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Navigating a Romantic Partner's Gender Transition
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Understanding How Asexual Individuals Navigate Identity Disclosure and Concealment
ABSTRACT Asexual individuals may navigate unique identity management challenges, given societal misunderstanding and invisibility of asexuality. This study investigated identity disclosure and concealment among asexual individuals using strategic outness theory as a guiding framework.
Massachusetts residents less concerned about climate change due to recent international conflicts
In a recent MassINC/Boston Globe poll, climate change was considered the least concerning issue to be dealt with by the government among Massachusetts residents. Asked to rate climate change as high priority, medium priority, low priority or don’t know/refused, against other large issues 47% of participants believe climate change is a high priority. This poll has also occurred in 2019, 2014 and 2011. Climate change has never ranked with the highest high priority vote.
Suffolk students attend Ukraine protest in Poland
Cardboard signs donned cries for peace in Polish, Ukrainian, Russian and English. Bright blue and yellow decorated the sidewalk as Ukrainian flags waved in the wind. Chanting, cars honking and motorcycles revving their engines sound tracked the scene. The demonstration outside Poland’s Russian Embassy “was extremely powerful,” said Suffolk University junior Niamh Walsh. Walsh and junior Marah Fitzgerald are spending the spring semester studying at Suffolk’s campus in Madrid.
The humanity behind hieroglyphs 200 years later
Emily Devlin The opening slide of Dimitri Laboury’s presentation on the writing and artistic culture of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs. “Reading the hieroglyphs defines, nowadays, Egyptology,” said Dimitri Laboury at The Harvard Museum of Science & Culture webinar, “On the Literacy and Education of Ancient Egyptian Artists,” Thursday, about 200 years after hieroglyphs were first deciphered. Hieroglyphs were used 31st century B.C. to A.D. fifth century.
Suffolk Athletics addressing diversity issues, athletic director says
James Bartlett The Ridgeway building, which houses Suffolk Athletics. Caroline Enos and Emily Devlin November 3, 2021 Suffolk University Athletics Director Cary McConnell said his department is working toward being more diverse and inclusive. The changes come after The Suffolk Journal released an investigation in April about diversity and discrimination concerns from student-athletes of color.
Revisiting history vs. removing it: Boston historians weigh in on controversial statues
Caroline Enos, Emily Devlin, and Kayla Dalton March 24, 2021 As calls for racial justice ramped up last year, statues of controversial historical figures were taken down. Or, in the case of a Christopher Columbus statue in Boston, beheaded. The six-foot white marble statue, which stood in Christopher Columbus Waterfront Park just feet away from Boston Harbor, was found decapitated in the early hours of June 10. This wasn’t the first time the statue was defaced.
Opinion: Suffolk’s COVID testing sites are inconvenient- to say the least
For those of you who have not been on campus, Suffolk University had two COVID-19 testing sites: one in the second-floor lounge of the Sawyer Building and one in a second-floor classroom in the Sargent Building. They have recently closed the Sawyer location which means everyone going on campus now has to get tested in Sargent. This has become an inconvenience.
Archives calls on students to submit COVID-19 content
Graphic by Emily Devlin / original art by J. M. Flagg There’s no doubt that the COVID-19 pandemic we are all living through is historic. To help future historians understand what this experience was like, the Moakley Archives & Institute at Suffolk University is asking students, faculty and staff to submit content to a new project that aims to document their lives during this crisis.
Suffolk Firsts: LGBTQ+ History Month
Courtesy of Moakley Archives & Institute The first official Gay and Lesbian Association at Suffolk (GALAS) executive board. Standing (left to right): Dave DeMarco and Leo McNiff. Sitting: Garrison Smith. Suffolk recognizes April as it’s Pride Month, so this article will shine a light on the LGBTQ+ community at Suffolk over the years. The information given is all that is known.
Suffolk’s Sawyer Library moves resources online as students learn remotely
Emily Devlin / Managing Editor Sawyer Library at Suffolk University The Sawyer Library, much like classes and the rest of Suffolk University’s resources, has gone virtual. “We wanted to make sure that the students and faculty could successfully and quickly transition to online learning,” said Gregory Heald, director of the Mildred F. Sawyer Library. College of Arts and Sciences and Sawyer Business School students who used the library to access their class textbooks don’t have to worry.
