Suffolk Builds a West Street Story
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
Suffolk University Digital Collections @ Suffolk Suffolk Journal Suffolk University Student Newspapers 2007 Newspaper- Suffolk Journal Vol. 68, No. 1, 09/19/2007 Suffolk Journal Follow this and additional works at: https://dc.suffolk.edu/journal Recommended Citation Suffolk Journal, "Newspaper- Suffolk Journal Vol. 68, No. 1, 09/19/2007" (2007). Suffolk Journal. 472. https://dc.suffolk.edu/journal/472 This Newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by the Suffolk University Student Newspapers at Digital Collections @ Suffolk. It has been accepted for inclusion in Suffolk Journal by an authorized administrator of Digital Collections @ Suffolk. For more information, please contact [email protected]. '' ■ ":"'" . " . „C^‘'' THE SUFFOLK \'S T IdlunieSSMrl Wednesday Septemlwr 19,2007SuKolk I niversity'sStudent Newspaper Suffolk builds a West Street Story John S. Forrester dents. As other area universities university will bring tothe area as Journal Staff such as Emerson and Berklee are part of the new project," said moving forward with expansion Elizabeth Leary, manager of gov Following the approval of plans of their own in Back Bay ernment and community affairs plans for a dormitory at 10 West and the Fenway areas, Suffolk for the university. "Some of those Street by the City of Boston faced many hurdles in its plans to may be financial, some of those 2^ning Commission on open the new dorm. may be the fact that we have September 5, the university Feeley said that Suffolk and Suffolk Police presence at the expectsto open the new residence other institutions face an "obvious dorm. Some of them may be new hall this January and a move in challenge" in the redevelopment things and some will build on date is set for the fall semester in of downtown properties, as they existing strengths" 2008, according to universityoffi are very expensive. While he Suffolk will negotiate the ben cials. declined to comment on the spe efits over the next few months, "It's a response to student cific price of the project, Feeley Leary said. In past cooperation demand as well as a response to estimated that the total cost of the agreements tied to expansion proj the city's mandate that more stu project is "somewhere in the area ects, the university gave a dents be housed in a secure and of $45 million." According to doc $400,000 "Historical Mitigation university controlled on-campus uments filed by the university Payment" for the upkeep of the housing," said Michael Feeley, in with the Boston Redevelopment Granary Burial Ground and house counsel for real estate Authority, the approximate cost of King's Chapel following the development, who serves on the the renovations is $40 million. development of the Law School's 10 West Street Project In addition to purchasing the Sargent HaU; and a $340,0(X) con Development Team for Suffolk. property and paying for renova tribution to Boston Parks and The new building, originally tions, the university is also negoti Recreation Department tied to the planned as an upscale condomini ating a "cooperation agreement" purchase of the Temple Street um complex, is currently being with the City of Boston. The Park. renovated by Suffolk agreement "will list some of the Construction to house 274 stu community benefits which the See 10 West, page 2 Suffolk expandswith new media projects Suffolk celebrates Hispanic heritage month Erica Lawton cent to Suffolk University's wel who would gain practical and nec Journal Staff come center, the university antici essary work experience in a stu pates an active studio to be a dio. Lauren Gondert U.S. census data, making theii The proposed television studio showcase for visitors to the school. Currently, the university lacks a Journal Contributor culture and heritage an increasing located at the former Discover According to Carter, who is venue for filming, leaving all ly important part of the U.S. cul Boston store on the first floor of 73 also responsible for coordination media and broadcast production to Suffolk University is celebrat ture. Each event has several co Tremont, is still in the works efforts between Bergmeyer be donein the field. ing Hispanic Heritage month from sponsors, all of which are organ! according to Dr. Rosenthal, head Associates Inc (the architectural With the ability for studio pro September 15 through October 15, zations, departments, or clubs of the Communications and firm) and the Casali Group (the duction, Suffolk media students with nine campus-wide events to from Suffolk. Felix also said that Journalismdepartment. consulting firm), as well as pur will gain a better education said celebrate Hispanic culture led by Diveisity Services is hying, "to "President Sergeant has stated chasing equipment for the studio, Dr. Rosenthal. SUHA, the Suffolk University make it collaborative so people we will have a studio," says another big obstacle to construc Teaching broadcast classes iHispanic Association, have