in
her native country of
Columbia.
In her classes, however,
she feels more accepted
among her peers.
The business school
has many international
students and its nice
to experience all these

cultures and to be open

to new ideas.
She said her orientation
Psychology
instructor,
Sukanya Ray, was what
made her fall in love with
cultures and psychology.
Barragan said Ray is
originally from India and
greatly understood the
challenges international
students face.
She also said that
Ray opened her eyes to
how important it is for
professors to encourage
their students, and to be
open to perspectives from
international students.
Barragan did speak of
professors that were not
as understanding. She
talked about her Writing
101 professor that would
often
make
students
read aloud in class.
Barragan said she would
feel humiliated when
they would continuously
correct her in a class that
she had difficulty in since
English is not her first
language.
It made me feel
discouraged, like I was
being judged, she said.
In a predominantly
white state with very little
exposure to different
cultures and races, the
diversity
at
Suffolk
is one of the reasons
why it stands out from
other universities. Its
important for students
who werent introduced
to
different
cultures
until later in life to
then try and understand
them. It is essential
to
our
development
as intellectual human
beings to learn from
our peers with varying
backgrounds.
When you do not
open your mind to other
cultures and ideas, you
can become trapped in a
bubble. It is our duty as
American citizens to be
knowledgeable of events
going on around the
world. Who knows, those
events might even affect
our lives here in the
United States.
International students
enliven
our
campus
with their ideas and
experiences. It is beneficial
no matter where you are
from; whether that is
western Massachusetts or
Colombia, interacting with

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International students:
how diverse is Suffolk?
Katie Dugan
Asst. Opinion Editor

STAY TUNED:

international students is a
great social skill to have.
Overtime you can learn
how to communicate and
work with people who are
different from you, which
is an important skill to
have in the professional
world.
I do not believe that
Suffolk takes advantage
of international students
in order to increase
enrollment,
however
there does need to be
more advertising and
events specifically for
international students to
keep them enrolled and
remind them why Suffolk
is such a great choice for
internationals
With the presidential
election that consumed
the news media over the
past several months, it
is not surprising that it
seems that most American
Suffolk students do not
know much about world

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Micro-aggressions: A Word
too much, too soon from SGA
Letter to the Editor

Dear Trustees,
As a Free American,
from my earliest days,
I have been greatly
irritated
by
group
punishments
inflicted
for one or a small group
of those in whichever
place I was subject to
authority of those too lazy
(or tyrannical) to detect
offenders and selectively
punish only them.
Having
been
a
supervisor of professional
workers, I was instructed
in such cases to: first
consider
the
facts;
to consider the prior
conduct of any person
accused of an offense;
and, to only impose
individual
counseling
for an otherwise good
employee if fault was
found.
Certainly,
I
would not have been
allowed (under pain of
punishment for myself)
to assign extra duties to
all in my unit upon so
(correctable) error of one

employees of even a very

few employees.
Your
schools
administration appears to
need some basic training
in the best personnel
practices.
Micro-aggressions
are
a
reality-denying
invention of those selfstimulating
academics
who also support the
equivalent safe spaces
and trigger warnings.
None of these exist in the
real world (i.e. outside
of academia) into which
your students will soon
be thrust. The involuntary
servitude inflicted on your
faculty will do nothing
to properly educate your
students.
Respectfully
and
hopefully yours,

James Pawlak
P.S.

Malo
Periculosam Libertatem
Quam Quietum Servitium.
I prefer dangerous
freedom over peaceful
slavery.

Dear Suffolk
University,

At
last
weeks
SGA
meeting,
we
were joined by a
representative
from
the
International
Student
Services
Office. She gave us
information
about
our
international
students and how we
can better help them.
Please read more from
that
presentation
when we post the
minutes from that
meeting on our social
media this week. On
Friday, Nov. 18, ISSO
is holding the annual
International
Night
and we encourage all
students to attend.
The
Diversity
Climate Survey was
extended until Nov.
10, so if you have not
taken it yet, please
do so! The results
from
that
survey
will greatly help the
Presidents
Diversity
Task
Force
make
changes to improve
Suffolk University for
all.
Please
also
remember to take the
Presidential
Search
Committee survey to
give your input on
what Suffolk needs in
a leader.
We encourage all
students to attend the
Town Hall Forums
held by the Board of
Trustees regarding the
Presidential
Search
Committee.
These
forums will be held on
Nov. 14 and 15 from
12:30
to
1:30p.m.
in the Sargent Hall
Function Room. Stop
by to give your input
or just to get an
update on the search
for a new president.
Wed
encourage
all members of the
Suffolk
Community
to attend our weekly
general meetings from
12:15 to 1:30p.m. in
Somerset B18. If you
have any questions
or concerns our Open
Forum is a great
opportunity to bring
those up, and you
are always welcome
to email us at sga@
suffolk.edu.
The Student
Government

