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VOLUME 76, NUMBER 18

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Brigitte CarreiroNews Editor

Farewell, Archer and Donahue

Opinion

Journey, pg. 9

Sports

Hockey, pg. 11

In the news

Arts

C. Walsh, pg. 7

Alumni, faculty share reflections and a bit of loss

After threedecades ofchange, Stollsteps away

Sam HumphreyManaging Editor

COUNTDOWN TO GRADUATION

23 DAYS

Storage boxes and move-in

dates have been drifting around

the halls and offices of the

Archer and Donahue buildings

as the end of the buildings’

lease is quickly approaching.

As the last days of the

Beacon Hill properties tick by,

students, faculty and alumni

are officially entering the

nostalgic stage.Senior Associate Dean of

Students Ann Coyne, once a

Suffolk student, graduating

with the class of 1982 with a

communications and speech

degree. During Coyne’s

time at the university, the

campus real estate was almost

unrecognizable from its current

layout.

“It was the Mount Vernon

building, Fenton, Archer and

Ridgeway, which wasn’t an

academic building, but it was

the student activities center,”

Coyne said.

The Sawyer building openedduring Coyne’s last two years,

which included the main dining

facility on campus and the

library in the basement.

As the campus undergoes

even more changes with

the imminent closing of the

When Nancy Stoll arrived

at Suffolk in 1987, students

darted in and out of class on

the tiny Beacon Hill campus. In

the almost three decades since

her tenure as dean of students

began, Stoll has provided many

opportunities to the school’s

changing student population.

Stoll, who will retire on June

3, grew the school’s division

of student affairs from four

departments to 15 at its largest,

starting popular initiatives

like the Journey Leadership

program, the Performing Arts

Office, and the Center for

Community Engagement, to

name a few.

But the school she is leavinghas changed dramatically from

the one she started at.

“Suffolk is a very different

institution now than it was in

‘87 in so many ways that it’s

almost a new institution,” said

Stoll in an interview with the

Journal.

As the university expanded,

Stoll worked to provide more

See FAREWELL page 2

See STOLL page 3

Suolk University has called Beacon Hill, and especially Temple Street,

its home for decades. In just a few short weeks, the oces

and student spaces on this historic street will be vacated as part of a push

for the university to become more central in downtown Boston.

Courtesy of Moakley Archive & Institute


“It’s concerning beingover here in Madrid andnot seeing the changesthat are happening.”

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Archer and Donahue buildings,memories of special experiences

sparked sentimentality and

appreciation of the university.

Chris Hill, Suffolk alum and

frequent adjunct professor

in the past, said that Archer

holds a special place in his

heart as the old home of the

Communication and Journalism

department.

“The CJN office was in

Archer when I was a student,

and that’s where we used to

hang out before or after class

or to prepare for an upcoming

debate with Dr. Bob Rosenthal,

Gloria Boone, Vicki Karns, Deb

Geisler and the other amazing

CJN professors,” he said. “But it

wasn’t until I returned to Suffolk

University more recently as an

adjunct professor that I knew

Archer had a special place for

me as a Suffolk student. When I

first passed the Archer building

upon my return, I couldn’t

help but take the walk up the

flight of stairs and peek in the

window of the old CJN office.”

Archer was also the home

of Suffolk President Thomas

Fulham’s office when Coyne was

a student. She remembered astudent-led strike right outside

the first-floor windows of the

Archer building to protest

the discontinuation of service

scholarships that granted

prominent student leaders with

awards.

“At the time, the university

decided there would be no

more service scholarships, so

we had a strike. We would

go by with signs and yell and

scream,” she said.

Coyne’s four years also saw

the foundation of the annual

Festival of Lights in Temple

Street Park that has still been

a standing tradition among

Suffolk students.

Coyne shared her

bittersweet reflections on

the loss of the Temple Street

properties, although she said

she understands the fiscal

need to leave the buildings

From FAREWELL page 1

A peek into the past: Suffolk from the archives

2016

2016

behind. Still, to her, the heart

of Suffolk‘s campus is leaving

along with Donahue and

Archer.

“I think our footprint is

beautiful, but in my mind

Suffolk is still behind the State

House,” she said.

Nicole Dygon, associate

director of the Office of Student

Leadership and Involvement,

echoed these sentiments on the

office’s impending move from

the fourth floor of Donahue.

“I’m excited for the students

to have new spaces, especially

with all the cool features in the

new building, but I also think

that it’s sad to leave a little bit

of history,” she said. “This is the

only building that I’ve known,

it’s the only building that a lot

of the students have known,

but it’s exciting nonetheless.”

Coyne said she is looking

forward to taking advantage of

the many properties that are

still in use.

“I think utilizing Sargent

Hall for classes beyond the law

school really is another way to

move the campus forward,” she

said.

What won’t change, Coyne

said, is Suffolk’s dedication to

its students.

“The thing that hasn’t

changed for me is how the

faculty and staff still feel about

students,” she said. “I think that

feeling of family, that feeling of

helping students to really shine

and make the most of their

lives in all aspects, is still here.”



Craig Martin/Journal Staff

Craig Martin/Journal Staff

The Moakley Archive & Institute has been documenting Suffolk’s changinguniversity for decades, showcasing what changes its Beacon Hill properties have

undergone since the Archer building was the original Suffolk Law School.

The Student

GovernmentAssociationExecutive

Board:then and now

Courtesy of Moakley Archive & Institute Colleen Day/Journal Staff


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educational and professional

opportunities to a changing

student body.

“The diversity across our

multicultural populations has

increased enormously over the

years I’ve been here, and that’s

been a wonderful enrichment

to the campus environment in

my view,” said Stoll. “It was

a very homogeneous student

population in the early days,

and that has changed in ways

that have just been wonderful

to see.”

Stoll estimates that there

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Letter from the Editor:On behalf of the Journal, I

am delighted to express the

degree to which I am pleased

with my team. Whether it was

breaking news or yesterday’s

gossip, we were on top of

every story, treating it like it

was front page news. For us,putting an edition out every

week was beyond a challenge.

