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Part of the fitness center update included an increase in the number of free weights and weight training machines like two weight rooms and more dumbbells. (Arthur Mansavage/ Beacon Staff)

Emerson’s new Fitness Center will open on Monday

By Max Morin, Beacon Correspondent / October 30, 2024
The new fitness center in Piano Row has been in the works for several years and will have an official grand opening Monday morning.
Boston City Hall in the evening on Monday, October 28, 2024.(Nick Peace/ For the Beacon, File)

Boston City Council backs local striking hotel workers

By Laith Hintzman, Beacon Correspondent / October 30, 2024
Dozens of striking hotel workers filled Boston City Council’s meeting room with chants and cheers as the council unanimously adopted a resolution to support UNITE HERE Local 26 Boston, a hospitality workers union, last Wednesday.
‘Hitpig!’ crew members talk creating new animated feature film

‘Hitpig!’ crew members talk creating new animated feature film

By Annie Sarlin, Assistant Living Arts Editor / October 30, 2024
Directors David Feiss and Cinzia Angelini and composer Isabella Summers discussed their upcoming animated feature, “Hitpig!,” starring Jason Sudeikis and Lily Singh.
Courtesy of NEON

‘Anora’: A dream is a wish your heart breaks

By Bryan Hecht and Max Ardrey / October 30, 2024
We have been led to believe that if a woman’s garments are turned into a gown, a pumpkin into a carriage, and her raggedy shoes into glass slippers, she may be seen as royalty.
The Emerson women's soccer class of 2025. (Courtesy of Naia Driscoll)

Women’s soccer falls to Clark in Senior Day thriller

By Jordan Pagkalinawan, Managing Editor / October 30, 2024
Purple streamers, balloons, and tablecloths greeted fans at Rotch Field on Saturday as the Emerson women’s soccer team celebrated senior day.
Handcrafted lanterns for sale at the parade. (Fiona McMahon / Beacon Staff)

Celebrating 41 years of Jamaica Plain history with The Lantern Parade

By Fiona McMahon, Beacon Correspondent / October 23, 2024
Winter is looming, and one Boston neighborhood in particular has a special way of celebrating this impending season of cold and darkness.
The college illuminated Little Building with artwork and messages celebrating the graduating class of 2020 on Saturday. The display will run for two weeks.

Emerson College released its 2024 annual security report. We broke it down.

By Merritt Hughes, Opinion Co-Editor / October 23, 2024
Overall crime, including liquor law violations, sexual harassment cases, and violent acts towards women, increased at Emerson College’s Boston campus in 2023
Everything you need to know for Election Day

Everything you need to know for Election Day

By Rachel Choi, Illustrations/Graphics Editor and Chief Copyeditor and Social Media Manager / October 23, 2024
As Election Day approaches, voters all over the nation are getting ready to head to the polls.
(Shannon Clark/ Beacon Correspondent)

Emerson College hosts 9th annual Fresh Check Day mental health fair

By Madalyn Jimiera, Beacon Correspondent / October 23, 2024
Emerson students indulged in games, prizes, and education on mental health resources at the college’s ninth annual Fresh Check Day mental health fair in The Loft. 
A plaque from the bridge renaming ceremony in honor of Bill Russell (Yogev Toby for The Berkeley Beacon)

“A legend both on and off the court”: Boston bridge renamed after Celtics star Bill Russell

By Yogev Toby, Staff Writer / October 23, 2024
Jeannine Russell took a long pause and observed the audience before her, tears in her eyes.
Tim Walz with a fist raised steps out of his airplane at Boston Logan International Airport on Oct. 20, 2024 (Nick Peace/ For the Beacon).

Walz arrives in Boston for two-hour fundraising stop

By Bryan Hecht, News Co-editor / October 22, 2024
Vice presidential candidate and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz landed at Logan International Airport at 4:05 p.m. on Sunday
Thousands fill the banks of the Charles River cheering passing teams during the final day of the regatta. (Arthur Mansavage/ Beacon Staff)

Photos: Thousands of athletes and fans take on the 2024 Head Of The Charles Regatta

The world’s largest three-day rowing event drew over 12,000 rowers and thousands of spectators to the banks of the Charles River over the weekend.
"Nobuko Miyamoto: A Song in Movement" (2024) dir. Tadashi Nakamura, Quyên Nguyen-Le. Courtesy Boston Asian American Film Festival

The Boston Asian American Film Festival opens its doors once again

By Ryan Yau, Living Arts Editor / October 18, 2024
The 16th annual Boston Asian American Film Festival will be held from Oct. 17 to 27.
"The Teacher" (2023), dir. Farah Nabulsi. Courtesy Boston Palestine Film Festival

‘A form of resistance’: Boston Palestine Film Festival showcases Palestinian voices

By Maddie Barron, Magazine Editor & Assistant Opinion Editor / October 17, 2024
At the forefront of the Boston Palestine Film Festival, now entering its 18th year of operation, a vast array of Palestinian stories ranging from family histories to speculative utopias
The Emerson men's soccer team lines up prior to their non-conference match vs. Tufts on Tuesday, Sept. 24 (Riley Goldman/ Beacon Correspondent)

Men’s soccer fights valiantly against nationally-ranked Amherst

By Everest Leach / October 17, 2024
The wind howled through Rotch Field on Saturday, Oct. 12, as the Emerson men’s soccer team faced one of their toughest challengers of the season.
Courtesy Atlantic Records

Coldplay’s ‘Moon Music’ demonstrates disconnection and chaos in the pop music sphere

By Kaitlyn Smitten, Beacon Correspondent / October 16, 2024
Coldplay's new album “Moon Music,” released on Oct. 4, marked the band's 10th album since their debut in 1998.
Gracie Abrams. (Danielle Bartholet / Assistant Living Arts Editor)

Gracie Abrams knows our secret

By Danielle Bartholet, Assistant Living Arts Editor / October 16, 2024
White and purple lights blasted from the top of the stage at MGM Music Hall on Oct. 9 as rising pop star, Gracie Abrams, took the stage.
The Little Building at the corner of Boylston and Tremont streets. (Arthur Mansavage/ Beacon Staff, File)

BAC students share their experience living in Little Building nearly halfway through the fall semester

By Madalyn Jimiera, Beacon Correspondent / October 16, 2024
A once-empty floor of Emerson College’s Little Building is now home to Boston Architectural College (BAC) students who said they “became a family” after a month of living as a small pocket within the larger community.
EmersonTogether and SGA talk about rebuilding trust

EmersonTogether and SGA talk about rebuilding trust

By Hannah Woods, Staff Writer / October 15, 2024
At its latest general assembly meeting, the Student Government Association (SGA) continued to discuss working with EmersonTogether, the college’s new community-building initiative, which was unveiled over the summer. 
Tufts University students hold an Indigenous Peoples’ Day celebration on the campus quad on Sunday, October 13, 2024 (Yogev Toby / Beacon Staff).

Community members honor Indigenous Peoples’ Day with celebration of culture, solidarity, and resistance

By Yogev Toby and Hannah Brueske / October 15, 2024
While schools and federal workers in Massachusetts have Monday off for Columbus Day, Tufts University students used the long weekend to celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day.