A blast from the past…
Courtesy of Moakley Archives and Institute Emily Devlin [Left] Suffolk’s Ridgeway Building in the 1980s. It officially opened in 1991. [Right] Today, the Ridgeway Building houses the Athletic Department Administration, a fitness center, an indoor basketball/volleyball court, and acts as the base for Suffolk University Police.
A blast from the past…
Courtesy of Moakley Archives & Institute Emily Devlin [Left] A parking lot next to the Sawyer Building in the 1970s. [Right] The Miller Residence Hall, which opened in 2003, where the parking lot once stood.
Looking back at the Isabella Stewart Gardner museum heist 30 years later
Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons The courtyard inside the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Emily Devlin March 18, 2020 All it took was 81 minutes for a pair of thieves to steal 13 pieces of artwork from the Gardner Museum. The WBUR and Boston Globe produced podcast, Last Seen, goes through the events of the night. Just before 2 a.m. on March 18, 1990, two men dressed as cops pushed the buzzer at the side door of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum.
Suffolk Firsts: Women’s History Month
Courtesy of Moakley Archive & Institute Catherine Judge became the school’s first full-time professor in 1972, and became the first woman to receive tenure at the university two years later. In the fourth part of this four-part series, which will come out in April, The Journal will celebrate Suffolk’s LGBTQ+ history in honor of Suffolk’s LGBTQ+ History Month.
The Suffolk Journal office
The Suffolk Journal office Emily Devlin, Managing Editor March 4, 2020 Courtesy of Moakley Archive & Institute Emily Devlin [Left] The staff of The Suffolk Journal works in the newspaper’s office in 1978. The newspaper moved to a new office in the Sawyer building in 2016. [Right] The Journal’s staff works in the newspaper’s current office.
A blast from the past…
Courtesy of Moakley Archives & Institute Emily Devlin [Left] The Archer Building, at 20 Derne St., was built in 1920 and sold by the university in 2015. [Right] Today, the building is an apartment complex.
A blast from the past…
Courtesy of Moakley Archives & Institute Emily Devlin [Left] In 1981, the Sawyer Building lobby looked like this. [Right} After the renovation, the lobby is much more open and colorful.
A blast from the past…
[Left] Suffolk students dancing at a Halloween event in 1965. [Right] Suffolk students Celia Peterson (left) and Olivia Hess (right) at Thursday’s Suffolk Halloween Bash. Fifty-four years later and Suffolk students are still embracing the holiday.
A blast from the past…
[Left] A photo of Temple Street showing the entrance to Suffolk’s old Donahue Building during the 1970s. [Right] The entrance of Donahue photographed in 2019. In 2015, The Archer and Donahue academic buildings were sold, moving classrooms to the current building at 20 Somerset St.
A blast from the past…
[Left] Shown on the is a photo of the Frank Sawyer Building in 1982. A photo of the Sawyer Building from 2019. [Right] In 1982 the building was acquired by the university as an academic building. It was dedicated to Frank E. Sawyer, who was a benefactor of the university.
The Suffolk Journal | Modern Theatre
Courtesy of Moakley Archives & Institute Emily Devlin [Left] Originally opened in 1914 as Boston’s first movie theater, it is pictured here in 1926 showing “The Sea Beast” and “A Poor Girl’s Romance.” [Right] In 2020, Modern Theatre is now home to a Suffolk residence hall and theater.
The Suffolk Journal | Sawyer Lobby
Courtesy of Moakley Archives & Institute Emily Devlin [Left] In 1982, the Sawyer Lobby was home to Suffolk’s Mildred F. Sawyer Library. [Right] The lobby, in 2020, is an open and colorful student lounge.