But, with the help of my team,

it was seamless.

Best for the last time,

C

From STOLL page 1

Stoll focuses on fond memories ofstudent achievement, campus development

A tribute video featuringstudents sending Stoll their

best wishes, including juniors Jonathan McTague and Cameron Viola,

played during the annual Journey Leadership Awards Banquet.

were 125 international

students attending Suffolk

when she arrived, far less

than the current international

population of about 1,400.

Even so, Stoll said the

biggest cultural change in her

years at Suffolk was the school’s

transition from a commuterschool to a university with

a large on-campus student

population.

“That was probably the

biggest shift that I had a role

in managing -- in creating a

residence life structure, and a

system, and a program from

scratch,” she said.

Aside from the four

residence halls, the school’s

Ridgeway building, Rosalie K.

Stahl Center and 20 Somerset

building have been added to

the campus as the school’s

Fenton, Archer and Donahuebuildings became part of its

past. As the campus grew, Stoll

was instrumental in making

sure Suffolk’s new facilities met

its community’s needs.

“It’s been wonderful to

have some input into the

quality of those facilities and

the decisions that were made

about how best to make them

meet the students interests

and provide the kind of space

we wanted to see available for

them, especially for the ones

who are living here,” she said.

As she leaves the university,

Stoll is happy that currentSenior Associate Dean of

Students Ann Coyne will be

taking on her role.

“[Coyne] will be an

extraordinarily capable and

talented dean of students. She’s

an alum of the institution,

which makes it even better, so

she has a great deal of love and

loyalty to Suffolk,” said Stoll,

noting that Coyne knows the

students and community very

well from serving in her former

capacity for the past 10 years.

“There always are challenges

in helping students find ways

to get involved in campus life,

and in convincing them they

need to do that as part of their

educational experience and as

part of developing leadership

skills and other kinds of

abilities that will help them as

they get along in their career,”

said Stoll.

She said some of the areas

Coyne will likely focus on

include expanding the school’s

athletic offerings, promoting

new student activity space

in the Sawyer building and

promoting the many ways

students can get involved.“I imagine she’s going to

bring some creative ideas to

other ways we can try and do

that and present opportunities

to students that they will

take advantage of and use

to enhance their credentials,

because we know it makes a

difference,” Stoll said of Coyne.

In her time as dean, Stoll

said the cooperation from the

university’s presidents allowed

her and her staff to improve

access to opportunities for

students.

“I’ve been blessed with a

lot of support, a lot of goodsupport from the presidents

I’ve worked for, and that’s been

wonderful,” said Stoll. “It’s

allowed us to be creative, to try

new things, to build programs

like the Journey Leadership

Program and get the support

we needed to make those

successful, because students

really wanted those and have

thrived because of them.”

Of her many

accomplishments at Suffolk

throughout her career, seeing

students who overcame

enormous challenges and

struggles finally reach

commencement are her

happiest memories.

“Knowing what they’ve

overcome and what they’ve had

to work through to earn their

degree and seeing that happen

is just a huge, proud moment,

not just for me, but for all the

staff in student affairs,” Stoll

said.

As new generations of

students enter Suffolk and find

their place in the community,

they will benefit from the

network of programs she

helped put into place.“I think one of the reasons

that I stayed here all these

years was because I felt an

attachment to the student body.

I felt like the work we were

doing was making a difference

for students,” Stoll said. “It’s

been my pleasure to be able to

do whatever I have been able

to accomplish that has made

campus life a rich experience

for the students that have come

through here.”

“I’ve been

blessed with a lot

of support, a lot of

good support from

the presidents

I’ve worked for,

and that’s been wonderful.”

-Dean Nancy Stoll

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Brigitte CarreiroNews Editor

Commencement student speaker shares her #SufolkStory

Senior Victoria Ireton

will take the stage on May

22 as the College of Arts and

Science’s commencement

student speaker, describing her

experience as a Suffolk student

and what motivated her work

throughout her four years.

The government and

philosophy double major said

she shaped her collegiate career

through her student leadership

and the connections she made

through her many positions.

“Freshman year I met Dr.Racheal Cobb, and she gave

me a job in the government

department planning the

Student Research Conference,”

Ireton said. “That began my

involvement at Suffolk.”

Following that, Ireton

became an orientation

leader and the housing and

facilities chair of the Student

Government Association.

She said her on-campus

involvement introduced her to

people she won’t soon forget.

“Being engaged on campus

has given me a network of

people who are amazing andinspiring,” she said, naming

her fellow orientation leader

Andrea Zelano and SGA

President Colin Loiselle. “I

think of all these people, and I

wouldn’t have met any of them

if it wasn’t for my involvement.

These are some of the most

inspiring people on campus.”

Ireton’s commencement

address, she said, will follow

a theme of community and

inspiration, as her personal

story of her two years ofhomelessness guided the way

she approached her time at

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Suffolk.

“A big component of my

speech for graduation will

definitely be focused around

community. I will be touching

upon a few personal points

from my own life and just

how Suffolk has shaped my

experience and my future,” she

said.

Her time at Suffolk,

Ireton said, has mostly beeninfluenced by the opportunities

provided to her by classmates

and faculty.

“I found so many

opportunities and I’ve

been successful in those

opportunities because of the

support I’ve received,” she

said. “It’s been instrumental

in helping me have confidence

in myself because of my

background and help me find

those opportunities.”

The many changes to theuniversity that transpired

throughout the 2016-2017

academic year did not go

unnoticed, Ireton said, but

the class of 2016 grew closer

among the heightened sense ofcommunity.

“I think the changes

definitely influenced my class

in the sense that we feel more

connected to the university,”

she said. “If anything, I think

the changes show how amazing

the community really is and

how we really embrace what

Suffolk stands for.”

What Ireton feels most

nostalgic about as she prepares

to depart from the university is

the sense of home that Suffolk

has fostered for her throughout

her four years.“It is my second home, and

leaving home is never easy,”

she said.

