A look into the students’ pandemic-era holiday plans and pronoun usage at Emerson

A woman waits for her train at South Station.

By Maximo Aguilar Lawlor, Drew Ascione and Sophia Boyce
November 25, 2020

Today on The 172 Review, host Maximo Aguilar Lawlor sits down with Express News Editor Charlie McKenna to talk about last week’s surge of positive COVID-19 cases at Emerson College. In honor of Transgender Awareness Week and Trans Remembrance Day, Drew Ascione dives deeper into the impact of proper pronoun usage. And Sophia Boyce talks to students about how the COVID-19 pandemic has changed student’s holiday plans.

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Maximo Aguilar Lawlor, Multimedia Managing Editor

Maximo Aguilar Lawlor is a multimedia journalist attending Emerson College in Boston, MA. He is the Multimedia Managing Editor for The Berkeley Beacon and oversees all multimedia elements.

Currently published in 8 separate publications, Aguilar Lawlor has shared over 60 stories through print, photo, graphics and audio formats. He has bylines published in The Berkeley Beacon, West Valley View, The Peoria Times, Glendale Star, Raíz Magazine, WECB's...

Drew Ascione, Audio Reporter

Drew Ascione is a multimedia journalist aspiring to capture human life in action. She is committed to telling stories no matter how seemingly ordinary and those that would otherwise may not have been told. She has most recently covered Transgender legal rights and Transgender entertainment news. She centers on portraying the full complex human outside of a singular preconceived identity in all her stories.

Sophia Boyce, Audio Reporter

Sophia Boyce covers the happenings on Emerson's campus for the 172 Review Podcast. She looks at the experiences at Emerson compared to her friends at Universities around the country. Boyce covers anything from video games to Instagram pages to politics.