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

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Amsterdam’s Maritime Museum leaves Kasteel Well students grappling with display of colonial histories
Amsterdam’s Maritime Museum leaves Kasteel Well students grappling with display of colonial histories

Emerson‘s fall 2024 Kasteel Well cohort visited Amsterdam’s Maritime Museum in late September during...

Gavin Creel. (Creative Commons)
‘He was a legend, a bright light in a tough business’: musical theater icon Gavin Creel dies at 48
On Sept. 30, the world lost beloved musical theater legend Gavin Creel. The Broadway actor was only 48 years old and still active.
SGA considers discussions with Board of Trustees, deliberates over attendance policy
SGA considers discussions with Board of Trustees, deliberates over attendance policy
This year, the Student Government Association (SGA) will have one member, selected by the Board of Trustees, who will attend the board’s meetings.
The priest at St. Anthony Shrine, Boston police officers and citizens prayed together at the blessing of the animals held at Summer Street Plaza on Sunday, October 6, 2024. (Feixu Chen/ Beacon Correspondent)
Church of the Advent hosts Blessing of the Animals
Last Friday marked the 2024 Feast Day of St. Francis, a celebration where Catholics worldwide honor St. Francis with prayer and blessings.
(Riley Goldman/ Beacon Staff)
Women’s soccer triumphs over USCGA Bears for first NEWMAC win
In their third New England Women’s and Men’s Athletics Conference (NEWMAC) match of the season, the Emerson women’s soccer team secured their first league win against the United States Coast Guard Academy at Rotch Field to improve their record to 2-4-4.
Tufts University students hold an Indigenous Peoples’ Day celebration on the campus quad on Sunday, October 13, 2024 (Yogev Toby / Beacon Staff).
Community members honor Indigenous Peoples’ Day with celebration of culture, solidarity, and resistance

While schools and federal workers in Massachusetts have Monday off for Columbus Day, Tufts University students used the long weekend...