As the class of 2016 takes

their last final exams and

walks the streets of Beacon Hill

for the final time as Suffolk

students, Ireton urges her peers

and those who will continue

at Suffolk to remember

that persistence should be

everyone’s main motivator.

“If you put in the effort at

this university, you will get

10 times the return. There are

many people who care about

your individual success, andthey’ll help you reach your

goals,” she said.

News Brief

The Board of Trustees has officially adopted new

bylaws. Chairman Andrew Meyer sent a statement to

the Suffolk community on Tuesday afternoon detailing

the changes made to the Board’s outdated bylaws,

which were adopted in a Friday meeting. Some of

the more prominent changes include a term limit

for members of the Board, the establishment of a

University Council that will act as an additional boardof advisers, and the extension of opportunities for

student input. “The Board assures all members of the

Suffolk community that the University has been, is and

will be properly governed with an appropriate set of

bylaws as its fundamental and foundational document

for the University’s governance for many years to

come,” said Meyer in the statement.

As promised, new bylaws


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Alexa GagoszInternational Editor

Changed campus:Suolk’s global community speaks out

“I know tons of people that have been

saying that they don’t think the changes

are good or necessary,

and have thought about staying

here in Madrid.”

-Matt Brown

Suffolk University students study in more than 20 different countries across the globe. Many will be returning to a smaller campus.

See CHANGE page 6

For more than 100 years,

Suffolk University has stood on

and been apart of the Beacon

Hill community. As of this

Summer, part of the identity

of Suffolk and its reputation

for being throughout theheart of Boston is about to

disappear. With the sale of its

Temple Street properties, the

once spread-out university will

become evidently much more

compact.

Some of the students

studying abroad see the

changes occurring to the Boston

campus and are hesitant to

come back to the United States

next semester.

Sophomore film studies and

production major Matt Brown

has been studying abroad at

the Madrid campus and saidthat returning to a changed

campus makes him not know

what to expect, especially

when it comes to the number

of classes that he saw offered

when he registered for classes

for the fall.

“The effects of the changes

that I’ve experienced here in

Madrid are minimal, excluding

the fact that significantly

less classes were offered,”

said Brown. “Since the class

offerings when I was trying to

register for the fall semester

were so lacking, it leads me to

believe that it’s due to the fact

that we have downsized in the

number of classrooms.”

Even though he is being

forced to return to the Boston

campus, he is weary that he

may come back to a minimal

amount of classroom and

programing space.

“Suffolk will really need

to find a way to optimize the

reduced space somehow,” said

Brown. “It’s concerning beingover here in Madrid, and not

seeing the changes that are

happening, because I know

it’s going to affect so many

students.”

Said Brown when asked

if he knows if any others feel

similarly, “I know tons of people

that have been saying that they

don’t think the changes are

good or necessary, and have

thought about staying here in

Madrid.”

The International Business

Club (IBC) has usually held

their meetings in Sawyer for

the past four years, but have

had events and programs

throughout the Suffolk-

owned Beacon Hill buildings.

However, their biggest concern

as an organization on campus

is how they will recruit new

students, since they planned to

do most of their recruitment at

the annual Temple Street Fair.

“Where will the Fall

involvement fair be,” they

asked. “[The Temple Street Fairhas] marked the beginning of a

new school year and semester

with Suffolk students who

are involved in the Suffolk

community and activities.”

The IBC, as well as many

other organizations on campus,

are skeptical about the move

until they find out more

information on where the fall

involvement fair will be hosted.

Junior Broadcast Journalism

major Jessica DiLorenzo said

that it has finally started to hit

her that Archer and Donahue

will no longer be around for

when she comes back to the

Boston campus from Madrid.

For her, the Donahue building

was a comforting space where

she had worked in the Student

Leadership & Involvement

(SLI) and Orientation and New

Student Programs Offices,

where her chapter meetings

were for Theta Phi Alpha, as

well as where she met up with

some of her commuter friends.

“It will be weird that when Ireturn for my senior year, that

it [the Donahue building] will

be gone,” said DiLorenzo.

Junior Broadcast Journalism

major Matt Durkin has been

involved with a number of clubs

and organizations on campus,

including being an orientation

leader in the past, being a

part of Studio 73, and was a

Trustee Ambassador where

he gave tours of the campus

to prospective students. He

believes that it was necessary

to remodel the campus, but the

school may have been too hasty

to make decisions.

“I know that space is going

to be an issue,” said Durkin as

he said he was going to miss

going to school on the historic

Beacon Hill.

“I just believe that Suffolk

University will hopefully help

to accommodate students as

they continue to increase classsizes,” said Brown. “Hopefully

the school will work with us

to be able to come up with

solutions to space-related or

any other issues that do arise.”

“It’s more urban now, not

as homey,” Durkin said as

he brought up the growing

downtown atmosphere that

Suffolk is leaning toward as

they leave Beacon Hill.

For junior psychology and

French double major and

President of the Francophone

Culture Club Gabrielle Kosta,

the move from Temple Street

will be bittersweet, but she ishopeful for some office space

of their own of the third floor

of Sawyer, which they are

currently on the waiting list

for.

“I don’t think it’s a loss

so much as a shift. Change is

constant, and the best way to

be successful is to be able to


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Condensed campus causes ripples overseas

“It is not a loss of identity, we are definitely losing something that will be missed,

but we are still Suffolk.”-Gabrielle Kosta

adapt to those changes,” said

Kosta. “I personally am sad

to see [Donahue, Archer, and

C. Walsh Theatre] go, but we

have to keep moving forward

while keeping in mind what is

important to all the prospective

students who have choosing to

be at Suffolk.”

While the school continues

to condense the university,

many students who are studying

abroad have mixed feelings

on the current and former

administration’s decisions.

“I know that many students,including myself, don’t agree

with the decision to condense

the campus,” said Brown. “Not

only did this move create a

loss of a theater and more

class space, but now Suffolk’s

campus is confined to solely

the outskirts of Beacon Hill.

