Arts
Alum Georden West wins Student Oscar for experimental short film
By Domenic Conte, Managing Editor
October 30, 2019
Georden West '18 watched in disapproval as their college in southern Virginia forced transgender students to leave, stripping them of their ability to graduate. As a queer media maker, they refuse to acknowledge the name of the institution and promote its existence. “I was making films about what it was like...
Emerson team takes home a slamming win in poetry competition
By Eloisa de Farias
October 23, 2019
A group of Emerson students won a national poetry slam tournament after setting out on a seven-month path of redemption following their loss at a collegiate poetry slam tournament in April. The four students took home first place and a $1,200 cash prize from the 2019 VOX Pop Slam Poetry Tournament i...
Alum opens contemporary art gallery in Downtown Crossing
October 9, 2019
Black, white, and red paint popped through a storefront window while two men stood in the doorway, welcoming in anyone enamored by the art inside. Behind the doors, low lighting mixed with lively conversation as attendees and artists alike celebrated the images surrounding them. On Sept. 28, Sam Fish ...
Brother music duo Joyer releases second album
By Shruti Rajkumar, Assistant Lifestyle Editor
October 4, 2019
With nothing more than two microphones, minimal technology experience, and GarageBand software installed on their computer, Shane Sullivan, a sophomore visual and media arts major, collaborated with his brother, Nick Sullivan, graduate of The School of Visual Arts in New York City, in the basement ...
The Emerson Hip-Hop Society wraps up summer mixtape
By Melanie Curry, Deputy Magazine Editor
October 3, 2019
Sophomore Ademir Monteiro sat in his closet and looked through The Emerson Hip-Hop Society’s Google Drive folder to choose a beat. Once chosen, he grabbed his phone and his lyric-filled notebook, took a deep breath, and rapped his verse for The Hip-Hop Society’s summer mixtape. The Hip-Hop Socie...
Journalism alumna Gaby Dunn pens Boston-based graphic novel
By Dana Gerber, Deputy News Editor
October 1, 2019
At only nineteen years old, Gaby Dunn ‘09 spent her nights waiting at hospitals to find out the status of shooting victims or driving to the scene of fires where houses had burned to the ground. As a journalism major, Dunn had scored a coveted opportunity: a position at The Boston Globe throug...
Senior turns pop culture memes into on-campus job
By Emily Cardona, Deputy Sports Editor
September 27, 2019
The faint scent of dry erase markers constantly lingers in the rooms of 172 Tremont St. ever since the college hired senior comedic arts major Joe Scardilli to create pop culture and meme illustrations on the building’s windows and white board walls. Jason Meier, director of student engagement ...
Alessandra Guarneri drums up YouTube success
By Tatum Jenkins
September 18, 2019
When junior Alessandra Guarneri attended a Camila Cabello concert in 2016 at the Orpheum Theatre, two fans recognized her from the Fifth Harmony covers Guarneri used to post on YouTube. “It was wild,” Guarneri said. “I had never had that happen to me.” Her friend, junior Samantha W...
Student band Snoozer rocks out on first album
By J. Faith Malicdem
September 18, 2019
James Ammirato knew the Boston music scene is its own little microcosm of the city, and because of that, it’s really hard to be heard. According to student punk rock band Snoozer, Boston’s up-and-coming music scene is caught in a flurry of new-wave scruffy bedroom pop and grainy low-fi jazz, in...
Sophomore brings victory to St. Louis team at international poetry competition
September 4, 2019
Six teens sat cowered in a compact dorm room in Las Vegas, whispering poetry to each other for hours at a time so their competitors would not overhear. It’s a vital part of the St. Louis team’s strategy for the 2019 Brave New Voices International Youth Poetry Slam Festival that led them to victo...
Juniors feature creative artwork in self-produced zine
By Juliet Norman, Assistant Opinion Editor
April 11, 2019
Juniors Emilie Krone and Liza Rogulina toyed with the idea of producing their own publication since meeting freshman year during an Introduction to College Writing class. The pair sat on the idea for two-and-a-half years but finally decided to start working on the “zine" this spring after fee...
Emerson Chuang Stage founders hope to break down cultural barriers
By Katiana Hoefle, Deputy Arts Editor
April 9, 2019
Every day for the past four months, 27 Chinese students at Emerson spent several hours working to create their own student-run play, If I were not me. Junior Alison Qu, graduate student Qianru Wang, and graduate student Shuyu Zheng created the Emerson Chuang Stage last semester and will hold their firs...
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