ownershipover it." Rosenthal. "Everybody is on tion is soundproofing the studio without a studio "is like teaching a j All events are free and funded The events include a play board." from noisy TremontStreet. science class without a lab," he by Diversity Services as well as called "Platanos and Collared Although construction was The contraetors have a lot of said. event co-sponsors such as the Greens," a storyabout two college slated for completion this fall, work to do acoustically, including Carter went on to state that Performing Arts Office, the students of two different heritages, Rosenthal says that their main building double doors and an addi media students can not only expect Communication and Journalism black andHispanic. concern this past summer was the tional glass wall. to enrich their years at Suffolk Department and Health Education According to the diversitjl new student dormitory at 10 West Carter estimates that he has with studio experience, but will and Health Services. services website, it is a "thought-! Street. logged hundreds of hours of also have more careers in the com As their slogan states, the point provoking romantic comedy" tha| With recent approval for the research since he began planning munication field available to them. of Hispanic Heritage Month is forces its main characters to "con-J dorm from the City of Boston for the studio a year ago. From "Soon, students will have a "celebrating our future while front and overcome cultural an4 Zoning Commission, Suffolkoffi- attending the National practical outlet for their studies," Embracing our pa.st." racial prejudices while defending eials anticipate shifting their ener Broadcasters Association conven he said, which will allow them to Jacinda Felix, Director of the their bond from the biases held bj^ gies toward the TV. studio. tion in Las Vegas last April, to pursue careers as camera opera Office of Diversity Services, and family and friends." ! Michael Feeley, in-house coun researching the ten different types tors, control room operators, and the mastermind behind Suffolk's The play will be performed oni sel for real estate development at of high definition equipment, he more. celebration of Hispanic Heritage Wednesday, September 26 at 6 prr( SuffolkUniversity, confirmed that has overseen virtually every aspect Temple Street, Suffolk's stu Month, says that the celebrationis at the C. Walsh Theatre. Free tick| progress is being made with the of the interiorof the studio. dent-run news program currently aimed at all students. ets will be available beginning studio but stated that the universi To help him with the heavy broadcasted on Boston "It's important for people who September 10 at the HUB. | ty still needs permits from thecity workload, the communications Neighborhood Network, will be aren't Hispanic to come to our Felix said this is one of the^ of Bostonto begin construction. department hired a television engi able to evolve into an advanced levents in order to learn about his events that she looks forward t(| Integral to the project has been neer to act as Carter's consultant. broadcast class, continuingits role tory and culture," said Felix. most, because she feels that "4 Jason Carter, the Media Lab man With the completion date pend as "a good public relationstool for "In today's global world, you play is a good way to get people tc| ager. ing, one certainty is the benefits a the school," Rosenthal said. should know about different cul come out [to our celebration] anc While the 73 Tremont space is television studio could bring to the Clubs such as WSUB, Suffolk's turesother than your own inorder it is fun and educational at the actually one-fourth the size that Communications and Journalism student communications organiza to become a more rounded indi same time." Carter was hoping for the studio, (CJN) department. tion, will also be able to utilizethe vidual." Hispanics are the largest For a complete listing ol its location makes up for it. There are approximately 650 space. minority population in the United events, visit the Office ol A street level room with store CJN students, 75 to 1(K) of which States with morethan 41.3 million Diversity's web.site at front windows immediately adja are media and broadcast majors see STUDIO, page 3 people living here according to www.suffolk.edu/diversity. THE SUFFOLK JOURNAL WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2007 SGA kicks off new year Cody Moskovitz affiliations and create a more close issues including the election Briefs Journal Staff knit academic community. process for executive board mem After some brief fomm bers and a future edit of the current On Thursday September 13, discussion, the SGA executives SGA constitution. Former general posits on Middle East the Student Government took the floor with some staff There was forum debate on the Association held its secondannual reports and outlined other major process regarding how executive, As war and American military presence continue in meeting during activities period.