Brown brought up the fact

that Suffolk’s uniqueness is

dying and getting closer to a

traditional college campus- the

exact thing that Suffolk prided

itself in not being.

“Suffolk’s ‘city-school’ label

is, in a way, fading,” said Brown.However, some students are

excited about the changes.

Suffolk Hillel, the Jewish

organization on campus, has

always shared the Interfaith

Center with other organizations

on campus. According to their

executive board, they may have

their own space with this move

and hopes that it will make it

easier for students on campus

to get more involved.“We are excited and looking

forward to moving into a more

central location on campus,”

said President of Suffolk Hillel

and junior graphic design major

Rachel Baruch.

Sophomore finance major

and publicity specialist for

Suffolk Hillel, Jacqueline

Pisano, is positive about the

change on campus for her

organization.

“[This is the] chance for

Suffolk Hillel to meet other

students and participate with

fellow clubs and organizations,”said Pisano.

Sophomore Biology major

Gabby Zawadzki, who has been

studying abroad since the

beginning of the fall semester,

said that this change couldn’t

be any more ideal for a science

major.

“I like the change better

because Somerset is where

most of my classes and labs are

in so it’s nice that it’s closer to

the library and the dorms,” said

Zawadzki. “I think Suffolk made

a good decision changing the

campus because the buildings

are closer and the new addition was much needed due to the

former labs being out-dated.”

S o p h o m o r e

entrepreneurship and

accounting double major Tiana

Maraia has been studying

in Madrid and enjoyed most

of the semester gallivanting

throughout Europe. Holding

one of the more uncommon

opinions at Suffolk, she looks

forward to coming back to the

modernized campus.

“I never liked Archer or

Donahue because they were

older buildings and farther

away from Sawyer,” said Maraia.

“The new 20 Somerset building

is really nice and modern.”

Sophomore psychology

major Victoria Davis travelledto the University College Cork

(UCC) in Cork Ireland for the

semester and had spent a lot of

time in the Donahue building

for student programs, such as

the Jumpstart office, but has

attempted to be optimistic

about the changed campus.

During her time at UCC, she

was subjected to a traditional

college campus and still does

not consider Suffolk to have

that classic campus impression,

even with the sale of the

buildings on Temple Street.

“It may be easier for students

to get to class on time,” said

Davis. “The new Somerset

building is really nice and it’s

good to see our tuition going

to something that will benefitour students and make it more

efficient for our staff to teach.”

Sophomore Journalism

major Denise Fortin went

along with Davis, her friend

and former roommate, to Cork

for this spring semester and

remembered one of the main

reasons why she left hometown

of Orlando, Fl. to head to New

England.

“Part of the reason I wanted

to go to Suffolk was because of

its integration in the city and

I don’t think [this] transition

takes away from that,” said

Fortin.

For Kosta, who speaks for

the entire Francophone Culture

Club, said that this change

will not hurt the school in theadmissions department, just the

people who had experienced

Temple Street.

“It is not a loss of identity, we

are definitely losing something

that will be missed, but we are

still Suffolk,” said Kosta.

Courtesy of Tiana Maraia


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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT April 27, 2016PAGE 7

Sharyn Gladstone Arts Editor

“In my first year, someone

looked me in the eye, and they

said ‘no one here will ever

invest money in this theatre,

so don’t expect it,’” said Dr.

Marilyn Plotkins, chair of the

Theatre Department.

She expected nothing, but

would strive to stand out when

it came to the former Suffolk

University Law School building,

then auditorium, and now thetreasured C. Walsh Theatre.

C. Walsh: more than a theatre, a homeCourtesy of Moakley Archive & Institute

The C. Walsh theatre was originally knownas the Suffolk Theatre,

which opened in April of 1921.At the time, it was the only cinema

in Downtown Boston.

See THEATRE page 8

“It was in many waysthe cultural hub of

the campus.”“Whenever there was something, we were out.”

In times past, the theatre

department did not receive the

same standing ovation from

its administration as it has in

recent years.

She had walked into abasement of a space that had

clanking pipes and an ancient

technical system. The building

was barely being used as a

theatre, and was used more for

upper administration, which

would regularly kick them out

of their element -- even in the

middle of a class.

“Whenever there was

something, we were out,”

said Plotkins as she told the

story of getting calls from the

president’s office saying that he

needed the space for an event

or meeting.

Plotkins, though, stopped

at nothing to stand apart fromher predecessor and focused on

the development of a student

theatre program.

At the time, she thought

she would not be involved

in directing professional

productions at the C. Walsh, so

she focused on the classes shetaught instead.

“I was told that there would

never be any staff, and I had

no staff, and ultimately, I had

a half-time business manager

and I got a part-time technical

director,” said Plotkins. “They

would look at the theatre

and say ‘I can’t believe you’re

operating this way.’”

With the help of now

deceased Board of Trustees

member Tom Walsh, the

theatre’s 1987 renovation

covered the expenses to paint

the walls, updating the horrid

chipping turquoise and mustardcolor, and reupholstered the

seats.

In 1999, twelve years after

the upgrade, the theatre had

proved itself and became its

own department. Plotkins

hired her first faculty member,

Wes Savick. In that same year,

the Law school finally left

the theatre, bringing upper

administration with it. The

days of being kicked out of

their classes for the president

“I was told that there would neverbe any staff.”

to use the theatre for meetings

and events were finally over.

“That changed everything,”

said Plotkins.

Shortly after, ChrisDeStefano, who started in

Plotkins’ office as a work-

study student, founded the

Performing Arts Office (PAO).

From there, he worked his way

up to create opportunities for

student participation in art

programs outside the theatre

department.

Even with the two

departments, there was not

enough space for the flourishing

performing arts programs at

Suffolk.

“We were regularly

hosting every major dance

company, many of the major

music companies in town,”

said Plotkins. “I mean with

the top dancers, the top

choreographers, the top

musicians in town. We had

TheatreWorks in residence.”

