, Beacon Correspondent/strong Emerson’s self-contained culture produces many defining quirks.  With more inside jokes than one cares to count, the eccentricity of the student body

, Beacon Correspondent/strong Imagine spending half your summer at a salmon processing plant in rural Dillingham, Ala., and spending the other half in sunny Atlanta, Ga.

, Beacon Correspondent /strong Freshman Mary Kate Nyland squeezed her way into the apartment, crammed with countless other students vying for a shot at Kappa Gamma

, Beacon Correspondent/strong/div div In “The Morbid Allure of Young Adult Literature,” the opening event in the First Lecture Series at Emerson, Professor Christina Marin

, Beacon Correspondent/strong/div divIn “The Morbid Allure of Young Adult Literature,” the opening event in the First Lecture Series at Emerson, Professor Christina Marin opened

, Beacon Correspondent/strong “There was NO FIRE in the Little Bldg,” tweeted @EmersonCollege, informing students that they weren’t actually in any danger on Sept. 1 when

, Beacon Correspondent/strong “There was NO FIRE in the Little Bldg,” tweeted @EmersonCollege, informing students that they weren’t actually in any danger on Sept. 1 when

strongJeannie Rodriguez, Beacon Staff/strong Thousands of dollars worth of bicycles, electronics, and bookstore merchandise were stolen during a month-long spike in thefts around campus, police said.

strongJeannie Rodriguez, Beacon Staff/strong Thousands of dollars worth of bicycles, electronics, and bookstore merchandise were stolen during a month-long spike in thefts around campus, police said.

, Beacon Correspondent/strong /div divA glance at the movie poster for director Eli Craig’s emTucker amp; Dale/em emvs. Evil/em gives one an impression of a

, Beacon Correspondent/strong /div divA glance at the movie poster for director Eli Craig’s emTucker amp; Dale/em emvs. Evil/em gives one an impression of a

, Beacon Correspondent/strong When Stephen Colbert launched into a gesture-heavy commentary on a simplistic news story Aug. 11, Emerson students may have recognized the spoofed

, Beacon Correspondent/strong When Stephen Colbert launched into a gesture-heavy commentary on a simplistic news story Aug. 11, Emerson students may have recognized the spoofed

, Beacon Correspondent Most people probably don’t jump at the chance to listen to someone complain about their failed relationships. But somehow, San Francisco band

strongXakota Espinoza, Beacon Staff/strong Emerson College Police Department arrested a man after he was caught allegedly attempting to steal a bike from inside the college’s storage

Alexander C. Kaufman Managing Editors Anum Hussain Steve Miller News Editor Heidi Moeller Opinion Editor Hayden Wright Sports Editor Evan Sporer Lifestyle Editor Stephanie Thomas

The post-grad struggles many are already worrying about will be the focus of emAt This Point in My Life,/em a new student-created show, a bi-weekly,

strongXakota Espinoza, Beacon Staff/strong In her four years at Emerson College, Gwendolyn Bates oversaw a sizable increase in the diversity of freshman applicants, the heightened awareness

For four years, students craving the lowdown on hip eateries and vogue hip-huggers have grazed the glossy pages of em Magazine, the sole lifestyle publication

Robert Drenkhahn, 20, and Zac Dearing, 21, both MIT students, cheer during a rally on Boston Common early Monday morning, May 1, 2011, to celebrate

Construction workers, their clothes covered in tile dust, trudged up the first-floor staircase as President M. Lee Pelton sat back on a beige sofa in

  Certain parts of Convento, the immersive documentary that had its area premiere Thursday as part of IFFBoston, seem too good to be completely true.

Last week the NBA fined Kobe Bryant $100,000 after the Los Angeles Lakers star was caught hurling a homophobic word at a referee, sparking intense