Suffolk Firsts: Black History Month
Judge Ivorey Cobb receives an honorary degree from Suffolk in 1965 Courtesy of The Moakley Archive & Institute Judge Ivorey Cobb receives an honorary degree from Suffolk in 1965 Courtesy of The Moakley Archive & Institute Courtesy of The Moakley Archive & Institute Judge Ivorey Cobb receives an honorary degree from Suffolk in 1965 Send email to this address Enter Your Name Add a comment here Verification: What's 5 + 5?
Back to our roots: Suffolk’s first graduates
Send email to this address Enter Your Name Add a comment here Verification These graduates are only a handful of Suffolk firsts The Journal will present this semester. In the second part of this four-part series, which will come out next month, The Journal will showcase Suffolk’s first black students and staff in honor of Black History Month. To ring in the new decade— and The Suffolk Journal’s first edition of the semester— we’re throwing it back to some of Suffolk’s first students.
Who’s Askin’ delivers despite difficulties
Emily Devlin / Journal Staff The group lines up for their curtain call Send email to this address Enter Your Name Add a comment here Verification From the corner of Boylston and Tremont, to Australia and even to the doors of heaven, Who’s Askin’ brings the audience to different places and situations, leaving them laughing along the way. Despite an eventful week full of difficulties, the sketch comedy group held a confident and entertaining show Saturday night in the basement of Smith Hall.
Store closings could signal a more pricey Downtown
Send email to this address Enter Your Name Add a comment here Verification Downtown Crossing is a hot spot for shoppers, with its streets lined with stores and restaurants. But now that Forever 21 and lower-end stores like it continue to close, and rent in Boston continues to increase, Downtown could change into a more upscale shopping district. Forever 21 announced the closure of all of its Boston stores after declaring bankruptcy on Sept. 29.
Jonathon Safran Foer discusses climate crisis, why lifestyle changes can help the earth
(From left) Author Jonathon Safran Foer and Steve Curwood of NPR's environmental news program, "Living on Earth." Lizz Malloy (From left) Author Jonathon Safran Foer and Steve Curwood of NPR's environmental news program, "Living on Earth." Lizz Malloy Lizz Malloy (From left) Author Jonathon Safran Foer and Steve Curwood of NPR's environmental news program, "Living on Earth." Send email to this address Enter Your Name Add a comment here Verification On Wednesday night, best selling author...
10 West residents call for elevator improvements
Suffolk's residence hall at 10 West Street Courtesy of CBT Suffolk's residence hall at 10 West Street Courtesy of CBT Courtesy of CBT Suffolk's residence hall at 10 West Street Students living in the 10 West and Modern Theatre residence halls say they are frustrated with the lack of frequently inoperable elevators, as well as issues with water pressure and temperature, and room temperature.
New MFA exhibit highlights relationship between gender and fashion
Filed under Arts & Culture, Boston, Exhibits Ensemble from the "Annodami" collection by Alessandro Tricone. Spring/Summer 2017. Emily Devlin / Journal Contributor Ensemble from the "Annodami" collection by Alessandro Tricone. Spring/Summer 2017. Emily Devlin / Journal Contributor Emily Devlin / Journal Contributor Ensemble from the "Annodami" collection by Alessandro Tricone. Spring/Summer 2017.
Lacrosse 2018
The Oliver Ames Boy’s Lacrosse Team was awarded the Sportsmanship Award by the MIAA during the 2017 season. The award is given to the team “who [has] demonstrated a sincere commitment to the highest ideals and objectives of sportsmanship”* throughout all of Massachusetts. It was the first time the award has been given to any Oliver Ames sports team. “I would say that it was the greatest accomplishment in OA Lacrosse history” says Coach Devlin.
‘Addams Family’ coming to OAHS stage
Emily Devlin | Daily Olivian Do you ever get that 1960s TV show theme song stuck in your head? The one with the snapping?
Where is Taj Narbonne?
LEOMINSTER — On Monday, March 30, 1981, Taj Narbonne sat at his grandparents’ kitchen table in Fitchburg, dreading what was to come when he returned home to his mother and stepfather that night. “I told him he was going home,” said Louis Narbonne, Taj’s grandfather. “He said, ‘With Clarence there? No way.'” Taj, 9, was referring to Clarence Dean, whom his mother married when Taj was 7 years old.
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