PAO’s current AssociateDirector Kathy Maloney said

the theatre gave groups across

campus the chance to succeed

by providing performers

in international student

organizations, and the Techies

Union a place to call home.

“It was in many ways the

cultural hub of the campus,”

said Maloney.

Plotkins said these students

learned and developed their

talent from Wayne Chin, the

technical coordinator for the C.

Walsh.

“I can’t overstate how much

he had to do with the success

of programs that were under

“You need to beready for change.

the umbrella of PAO, SLI,

Orientation and Admission,”

said Plotkins. “He did so much

to support those events.”

Much like how students will

be coming back to a changed

campus in the fall, most are

willing to adapt.

Freshman Theatre major

Kane Harper has been involved

with multiple theatre and PAO

performances during his first

year at Suffolk.

“We’re part of the theatre

community, with that you need

to be ready for change,” said

Alexa GagoszInternational Editor


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PAGE 14 The Suffolk JournalPAGE 8 April 27, 2016

Sufolk losing creative beacon

Courtesy of Stratton McCrady

Rent was the theater department’s nal production in the C. Walsh Theatre.

From THEATRE page 7

Harper. “As an actor you

need to be ready to change

every constant in your life, but

it doesn’t make it hurt less.”

“We perform, it’s what we

do. Unfortunate to say, but we

don’t need the C. Walsh to be

great performers, we’ll take

it to the common if we need

to,” said Harper. “Nothing is

changing, but the location that

you come see us at.”

Senior Communications

Courtesy of Moakley Archives & Institute

Students line up to buy tickets at the Suffolk Theatre in 1952.

“It’s tough for me to

know that so manygroups are losing aspace.”

major and Rampage Show

Choir member Megan Post

finds it difficult to say goodbye

to a place that was a home to

her development throughout

her time in college.

“It’s tough for me to know

that so many groups are

losing a space they could have

utilized,” said Post.

For junior marketing major

Suzanne Gammer, it’s not justabout the performances that

were hosted at the Walsh, but

the significance of losing the

theatre itself.

“It’s the fact that Suffolk

won’t have an auditorium of

that span to bring everyone

together,” said Gammer. “The

performing arts groups are

losing a stage that saw our

growth.”

However, for the Beacon Hill

community, the demographics

began to change, forcing

“A lot of Harvardeducated lawyerslived on the street,and they didn’t likethe noise we were

making.”

Suffolk and the theatre out.

When Plotkins had first

arrived to Suffolk, Temple

Street was nothing, but rentals.

At the end of the century, thebuildings were converted into

condominiums.

“A lot of Harvard-educated

lawyers lived on the street, and

they didn’t like the noise we

were making,” said Plotkins.

To accommodate the Hill

residents, Plotkins and C. Walsh

and Studio Theatre Managing

Director Jim Kaufman created

the “good neighbor policy.”

“Technically the C. Walsh

may just be a building. On

“Technically the C.Walsh may just be abuilding. On paper,

an asset that was worth more sold thanit was to hold onto.But realistically, it isa strong part of thefabric of Suffolk.”

Dr. Marilyn Plotkins, the Chair of theTheatre department, has overcomea number of challenges throughout

her 35 years at Suffolk and created one of theuniversity’s largest departments.

“I think the bestthing about theWalsh were allthe people who

inhabited it.”

paper, an asset that was worth

more sold than it was to hold

onto. But realistically, it is a

strong part of the fabric of

Suffolk,” said Maloney.

“The theatre itself acted as

a backdrop for this campus

community. It held together

its creative backbone,” said

Plotkins.

For many students at

Suffolk throughout the years,

there was nothing like being in

an audience and showing your

appreciation to performers,

even if all you could do was

applaud. And there’s nothing

like seeing their reaction to

that.

“As a performer I liked

the warm and close feel of

the theatre. It made you feel

connected to the audience,”

said Lambert. “My favorite

memories are probably the

semester PAO shows where all

of the performing arts groups

come together for one show.”

Like a good show, and

there were many, the C. Walsh

Theatre stays with you.

“I think the best thing about

the Walsh were all the people

who inhabited it and brought

it to life. All the students. In

everything,” said Plotkins.

“I hope [groups who have

performed at C. Walsh] would

say how warm that space felt

when they were in it. And howthey felt at home.”

Plotkins felt that the best

thing about C. Walsh was the

people who resided in it and

revitalized it.

“I think that was the most

important thing. I think that’s

why people have so much

connection to it,” said Plotkins.

“It’s not just that it was the

only space that served so many

people. I think that it’s it really

felt like home.”

Courtesy of Suffolk University


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The Suffolk Journal

OPINION April 27, 2016PAGE 9

Katie Dugan Journal Staff

Suffolk creates leaders

Staf Editorial

Entering college, I was very

shy, but I knew that if I were

going to make the most of the

next four years I would need to

come out of my bubble. “iLead”

was a weekend long retreat in

Hancock, New Hampshire for

Level One Journey students.

On the trip we did the

typical icebreaker activities

meant to introduce everyone

while making them slightly

embarrassed at the same time.

The Journey Leadership

Program that I have participated

in over the course of my three

years at Suffolk gave this

experience to me. Journey is a

organization on campus whose

mission is to instill leadership

qualities into Suffolk students who wish to join. The first

program I did would be the

catalyst for how the next three

years would go.

Until I had the opportunity

to go on the weekend retreat, I

hadn’t known what it meant to

be a leader. A leader in my mind

was confident, extroverted, and

capable of anything. Although,

one thing from this trip that I

will never forget was when one

of the leaders told us about a

woman named Kitty Genovese,

who was raped and stabbed to

death in 1964 outside of her

apartment in Queens.

The story goes that dozens

of people claimed they heard

Kitty’s cries for help, but no

one tried to save her. The

point our leader wanted us to

realize was that being a leader

meant speaking up and being

proactive in situations outside

your comfort zone. Due to this

message, I left this retreat with

a completely new outlook on

life. I remember feeling hopeful

and positive about the next

four years.

