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Women’s basketball beats Emmanuel College in a nail-biter

The Emerson College women's basketball team defeated Emmanuel College 63-58 Tuesday night at the Bobbi Brown and Steven Plofker Gym. The...

Graduate guard Trevor Arico (#5) reacts after a play against the Bridgewater State Bears on Tuesday, Dec. 10 (Courtesy of Nate Gardner).
Trevor Arico drops 38 points as men’s basketball defeats Bridgewater State

Following a loss to the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in their second NEWMAC game, the Emerson men’s basketball...

Emerson men's lacrosse players in Dave's Hot Chicken (Merritt Hughes / Beacon Staff)

Left to right: Jacob Goldberg (freshman), Jack Burns (senior), Ethan Corby (junior), Owen Lotti (junior), Brady Fish (freshman), Grant Wilson (senior), Quinn Gardiner (sophomore), Landon Segal (sophomore)
Winner winner, Dave’s Hot Chicken dinner: Emerson men’s lacrosse’s new NIL deal

For the second time in Emerson College’s history, student-athletes will have a Name, Image, and Likeness...

The Emerson women's basketball team celebrates following their win over Westfield State Thursday, the 200th for head coach Bill Gould (Courtesy of Anna Schoenmann).
Women’s basketball dominates Westfield State, 96-73, for Bill Gould’s 200th career win

The women’s basketball team returned to the Bobbi Brown and Steven Plofker Gym Thursday night to...

Graduate guard Trevor Arico (#5) rises up for a jump shot against the Babson Beavers on Wednesday, Dec. 4 (Riley Goldman/ Beacon Staff)
Men’s basketball breaks the dam with 64-62 win over Babson

After over a month of non-conference opponents, the men’s basketball team took the floor in a conference...

Melanea Vemealssel, a member of the Kasteel Well dining staff, stands by some of the breakfast offerings on Nov. 27, 2024 (Kaitlyn Smitten/Beacon Staff).
Cooking up community at Kasteel Well

Nestled in the small village of Well, located in the Dutch province of Limburg, the Emerson College Kasteel Well program resides. With around...

Senior guard Lucas Brenner (#0) is introduced in the starting lineup prior to Tuesday's game against Suffolk (Jordan Pagkalinawan/ Beacon Staff).
Men’s basketball triumphs over Suffolk in Clash of the Common

After a narrow win over Worcester State, the Emerson men’s basketball team hoped to make it two in a row as they faced their Boston Common...

Alireza Raisi, Mneesha Gellman, Nancy J. Lyons from the Marlboro Institute speaking on the Post-Election Panel at the Bill Bordy Theater on Nov. 12, 2024. (Julianna Jemima Badajos/ Beacon Correspondent)
Post-election panel discusses Trump-led future of reproductive rights, immigration, and foreign policy

A post-election panel held on Tuesday at the Bill Bordy Theater discussed how Donald Trump’s second presidency could impact reproductive...

Aili Montague was adopted at the age of two and a half. They struggled to find their identity within a family where they bore no resemblance. (Rian Nelson/ Beacon Staff)
The end of China’s international adoption program has left adoptees with mixed emotions

For Aili Montague, being a Chinese adoptee makes up a significant part of their identity. Montague was adopted from the city of Huainan,...

Vice President, Student Affairs Christie Anglade. (courtesy Derek Palmer for EmersonToday)
Christie Anglade named Emerson’s next vice president of student affairs

Christie Anglade will become the college’s next vice president of Student Affairs beginning Dec. 15, after temporarily serving the position...

 Good Morning Emerson Hosts Max Lasky (left) and Faith Pinnow (middle) interview one of the Co-Presidents of Emertainment Monthly, Emily Zeitz (right) live on the air. GME conducts an interview during most of their shows along with covering events around the city, and delivering news stories to their viewers. (Madla Walsh/ Beacon Staff)
A dive into campus media at Emerson

Emerson offers over 100 on-campus student organizations but is most famous for its many student performing arts groups. However, from broadcast...

An Emerson College Police car.
Incident Journal: ECPD responds to violation, larceny reports

The Emerson College Police Department provides the Incident Journal to The Beacon every week. Beacon staff edit the Incident Journal for style...

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

The Office of Equal Opportunity will expand the scope of responsibility of the former Office of Title IX following its absorption of the office...