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10 NOV. 9, 2016

Editors Word
This outcome is not a
representation of the America
we have seen throughout the
election. The silent majoritys
voice rang out on Tuesday,
echoing across the nation. These
voices do not directly reflect the
values of Suffolk University, but
it is the decision of Americas
majority.
As the primary whistleblowers
on campus, The Suffolk Journal
will not tolerate or perpetuate
dishonesty and propaganda.
We will continue to work harder
than ever to promote awareness
for objective, factual reporting.
Being part of a community that
is so welcoming and accepting
as Suffolk, it is hard to swallow
the victory of President-elect
Donald Trump who has based
his campaign on fear mongering
and pandering to bigoted beliefs.

It is disheartening to
comprehend the magnitude
that his ultimate takeover of
the Oval Office will have on the
nation, but it is with absolute
certainty that we will continue
to promote the policies that this
institution has instilled in its
education since its beginning.
True to the universitys creed,
we will continue to be honest
and diligent in our reporting
and coverage of the Trump
presidency as it unfolds, in
accordance with our mission to
provide the highest quality of
journalism.

The election is over. Trump
is president. No matter what this
fact brings, The Suffolk Journal
will continue to report with the
utmost integrity.

-The Journal Staff

Cultural diversity within Suffolk

From STUDENT page 9 unbearable.
news
happening
outside of the U.S.
On Oct. 2, a peace
treaty that would be
a catalyst in ending
the ongoing civil war
in her native state of
Colombia was rejected,
and Barragan was deeply
affected by it and she
suffered academically.
I was so upset, I
couldnt study for exams,
she said.
Getting
adjusted
to a new country and
culture is hard enough,
but to imagine that on
top of turmoil in your
home
country
seems

In light of this, it is
certain that Barragan
is not alone in that she
found comfort in other
international
students
who are going through
similar experiences.
She and many other
international
students
could
benefit
from
more
accommodations
from Suffolk to make
them more comfortable.
Barragan enjoyed talking
with her international
classmates about their
ideas, but there should
be more opportunities
for
international
and
American students to
mingle.
I think there should

be more opportunities for

representation, Barragan
said.
According
to
the
Suffolk University website,
the International Student
Services Office has a
program called Home
Away From Home. This
program matches new
international
students
with upperclassmen to
facilitate the adjustment
of
new
international
students
to
Suffolk
University, Boston, and
American life in general.
Everyone can benefit
from
international
students:
Americans,
faculty
and
other
international
students
from varying countries.

But the responsibility

falls on the majority
of American students
to
encourage
an
environment in which
international
students
are not afraid to be
themselves.
Sharing
varying
experiences
helps
us connect and find
similarities
with
one
another and become more
aware and conscientious
of the world around us.
Over time, things that
seem to divide us, such
as different languages,
cultures and so on, are
the things that build our
knowledge and curiosity
about people and the
world.

New advising model alludes to change,

improvements can still be made
Patrick Holmes
Opinion Editor
Change is something
that is usually good for
everyone. In regards to
registering for classes at
Suffolk, change is heading
in the right direction for
its students.
Recently, the advising
model has been modified
by the Undergraduate
Academic
Advising
Center to alleviate the
stressors involved with
communication between
faculty and students. In
the past, students have
had to sign up to meet
with their advisors in
stressful,
high-strung
15-minute
intervals.
This then prompted the
professor to approve the
students
registration
for their next semester
classes.
Now, upperclassmen
are not required to
meet with their advisor
and can easily sign up
for classes and meet at
preferable times for both
the student and faculty
member
throughout
the
year.
This
new
model allows for more
meaningful conversations
between both individuals
that
instill
smooth
communication between
each member.
A l t h o u g h
communication has been
enhanced
positively,
how easy is it for a
student to get through

the registration process

properly?
It seems that many
students wait until the
last minute to sign up for
their classes or meet with
their advisor. Moreover,
students may not put
the necessary time into
finding out which classes
they need to take for the
upcoming semester or in
the future at all.

their classes. This would

include every class they
would need to take for all
of their four years.
Unfortunately, not all
students have declared a
major and some change
their majors during their
undergraduate program.
That being said, an
undergraduate plan for
each student would be
unique to him or her.