One of the most crippling

aspects about anxiety is

constantly feeling incapable.

The idea that I was in control of

my own success and happiness

was infinitely healing.

This past January, I was a

Level Three Journey member,

which meant I was able to go

on the Leadership Winter Break

trip, something I had been

looking forward to since day

one. However, going into this

trip I wasn’t sure what to expect.

By then I had participated in a

plethora of Journey programs, I

didn’t think there could possibly

anymore leadership skills left

to gain. But, I had the wrong

notion because the Leadership

Winter Break trip was probably

the most powerful trip I have

been a part of at Suffolk.

The first half of the trip took

us to Crystal River, Florida, where we had the once-in-

a-lifetime chance to swim

with manatees. Despite being

massive animals, weighing

up to 1,200 pounds and 12

feet long, to me they are one

of the most gentle species on

this planet. They are slow-

moving mammals and spend

50 percent of the day sleeping

submerged and surface for air

every 20 minutes. They are also

herbivores and have no natural

predators.

Even though manatees are

often scared easily, people do

not scare them. If they feel

safe around you they’ll let you

pet them and play with them.

However, my first instinct

was to back away or call my

friends over and that caused

the manatee to get startled and

swim away.

On the second day, I kept

repeating to myself, stay calm,

stay calm and after several

minutes I had noticed some of

the other group members were

interacting with manatees.

That’s when one eventually

stuck to me for a few minutes.

He wasn’t there for too long,

but I got to have my special

moment with a manatee that I

had been hoping for.

Then before I knew it, they

were everywhere; they were

next to me, swimming beneath

me, I was surrounded. For the

first time on the trip, I was

the one feeling overwhelmed

instead of the manatees.

During reflection, we talked

about how our experiences with

manatees changed each time

we swam with them. Through

this experience, I realized how

similar I am to the manatees

because my introverted side

and my extroverted side are

constantly butting heads with

each other.

Finding a commonality with

a beloved animal the size of a

car was the most compelling

feeling I have ever experienced.

In an odd way, I felt comforted

and inspired. It was like a two-

day therapy session but with

wetsuits and snorkels instead

of couches and tissues.

My takeaway from this

trip was ultimately being more

compassionate for others and

Suffolk helped me accomplish

that. I learned that I can’t

approach every situation the

same way. Being a leader is not

“one size fits all.” Being a leader

means adapting to a situation

and understanding why and

how it needs to be addressed.

In order to get the most out

of this trip, we knew we had to

be respectful of the manatees’

space. Because we understood

this, we were able to leave

Florida with memories we will

carry with us for the rest of our

lives.

But the utmost importance

of this story was getting

involved with The Journey

Program because it changed my

life. I am not the same person

I was three years ago. Through

this program I am more

confident, more generous, and

more open-minded.

By Facebook user The Journey Program

Now that the year is

coming to an end and finals

week is just upon us, The

Suffolk Journal would like

to thank everyone who has

contributed to our successand been a part of our

newspaper. If it were not for

all of our writers, we would

not be here today.

We would like to give

a special shout out to our

advisor, Bruce Butterfield.

He has been a long-standing

support system for us and

even through tough times,

he has guided The Journal. We

hope to have many more years

with Bruce.

Moreover, someone who

has also given us backing

is our fearless leader and

current Editor-In-Chief. She

has insurmountable patience

and has taken on a role that

only few can succeed in

and because of that, all the

editors applaud her. She will

be graduating next monthbut we will always remember

what she accomplished.

With that, we look

forward to next semester

and continuing on the legacy

of The Suffolk Journal. We

hope that everyone has a

joyous summer and is ready

to start anew in the fall; we

know we’re ready.

Graphic by Wyatt Costello

Through the Journey Program, many students learn more about themselves


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The Suffolk Journal

A WORD

FROM SGA

PAGE 10 April 27, 2016

Suolk students’ sentiments

Dear Suffolk Students,

The year is coming

to a close. It has been a

long, challenging year for

the students and for the

university as a whole, butnonetheless we have made

progress. With only one

week left we know that all of

you are finishing up the year

and preparing for finals.

However, this month is

Sexual Assault Awareness

Month and there are events

happening on campus for

the rest of the week. Wear

denim on Friday and attend

the Pledge signing at 2 p.m.

in the Roemer Plaza outside

of 20 Somerset. There will

be cupcakes and photosbeing taken for those in

attendance. Check out our

Facebook page for other

events going on this week.

And be sure to wear denim

on Friday.

On Thursday attend

Program Council’s Ramily

Reunion in Roemer plaza

from 12:30 to 2:30. It’ll be an

afternoon of fun and games

and a chance to unwind

before finals begin.

SGA has worked diligently

all year and we plan tocontinue to do so over the

summer and into the next

school year. Please contact

[email protected] if you have

any questions or concerns

this summer or anytime.

Our last general meeting

of the year will take place

this Thursday, Apr. 28 from

1 to 2:15 in Somerset room

B18. Please join us and share

any last minute thoughts or

concerns that we can help

you with.

We wish you all good luck

with your finals and hope

you have a great summer.

See you next year.

- The Student Government

Association

“I love Suffolk because

of how welcomingthe community is!Suffolk’s community isa family!”

“I see Suffolk as aplace that fostersopportunity to bereached if you are

willing to reach it.”

“This year I lived oncampus for the firsttime this semesterand it has been a blastmeeting new peopleand feeling like apart of the Suffolkcommunity.”

“Suffolk is a greatschool where thestudents are dedicatedto come and ready tolearn. And especiallyProgram Council, theymake the best eventsincluding The Queen ofHearts Ball and RollerSkating on Somerset

Plaza.”

“As a freshman atSuffolk I had noidea how diverse the

social and learningenvironment is. Ihave really enjoyedinteracting withother students fromdifferent culturesand backgrounds. Ithelps you view topicsdifferently.”

“It’s definitely lifechanging, it forced meto encounter and deal

with many situationsI otherwise mightnever had, even ifsome results weren’toptimal. I have learned

volumes.”