Hotel works from the Park Plaza Hotel walking the picket line with signs that read” On Strike, Hilton Boston Park Plaza” on October 6, 2024. (Arthur Mansavage/ Beacon Staff)
Day 5 on the picket line: Boston hotel worker’s strike indefinitely
Voter registration materials and resources displayed on a table inside the Emerson College Dining Hall on Tuesday October 1, 2024. (Arthur Mansavage/ Beacon Staff)
Emerson students and staff prepare for upcoming election
Moving past land acknowledgments
Op-Ed
Moving past land acknowledgments
For some, Indigenous Peoples’ Day marks a date on the calendar where Indigenous people and allies can come together with a mutual cause. Indigenous Peoples’ Day may also mark a day for people to reflect upon the land they currently inhabit and the Indigenous communities that live there. This is the act of a land acknowledgment. 
Illustration Leonidas Margil
Op-Ed
Elon Musk must be stopped
Illustration Rachel Choi
Op-Ed
The rise and fall of a Midwest Princess: Chappell Roan on setting boundaries
Illustration by Rachel Choi
Op-Ed
Emerald Fennell and Jacob Elordi are moving to the moors
Illustration by Rachel Choi
Op-Ed
Being a lover girl: The college experience versus a relationship
The rally held in Boston Public Garden on Oct. 7 was hosted by IfNotNow, an American Jewish led organization which according to their website hopes to, “end U.S. support for Israel's apartheid system and demand equality, justice, and a thriving future for all Palestinians and Israelis" (Rian Nelson / Beacon Staff)
‘Every death is a universe destroyed:’ Oct. 7 memorial for Israeli and Palestinian lives lost
A performance from the Good Trouble Brass Band
Brass music fills Davis Square during HONK! Festival
Across from the Boylston St. station was a memorial for the over 1,000 Israeli people killed on Oct. 7 by Hamas. This date marks a year since the beginning of this most recent upheaval in violence in the Gaza strip, resulting in over 40,000 Palestinian deaths (Rian Nelson / Beacon Staff)
Jewish community members hold memorial on Boston Common to mourn lives lost on Oct. 7
An attendee holding a battery candle during a prayer portion of the remembrance event at The Wang Theatre on Monday October 7, 2024. (Arthur Mansavage/ Beacon Staff)
Greater Boston’s Jewish community gathers for an Evening of Remembrance and Hope, honoring lives lost on Oct. 7
Can the Celtics run it back? Previewing the C’s season
Can the Celtics run it back? Previewing the C’s season
Coming off a historic run to earn Banner 18, the Boston Celtics are under pressure and the stakes are high for the Boston Celtics to run it back and become a repeat champion for the first time since 1968–69.
Courtesy of Brynne Norquist
Emerson’s Brynne Norquist makes BostInno’s 25 under 25 list
“Go-getters” is how BostInno labels their annual 25 under 25 honorees.
Photo courtesy of game attendee Richard Brewer-Hay
Oakland says goodbye to years of baseball as the Athletics head to Las Vegas
A view of Fenway Park from the outfield (Daniel O'Toole/ Beacon Correspondent)
Red Sox trip at the finish line in rebuilding year
Melissa Ludtke discusses her book, "Locker Room Talk: A Woman's Struggle to Get Inside," at the Bright Family Screening Room on Sept. 25 (Rylie Burns/ Beacon Staff).
Melissa Ludtke talks her trailblazing career as a woman in sports journalism
The Emerson men's soccer team lines up prior to their non-conference match vs. Tufts on Tuesday, Sept. 24 (Riley Goldman/ Beacon Correspondent)
Men’s soccer loses NEWMAC opener 1-0 to Springfield
Becky Moon, who converted her house into a spontaneous studio on Tuesday afternoon, showcased her artistic journey via philosophy-related paintings and sculptures—guests were encouraged to compose poems and draw sounds. (Bryan Liu / Living Arts Editor)
Becky Moon’s open house: a local artist’s philosophy
Becky Moon told me to imagine a tomato—and in my mind, one appeared: minimal gloss, blush red, fresh and bulbous with a fuzzy green toupee and barcode sticker.
"Iris" by WNDR Studios
The WNDR Museum makes art tangible
Just a short walk from Emerson College’s Boylston Street campus in Downtown Crossing lies the WNDR museum, an engaging public art experience that explores sight, touch, and sound via 21 different installations for everyone of all ages to enjoy.
Michael Kiwanuka. (Bryan Liu/ Living Arts Editor)
Michael Kiwanuka sings: a month before “Small Changes”
There was no disco, yet the ball kept spinning above us, and as much as I wanted this moment to freeze forever it would not—still, I could not help but overflow; because music this beautiful could not be clung to like water, only felt—and if not for my eyelid’s border or the skin of my eardrums, I would have melted all together. 
(Daniel Vinicio Abreu/ Beacon Correspondent)
Dorm room dreams: local art at the Carcass flea market
It began when MASSART students started vending their projects on Evans Way park—but last Saturday, the first Carcass of the semester, a local DIY open-air art exchange by students for students, kicked off. 
Harris accepts Democratic nomination for president: "I know where America belongs."
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Harris accepts Democratic nomination for president: "I know where America belongs."
She makes history as the first Black and Asian American woman to accept a major party presidential nomination.
Donald Trump addresses journalists in the Philadelphia spin room after his first debate against Kamala Harris in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on September 10, 2024. (Bryan Hecht / Beacon Staff).
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Live Updates: The latest on the Trump campaign
Updated: Aug 23, 2024, 6:35 pm
Students watch the first and likely only vice presidential debate of the 2024 election between Ohio Sen. JD Vance and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz in the Bill Bordy Theater on October 1, 2024 (Abigail Hoyt / Beacon Correspondent).
Vance and Walz squared off for the first time in a cordial debate Tuesday night
A VP debate of cordial agreements and rhetorical clashes draws surprised reactions from Emerson students
A VP debate of cordial agreements and rhetorical clashes draws surprised reactions from Emerson students
The CBS News promotional graphic for the 2024 Vice Presidential debate displayed on a laptop screen on Tuesday, Oct. 1. (Arthur Mansavage/ Beacon Staff)
As it happened: Walz and Vance had their first and likely only VP debate. Here's what happened.
Kasteel Well (DJ Mara/Beacon Staff)
Emerson’s provost visits Kasteel Well for the first time
Ignite Festival lights up the night in Union Square
Ignite Festival lights up the night in Union Square
Formerly the Title IX office, Emerson's Office of Equal Opportunity will address issues of discrimination, sexual violence and harassment on campus.
Office of Equal Opportunity extends Title IX reach
Illustration Kellyn Taylor
Class of 2028, this one’s for you
Illustration by Rachel Choi.
Why is Boston overrated?
A Emerson College logo on the Ansin Building on Tremont street. (Arthur Mansavage/ Beacon Staff, File)
Letter to the Editor: In response to recent Beacon opinion pieces
Emerson College to integrate AI into classrooms
SGA approves new constitution
Protesters hold signs and yell chants as they demonstrate on Storrow Drive, halting traffic on October 6, 2024 (Bryan Hecht / Beacon Staff).
Thousands of pro-Palestinian protesters halt traffic on Storrow Drive in Oct. 7 anniversary protest
Chanel, Tagwalk
Threads of Time: 50 Years of Paris Fashion Week
NFL boasts highest number of female coaches in history, and counting
NFL boasts highest number of female coaches in history, and counting
Norman Lear ‘44
‘Everything that Norman did was influenced by humanity’: Friends and fans remember Norman Lear ‘44
Courtesy Ashlyn Richards
The resonating echoes of 9/11 in country music