This new model

allows for more
meaningful
conversations
between both
individuals that
instill smooth
communication
between each
member.
This allows for errors
within the registering
process due to available
classes
and
future
planning. More often
than not, students review
their program evaluation
to
determine
which
classes to take for the
upcoming semester. What
could be more beneficial
would be an advisor
helping a student create
a undergraduate plan for

An advisor could spend

time with a student
throughout their first
semester to communicate
and establish a plan for
their
undergraduate
career.
Although timely, this
could enhance the way
a student approaches
registering for classes
each
semester
and
would give them a solid
initiative. But, an advisor

is not fully in charge of

creating this plan. The
student would need to
equally
review
their
program evaluation and
come to meetings with
their professor prepared
to establish this helpful
proposal.
This
divisive
plan
seems to be the solution
to some of the advising
issues,
complementing
their
new
model.
However, not every class
is given in both the Fall
and Spring semesters
which
causes
issues
when students have not
taken certain classes in a
timely manner. Because
of this, students cannot
accurately plan ahead
because it is not known
what classes will be
taught in the future.
Even
so,
the
frustrations of registering
for classes are endless,
especially when a class
is full before you can
register. Though these
issues
seem
unable
to be fixed, what can
Suffolk do more to
help prevent stressors
involving registration? An
undergraduate plan might
solve some issues within
advising and registering
for classes but it does not
solve all.
So
far,
the
Undergraduate Academic
Advising Center has made
positive strides toward
making the registration
process
easier
but
there is still room for
improvement.

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11 NOV. 9, 2016

Fantastic four dominate season ender

Four
individuals
from Suffolk Universitys
womens soccer team
were recognized in the
programs 11-10 record.
Alexandra
Nagri
finished as the leading
scorer for the team with
19 goals. The junior
forward also notched as
a second team All-GNAC.
Junior
forward
Jennifer
Martin
was
selected
as
a
first
team
All-GNAC
and
All-Tournament
team
member on Nov. 7. Martin
scored the game-winning
goal against second-seed
Johnson and Wales in the
quarterfinals. She is the
first women since 2011
from the womens soccer
program to be named to

the first team.

Senior
Shannon
Simmons also collected
an
All-GNAC
honor.
Simmons was named to
the All-Tournament team
and
All-Sportsmanship
team and held down the
defensive line throughout
the season.
Goal-keeper
Kirsten
Weiker was nominated
for HeroSports.com DIII
HERO of the Week and
placed second. Weiker
tallied up a total of 117
saves this season, and had
4 shutouts for the Lady
Rams.
Our final two playoff
games this season made
me very excited to see
what we can do next year
as a team, said Nagri.

Courtesy of Suffolk Athletics

We showed our
We all left
physical and
everything on the
mental strength field and played
as a team.
for each other.
- Alexandra
Nagri

My final
season here at
Suffolk is one to
remember.

- Jennifer
Martin

- Shannon
Simmons

You have to take

a few Ls before
the wins start
piling in.
- Kirsten
Weiker

Lady Rams shoot for dangerous year

Womens Basketball

Nov. 15 at Mass.-Boston

5:30 p.m

Nov. 19-20 Emerson Tip-Off Tournament

vs. Wesleyan

TBA

vs. Wesleyan

3:00 p.m

vs. TBA

TBA

Nov. 22 at Colby-Sawyer

6:00 p.m

Nov. 28 at Wentworth

7:00 p.m

Dec. 1 at Emmanuel (Mass.)