“Everyone is really niceand accepting. This isdefinitely my homenow.”

“Suffolk has providedme with connections to

wonderful professorsand professionals,innumerableopportunities to findmy place in the schooland community, andcrazy friends who I

wouldn’t trade foranything, all in theheart of Boston.”

“I’m so grateful forall the opportunitiesand people I have methere at Suffolk. Beingin the heart of Bostonhas been an enrichingexperience I won’tsoon forget.”

“I’d like to thinkSuffolk has madereally big progressin trying to be moreinclusive and awareof the students andtheir needs on campus.It really seems likethey’re trying to makea conscious effort forthe needs of any andall sutdents.”

“Shout out to mysisters in Theta Phi

Alpha! Each andevery single one of

you are inspiring andintelligent women! Ilove you ladies!”

Andres CayuelaPomar

Kaila Mallard

Paola Vangjeli

Connor Fallon

Katherine Yearwood

Marina Derrouche

Ben Chan

Kristy Fitzpatrick

Felicity Otterbein

Rachelle del Aguila

“My experience atSuffolk University hashelped shape whereI’m going in the nextcouple of years -- myacceptance to gradschool, my futurecareer, and my growthas a person! Withoutthe experience of beingan Orientation Leaderor working with the

Women In Businessclub on campus, I wouldn’t have grownas confident as Iam now, and I’m sograteful for all theseopportunities!”Rachael Sainato

Samantha Kieer

Freshman

Senior

Xenia Hersey

“Suffolk Unversity hasenabled me to growas an individual. Ittakes a certain typeof person to attendSuffolk because ofthe unique commuterpopulation and lifeas a college student

living separate fromthe university. Each

year of college, I havelearned somethingdifferent, but the mostuseful takeaway I havegotten from Suffolkis the ability to knowhow to comfortablyguide myself in thereal world and besuccessful.”

Freshman

Sophomore

Kevin Vega

“It has been anamazing four years andI wouldn’t have it anyother way! Congratsto all of the class of2016, we made it! AndI wish only the best forSuffolk University inthe coming years.”

Senior

Freshman

Senior

Sophomore

Freshman

Freshman

Freshman

Alumna

Freshman

Sophomore

As a way to fnish the 2015-2016 academic year, The SuolkJournal asked students about their experiences at the university.

Liza Hurley

“I can’t imagine going

to school anywhereelse. At first, the

lack of campus was

intimidating to me,

but then I got involved

and that changed

everything. The staff

and other student

leaders have made

me the person I am

today!”

Senior


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The Suffolk Journal April 27, 2016PAGE 11

Skylar ToSports Editor

Hockey’s “new home” adds to team’s success

Suffolk University’s men’s

hockey program had to bounce

around for quite a while before

settling in a new place to call

home.

The Rams shared the ice

with the Boston University

Terriers in their home rink

at the Walter Brown Arena,

where Suffolk hockey spent

many years holding practices

and playing games. They

played throughout the City

of Boston and even brought

the game back outdoors twice

at Massachusetts Institute

of Technology and Gordon

College.

“[Walter Brown Arena]

was our home there, we were

used to it,” said hockey alum

and 2007 hall of famer Brian

“Scorin” Horan in an interview

with the Suffolk Journal on

Sunday.

For 15 years until last

season, alumni and current

upperclassmen players had to

carry their equipment bags and

commute to practice by using

public transportation.“We didn’t have the luxury

of leaving our equipment [in

the BU locker rooms],” said

Horan. “We didn’t mind it as

long as we had a place to play.”

Current Head Hockey Coach

Chris Glionna, who finished

his 12th season with the team

after this season, said that

reaching an agreement with

the Massachusetts Department

of Conservation and Recreation

for an off-campus rink to call

home took him several years.

“Securing the ice time at

Charlestown and the locker

room was a game changer for

the program,” said Glionna.

“[Our rink]” may not be as nice

as many DIII schools with their

own rinks, but we very much

appreciate what we have in

Charlestown.”“Hockey has a new home,

and that was something I

fought for hard,” said Horan.

Glionna and Horan, who

coached together during

Horan’s era, both think

securing the Charlestown

owned rink has helped the

program in recruiting student-

athletes. Horan, who played

center from 1989 to 1992, said

the program and the university

was “local in favor,” in terms

of student-athletes from the

Massachusetts and Greater

Boston Area, so little recruiting

needed to be done. As the

program’s head coach from

1999 to 2004, Horan said he

never had the opportunity to

recruit players throughout the

country. Recruiting was done

by going to a few local highschool hockey games. Today,

student-athletes are recruited

from all over the country.

“I love the direction the

program’s heading in,” said

Horan.

Glionna, who studied and

played hockey at Suffolk, said

recruiting to then develop

student-athletes on and off

of the ice is important. The

coaching staff puts a great

emphasis on character and

holds players accountable.

Glionna thinks being in

the Commonwealth Coast

Conference, “a very strong

league nationally,” helps the

staff with recruiting efforts as

well.

“I am very much a believer

in hard work, and I focus on

detail; I think my team reflectsthat,” Glionna said. “We have

a sign in our locker room that

says: ‘It is not what you want,

but what you earn.’”

Horan, the university’s

all-time leading scorer who

notched 169 goals and 133

assists for a combined 302

points, played the greatest

season in school history with

his 1990-91 team, graduated in

1992, and played minor league

hockey for several years before

coming back to the university

to coach the program in 1999.

In the mid-90s, the program

struggled, and Horan wanted

to help lead the team back into

the playoff picture after an

eight-year hiatus.

“I wanted to right the ship,

give them an opportunity to

win, and to leave a mark as acoach,” said Horan. “I thought

I’d throw my hat in the rink.”

Glionna, who earned the

title of most winningest coach

in program history with a

shutout 1-0 win over Becker

College on Feb. 13, 2016, owes

his success to current hockey

assistant coaches John Burgess,

Greg Fowke, and Pat Welch. He

said they are “one of the best

staffs in college hockey.”

