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Emerson College’s only independent, student-run newspaper since 1947

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Emerson College’s only independent, student-run newspaper since 1947

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IIlustration by Hailey Akau

Food fights will not save the planet

November 2, 2022

Real-life food fights are rare––for good reason. In addition to wasting a perfectly good meal, throwing food in any context creates unnecessary...

Illustration by Hailey Akau

WNBA All-Star suffers misfortune as Russia’s scapegoat for power

November 2, 2022

An eight-time WNBA All-Star and two-time Olympic gold medalist has been in Russian custody since Feb. 17, and was sentenced to nine-and-a-half years in...

Illustration by Rachel Choi

Wisconsin women’s volleyball deserves your respect

November 2, 2022

After a dynamic week of Big 10 play, the University of Wisconsin women’s volleyball team advanced to no. 3 in the American Volleyball Coaches Association...

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Commodifying murder cases for the sake of a Halloween costume is unethical

October 26, 2022

As suspected, Netflix series “Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story” skyrocketed, racking up 496.1 million hours of streaming, making it the ninth most...

Illustration by Hailey Akau

‘Pretty Little Liars’ set the standard for Halloween episodes

October 26, 2022

Picture this, it’s 2011.  Rebecca Black has just released “Friday,” Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart have won Best Kiss at the MTV Movie...

Illustration by Rachel Choi

Dracula on the streets, Frankenstein’s monster in the sheets

October 26, 2022

Halloween brings out an aspect of peoples’ creative side that can be easily transferred to a steamy bedroom. Oct. 31 is the day to dress up in scary,...

Illustration by Meg Richards

America’s biggest haunted house: the echo chamber

October 26, 2022

Alt-right fringe conservatives are repackaging the same witch-hunt rhetoric that got the likes of Disney’s Sanderson Sisters hanged 400 years ago. The...

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Letter to the Editor: Open Letter to the Emerson Community

October 26, 2022

Last week we reached out to the Board of Trustees and asked to meet. Our prolonged contract negotiation with management has hit a wall and we’re heading...

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Letter to the Editor: Letter to the Board of Trustees

October 23, 2022

Dear Members of the Board of Trustees, We, the Emerson Staff Union, would like to request a meeting with Board members next week to address the College’s...

Illustration by Rachel Choi

Editorial: Emerson College presents: a convincing performance of inclusivity

October 20, 2022

Emerson has a fetish for marginalized communities—but it does not make itself accessible to them. And with a price tag so expensive, it is impossible...

Photo by Margarita Ivanova

Some friendships are disposable—and that’s okay.

October 20, 2022

Do you ever pass by the people you once laughed through packs of Pale Ales with, and now approach them with casual gestures and seemingly meaningless small...

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Ethics aside, the death penalty is legal. Use it or lose it.

October 20, 2022

On Feb. 14, 2018, the students of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School didn’t just gather for a normal day—they gathered for an extraordinary one.  Luke...

Illustration by Hailey Akau

When it comes to durian, spitters are quitters

October 19, 2022

Durian is an acquired taste—a taste westerners can’t seem to acquire, so they make fun of it on the internet. The stinky “king of fruits” endemic...

Illustration by Madison Barron

Ned Fulmer, Rex Orange County, and separating the violence from the artist

October 13, 2022

“There’s sexual harassment over here and you shouldn’t conflate it with rape,” said Tarana Burke, founder of the #MeToo movement. “Which is true;...

Illustration by Hailey Akau

Filing for an ESA at Emerson College is overwhelming

October 13, 2022

Before entering college, I knew I would never be able to make it through the stress of balancing classes and clubs without something to ground me. I needed...

Photo by Shannon Garrido

Beyond protests—ways to get involved in social movements

October 13, 2022

We all know how it goes. Something bad happens (again). A shooting. A hurricane. A new way to restrict reproductive rights. We get filled with that...

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The NFL should reevaluate its concussion protocol

October 6, 2022

There were five minutes and fifteen seconds left in the second quarter of the game between the Miami Dolphins and the Cincinnati Bengals when the Dolphins’...

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From the castle to Boston: What happens to home when you’re abroad?

October 5, 2022

As I stared out at the descending Miami skyline on my first flight back to Boston since December 2022, unease rumbled in my ribcage like the engine of...

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Paramore is for the Blacks. Argue with the wall

September 28, 2022

On Sept. 28, punk rock band Paramore released its new single “This is Why,” after a five-year hiatus, ultimately signaling its reigning return with...

Illustration by Rachel Choi

Sex is an asset in or out of a relationship

September 28, 2022

Sex comes in a variety of forms—we all know that—but we can all agree that there’s a difference between making love to a significant other versus...

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