7:00 p.m

Courtesy of Suffolk Athletics

FromHOOPS page 12
in an interview with
The Journal on Saturday.
This year, the team
has a roster of 15,
seven of those players
being freshmen. Head
Coach, Ed Leyden named
seniors Georgia Bourikas,
Alexandra Clarke and
Kelsey Schiebel as the
teams captains for the
season. Leyden, is in his
23rd season coaching
the womens basketball
program. He has been
named Coach of the Year
five times in his coaching
tenure by the GNAC.
Sophomore forward,
Shannon Smith, said that
her coaches time and
effort shows how much
he cares about the team
as a whole.
He
studies
film,
statistics
and
the
competition more than
any other coach, said

Smith in an interview
with The Journal on
Friday. It really shows
how much he cares about
us as a team, and just
knowing that makes us a
successful team.
Before Suffolk, Leyden
coached
at
Revere
High School, Reading
High School and Tufts
University.
Leyden
said that the teams
chemistry last year was
wonderful, like a true
family and they were a
true representation of
Suffolk.
One of the nice things
about sports is that every
year is a brand-new year.
said Leyden. I think
that by the end of this
year were going to [have]
a very dangerous year.
He said that this is a
very enjoyable team and
they
hold
productive
practices in order to

prepare for the season.

Leyden explained that the
team has worked a lot on
defense, rebounding and
individual development.
He expects all of his team
to play hard and be the
ones that everyone has a
tough time beating.
I think were a work
in progress and we have a
lot of work ahead of us,
said Leyden. We want to
be a tough team all the
way through.
Senior
captain,
Alexandra Clarke, has
been playing basketball
since
she
was
in
elementary
school.
Clarke, who plays center,
said that it is important
to make everyone on the
team feel important and
involved. She said that
her team has had quite an
intense year so far.
We
would
play
pickup two to three times

a week and have our

conditioning trainer run
8 a.m. workouts for us
every Sunday morning,
said Clarke in an interview
with The Journal.
Clarke added that it
has been an adjustment
for the team with such
young players. She said
that the teams biggest
challenge
has
been
getting used to everyones
individual playing styles.
She explained that this
has not stopped them
from forming a chemistry
needed to be successful.
Clarke said she hopes that
her team can once again
make it back to the GNAC
playoffs.
We are able to bring
the same level of play and
competitiveness to this
years team and use that
as a driving force to be
successful this year, said
Clarke.

Skylar To / Sports Editor

Senior center Alexandra Clarke

during practice.

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head coach Claude Julien reacts to
3-2 loss in Montreal.

NOV. 9, 2016 | PAGE 12

Womens basketball dribbles into new season

Hannah Arroyo
Journal Contributor
Basketball has been in
Caitlyn Caramellos blood
for the past 14 years that
she has been playing the
game.
Caramello, a junior,
has played a total of
55 games in her twoyear collegiate career
with Suffolk Universitys
womens
basketball
program and she will now
head into her third year
playing with the team.
Besides
basketball,
Caramello
also
participated
in
cross
country at the university.
During the beginning of
the Lady Rams preseason,
she said she experienced
pain on her knee that
she had also felt in her
freshman year. Caremello
said that she tore her
lateral meniscus and parts
of her patella tendon and
had surgery to repair her
knee, a week before her
first day of college. She
said she has been dealing
with the knee injury since

then.
When I received my
results my doctor told
me that my cartilage
in my knee is old and
abnormal and she advised
me that I should stick to
only one sport at Suffolk
for my knees sake, said
Caramello in an interview
with The Suffolk Journal.
So I had to give up cross
country and I stuck to
basketball since Ive been
playing for about 14
years.
Although Caramellos
doctors advised her not to
run for a fews weeks after
the pain surfaced again,
which put an end to her
cross
country
season
earlier
this
semester,
Caramello said that she
is ready to get back and
compete this season. After
doing physical therapy
and buying a new brace,
Caramello has recently
been back on the court
with her team.
The Lady Rams will
open their 2016-17 26game season on Nov.
15 at the University of
Massachusetts Boston at

Chris DeGusto / News Editor

5:30 p.m.
Last season the Rams
ended their year with
an 17-11 record and a
conference
record
of
8-3. The team advanced
to the Great Northeast

Athletic
Conference
(GNAC)
Quarterfinals
and defeated Norwich
University 55-51. In the
Semifinals, they dropped
their match to Saint
Josephs University in a

74-58 loss.
Junior shooting guard,
Alexandra Nagri reflected
on the teams losses from
last year.
We definitely lost
key players that were

an intricate part of our

success last year, but we
also have experienced
seniors who have the
talent to lead us to be just
as successful, said Nagri

See HOOPS page 11