“I think anyone that watches

one of my teams would tell you

we play hard and aggressive for

all 60 minutes,” said Glionna.

Suffolk hockey was ofcially founded in 1980. The Royals, now Rams, played their rst

season in 1947, coached by former Boston Olympics goalie Tom Moon.

Courtesy of the Moakley Archives & Insitution

Courtesy of Moakley Archives & Institute

Suolk hadCheerleading?

In 1948, Suffolk started its very own

Cheerleading team. The team would

cheer for the basketball team and

practiced on Sunday afternoons in the

gym. They ended up shutting downin 2010 when it was “grounded,”

according to former cheer coach,

Krystle Bennett. “Grounding” in

cheerleading means that the team

could no longer compete. According

to Bennett, because of this, people

refused to try out.


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The Suffolk Journal

SPORTS April 27, 2016PAGE 12

Ridgeway allows athletics

department to thriveSkylar To

Sports Editor

The Rammy logo crested in

the center of the court floor

once took the dribbles, hoops

and steps of National Basketball

Association legends like Lebron

James, Michael Jordan, Yao

Ming, and Shaquille O’Neal,

and it still does today.

The underground Regan

gymnasium in the Ridgeway

building not only served as

a convenient space for NBA

players to hold morning

practices before facing off for

games at the old TD Garden,

but the building has played

a significant role in allowing

Suffolk University’s athletics

department to evolve as a

program that now currently

offers 13 varsity sports teams.

“I was more than pleased to

[allow NBA teams to practice]

as long as it didn’t interfere with the athletic department,”

said Nelson. “It worked out,

because NBA teams held early

morning practices.”

For the first 25 years of his

38-year tenure as director of

the athletics department from

1975 to 2013, Jim “Coach”

Nelson said the university did

not have athletic facilities until

1991.

The Suffolk community

celebrated the opening of the

Ridgeway building on Tuesday,

Feb. 5, 1991. Prior to the new

asset to the university, Suffolk

student-athletes had to travel

to temporary home courts for

practices and games for “some

45 years.”

“I was certainly thrilled to

have a place and really call

home,” said Nelson.

Before Ridgeway’s opening

day, the university owned the

first floor of the building, which

was originally a supermarket

in 1965 for 22 years. After

years of negotiations, lawsuits

and compromises, the

university and the Beacon

Hill Civic Association reached

an agreement to pursue andbuild the university’s vision

with the building’s architect

James McNeeley and building’s

contractor Walsh Brothers, Inc.

of Cambridge.

The idea for a six-story

building plan was restricted to

four stories, because the Beacon

Hill community opposed the

idea. They thought it would be

too tall for the area and block

certain views.

Having the university’s first

athletic facility was not a part

of the original plan; however,

Nelson said Daniel Perlman,

who served as the university’s

seventh president from 1980

to 1989, advanced the idea

to implement a gymnasium

underground. The first floor

welcomed the university

bookstore, the second floor

housed athletics and fitness,

the third floor offered student

services and the fourth floor

is home to the communication

and journalism department

today. Nelson welcomed

the new facility with great

anticipation and excitement.“To me, [the gymnasium] was

a Taj Majal, it was a wonderful

facility,” said Nelson. “Being

able to take the elevator down

to practice oppose to taking the

van or the red line to practice,

there was no comparison.”

Before the university

had their first athletic

facility, Nelson’s challenge

and responsibility was to

build relationships with the

university’s sister schools

such as Bentley University,

Babson University, Boston

University, Harvard University,

Massachusetts Institute of

Technology, Northeastern

University, and UMASS Boston.

Nelson was always looking to

advance the department by

providing student-athletes and

coaches with practice facilities

and practice time to help

all sports programs to stay

competitive.

“Like my mother, I tend

to think of myself as a people

person,” said Nelson. “I don’t

mind reaching out to people to

establish relationships that weare in request to use facilities.”

He is grateful for the

Cambridge YMCA for providing

the department “a home away

from home” for 25 years, and

said the recreational facility

is “a place very special in

[his] heart.” Nelson is also

thankful for the university’s

sister schools for allowing the

department to use their venues

free of charge, which he said

was generous of them.

“The challenges remain

to a certain degree today in

securing venues for practices

and game opportunities, and

working with the city of Boston

to hold those contracts,” said

Nelson.

Nelson expressed approval

of current Director of Athletics

Cary McConnell and the

department’s work in reaching

an agreement with the City

of Boston to provide baseball,

softball and men’s and women’s

soccer teams a new athletic

field to call home on Sept. 12,

2015, in a 10-year renewable

contract at the East BostonMemorial Park.

When Nelson planned on

retiring in 2013, he had hoped

McConnell, who previously

served for 19 years as head

baseball coach, would apply for

the position.

“[McConnell] was familiar

with the workings and

challenges and rewards of

the athletic program,” said

Nelson. “With that, he has a

terrific work ethic, outgoing

personality. One trait I think hehas (that) I value in him is he

designates responsibility more

than I ever did. With that, I

work about 12 hours a day.”

Even though Nelson has

stepped down from the

position, he said his infinity

to Suffolk is as strong as ever.

He still works closely with the

athletics department, and he

continues to teach a sports

history course, the history of

the Olympic Games, for the past

40 years. He also continues to

go to home games and said

seeing the student-athletes

playing in games is like seeinghis own children play.

“My role here is to show

student-athletes that someone

cares to read about their

games, to come to their home

games, to thank them for their

participation and to encourage

them when things aren’t going

as well,” said Nelson. “And to

welcome new coaches, provide

history about the department

itself, the history of Suffolk and

[the coaches] programs.”

Courtesy of the Moakley Archives & Insitution

At one time, the Ridgeway building (left) housed a supermarket, NBA teampractices, Suffolk student services and programs. It currently houses Suffolk’s

athletics department. Former basketball coach and athletic director Jim Nelson(right) is still actively involved with the Suffolk community.

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