The Sustainable Campus Index has been released for 2023, with Emerson ranking third for productive energy consumption and eighth in water usage, according to the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability...
By Amin S. Lotfi, Beacon Correspondent September 20, 2023
After getting delayed by Hurricane Lee, the 2023 Boston Freedom Rally—colloquially known as Hempfest—came to the Boston Common on a summer-like Sunday on Sept. 17.
The annual event, organized...
After receiving a Bachelor of Arts in English and Sociology from Eastern Nazarene College and a Master of Arts in Intercultural Relations from Lesley University, Andrea Popa didn’t want to stop her education...
Dozens of people gathered at the Parkman Bandstand in the Boston Common on Monday night to pay tribute to all of the lives lost in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. The memorial marked the 22nd anniversary...
By Sasha Zirin, Assistant Living Arts Editor September 13, 2023
With two weeks of classes and time as a Boston college student under their belts, hundreds of first-years have moved into Emerson. They bring ample perspectives, feelings, and ideas—some of which are...
By Olivia LeDuc, Assistant News Editor September 13, 2023
The Emerson College Student’s Union (ECSU) has updated its point program for the semester, largely concentrating on its ongoing strife with improvements on financial aid and issues surrounding affirmative...
By Maddie Barron, Magazine Co-Section Editor April 26, 2023
Emersonians celebrated a year’s worth of sustainability strides and reflected on further increasing climate awareness at the 2022-23 Earthfest on Saturday, an event featuring games and activities promoting...
By Maddie Khaw, Assistant News Editor April 26, 2023
After years of lobbying from students, Emerson’s administration has committed to providing period products in all public restrooms on campus—including in men’s and gender-neutral bathrooms—starting...
ChatGPT, a new artificial intelligence program that has the capability to write basically anything can write your essays for you. Emerson community members, along with those at other colleges, are adjusting...
By Bailey Allen, Former news editor April 19, 2023
On April 15, 2013, 19-year-old journalism major Madeline Bilis ‘16 stood on Newbury Street with a classmate by her side and a camera, tripod, and microphone in hand.
Bilis and her classmate, Wendy,...
By Bailey Allen, Former news editor April 19, 2023
Emerson College is set to increase the undergraduate costs of attendance by four percent for the 2023-24 academic year, prompting negative reactions from the student union.
The increase will bring tuition...
By Maddie Khaw, Assistant News Editor April 19, 2023
Since Emerson relaxed its COVID-19 policies and removed its campus-wide mask mandate last May, the faces of many or most students have gone unmasked in classrooms, on sets, and in other campus spaces.
This...
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