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

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Trump’s inauguration and the conversation around transgender athletes

Trump’s inauguration and the conversation around transgender athletes

By Anna Knepley, Meg Richards and Jordan Pagkalinawan / January 22, 2025

Among the onslaught of executive orders signed on day one, President Donald Trump targeted transgender and nonbinary Americans, claiming “it is the policy...

Students at Emerson’s Kasteel Well campus in the Limburg, Netherlands arrived for orientation just days before Trump was sworn in (Bryan Hecht / Beacon Staff).

Some Americans said they would leave when Trump took office. Students studying abroad actually did.

Last November, late into the night, Kasteel Well students watched with bated breath as Donald Trump won the 2024 election. This semester, many said they...

Junior guard Jacob Armant drives for a layup against the MIT Engineers on Jan. 16, 2025 (Rian Nelson/ Beacon Staff).

Men’s basketball ends losing skid with 87-73 win over MIT

By Jordan Pagkalinawan, Dept. Sports Editor / January 19, 2025

Four Lions landed in double figures Thursday night as the Emerson men’s basketball team beat the MIT Engineers 87-73, snapping a four-game losing streak. The...

(Iselin Bratz/ Beacon Staff)

Favoritism, blacklisting threats, and a ‘toxic culture’: Allegations of mistreatment shake Emerson Stage artistic director

By Iselin Bratz, News Editor / January 15, 2025

At a routine evening rehearsal last fall for “POTUS,” a student-led Emerson Stage production, recent graduate and on-set observational director Emma...

The Mass. State House (DJ Mara/Beacon Staff)

DiZoglio fights for accountability on Beacon Hill through audit of state legislature

By DJ Mara, Dept. Metro Editor / January 15, 2025

The Mass. State Legislature is the historically “least transparent state government” in the United States.  Since taking office in Jan. 2023,...

Senior center Asher Gardiner (#21) elevates for a slam dunk against WPI on Saturday, Jan. 11, 2025 (Courtesy of Nate Gardner).

Men’s basketball falls to No. 22 WPI in special Saturday showdown

By Jordan Pagkalinawan, Dept. Sports Editor / January 14, 2025

Moments after the renaming of a basketball court in a former coach’s honor, the Emerson men’s basketball team was handed a 88-65 loss to the nationally-ranked...

Former men's basketball head coach Hank Smith (center) poses with President Jay Bernhardt, several of his former players, and family members (Courtesy of Nate Gardner).

‘We’re truly home now’: Brown-Plofker court renamed for former men’s basketball coach Hank Smith

By Jordan Pagkalinawan, Dept. Sports Editor / January 14, 2025

Former men’s basketball head coach Hank Smith took the Bobbi Brown and Steven Plofker Gym floor to a thunderous standing ovation, appearing on a court...

A cloud of smoke from the Palisades fire billows over a hill near the neighborhood of Encino on Saturday, Jan. 11, 2025. (Riley Goldman/ Beacon Staff)

As the LA wildfires encroach on Southern California, ELA proceeds as planned

By Iselin Bratz, Madalyn Jimiera and Jordan Pagkalinawan / January 12, 2025

As wildfires continue to rage in Southern California this week, students, faculty, and staff expecting to start the spring semester at Emerson Los Angeles...

Haze from the Sunset Fires seen around the famed Hollywood sign on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. (Riley Goldman/ For the Beacon)

Emerson Los Angeles building evacuated ‘preemptively’ due to proximity to Southern California fires

By Iselin Bratz, News Editor / January 9, 2025

The Emerson Los Angeles building was “preemptively evacuated” Wednesday night as a precaution against the growing wildfire in the Hollywood Hills,...

Food For Free workers organize the Emerson dining hall donation alongside Bon Appetit District Manager Dawn Sajdyk on Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2024.

Over 300 pounds of food donated by Emerson to Food For Free last fall

By Sam Shipman, Kasteel Well Staff Writer / January 8, 2025

Emerson students finishing their meal in the dining hall often throw the remains of their scraps into the compost bin, but where do the seemingly endless...

Nora Onanian receiving her award, "Courage, Grit, and Determination in Successful Journalism Degree Completion" on December 16, 2024. Left to right: Douglas Struck, Christine Onanian, David Onanian, Nora Onanian (front).

Nora Kate Onanian, Emerson journalism student, remembered as ‘impactful’ and an ‘inspiration’ by classmates, professors

By Merritt Hughes, Dept. Campus Editor / December 27, 2024

In the early morning hours on Christmas Eve, Nora Kate Onanian, 22, an Emerson journalism student who graduated weeks ago, passed away at her house surrounded...

Graduate student forward Charlotte Levison wins the opening tip-off against Regis College on Saturday, Dec. 14 (Courtesy of Nate Gardner)

Women’s basketball heads to winter break with 85-66 win over Regis

By Jordan Pagkalinawan, Dept. Sports Editor / December 16, 2024

The Emerson women’s basketball team played their second home game in four days at the Bobbi Brown and Steven Plofker Gym Saturday, battling the Regis...

Emerson Colleges' Little Building and Colonial Building on Boylston Street. (Arthur Mansavage/ Beacon Staff, File)

Emerson College declines staff union’s request to voluntarily recognize new bargain unit in the Office of the Arts

By Hannah Nguyen, Editor-in-Chief / December 14, 2024

The college has declined Emerson Staff Union’s request to voluntarily recognize staff in the Office of the Arts as union members. The bargaining unit...

A student holding a bunny poses for a photo during the Relaxapalooza event in the  Iwasaki Library on Friday, Dec. 6, 2024. (Abigail Hoyt/ Beacon Correspondent)

‘Relaxapalooza changed my life’: Iwasaki Library offers students the ultimate de-stressing event

By Hannah Brueske, Dept. Projects Editor / December 12, 2024

Two massage therapists, three bunnies, and numerous arts and crafts stations walked into Emerson’s Iwasaki Library, and Relaxapalooza was born.  Though...

Paul Dworkis poses for a photo inside of the newly completed fitness center on Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024. (Arthur Mansavage/ Beacon Staff)

Always ‘an Emersonian,’ Paul Dworkis, CFO, departs Emerson after five years

By Hannah Nguyen, Editor-in-Chief / December 12, 2024

For Paul Dworkis, being an Emersonian came almost naturally.  “I didn’t start at Emerson until December [2019], but I actually started working...

A Emerson College logo on the Ansin Building on Tremont street. (Arthur Mansavage/ Beacon Staff, File)

‘[Emerson] feels like a ghost town’: new initiative draws mixed emotions from a divided campus

By Yogev Toby and Hannah Woods / December 12, 2024

As the fall semester approaches its end, some Emerson students, faculty, and staff say Emerson’s new community-building initiative and interim policy...

(Courtesy of Nate Gardner)

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

By Hongyi Ji, Staff Writer / December 11, 2024

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

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

By Jordan Pagkalinawan, Dept. Sports Editor / December 11, 2024

Following a loss to the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in their second NEWMAC game, the Emerson men’s basketball team hosted a non-conference matchup against...

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

By Merritt Hughes, Dept. Campus Editor / December 11, 2024

For the second time in Emerson College’s history, student-athletes will have a Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) deal.  Beginning in January, all...

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

By Jordan Pagkalinawan, Dept. Sports Editor / December 9, 2024

The women’s basketball team returned to the Bobbi Brown and Steven Plofker Gym Thursday night to face the Westfield State University Owls, hoping to...