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Junior Elinor Bonifant submitted her podcast, The Haunted Hour, to the 38th Annual EVVY Awards, causing it to win the first ever award in the Outstanding Podcast category. Jakob Menendez / Beacon Staff

The Haunted Hour rises from the dead for season two

By Kaitlyn Mettetal / October 21, 2019

Trapped in Boston Logan Airport during a flight delay, junior Elinor Bonifant hastily connected to the slower-than-molasses public wi-fi. Bonifant submitted...

Cho Yin Rachel Lo / Beacon Staff

Students rally for state legislation to end period poverty

By Katie Redefer, Former Staff Writer / October 21, 2019

Impassioned speakers and protesters demanded accessibility to free menstrual products and an end to period stigmatization on Saturday at the Massachusetts...

Emerson Flows, Emeron’s chapter of national organization PERIOD, will attend a rally for
accessible menstrual products on Oct. 19. Courtesy of Natalie DeRoche

Students rally for accessible menstrual products

By Juliet Norman, Former Opinion Editor / October 16, 2019

Decked out in all-red outfits and holding up signs of protest, student organization Emerson Flows will gather in City Hall Plaza on Oct. 19 to rally against...

Graduate student Ciera Burch earned a spot at Boston Book Festival for her short story “Yvonne,” selected for the One City One Story series. Domenic Conte / Beacon Staff

Boston Book Festival prints 20,000 copies of graduate student’s book

By Domenic Conte, Former Sports Columnist / October 9, 2019

Four months after sending her short story to the Boston Book Festival, Emerson graduate student Ciera Burch received word that her submission “Yvonne”...

Photo: Jakob Menendez

Junior raises money to help homeless men secure winter housing

By Cassandre Coyer, Former Staff / October 2, 2019

Editor's note: Continued coverage on this story can be found here.  Junior Karigan Wright, like many students, walks by the 2 Boylston Place alley...

Alumus David Wade '95, winner of 23 Emmy awards, is back at Emerson as a professor. Shiyu Pan / Beacon Correspondent

Award winning journalist and alum returns to Emerson as professor

By Sydney Havens / September 25, 2019

When working for local TV station WBZ in 2013, David Wade ‘95 received a call in the middle of the night telling him to go straight to Watertown—the...

Danielle Monroe '12 created "Republic of Camberville," a fiction podcast based on Somerville and Cambridge. Courtesy of Danielle Monroe.

Emerson alumna to release localized fiction podcast

By Eloisa de Farias / September 18, 2019

When listening to children’s podcasts with her two kids, Danielle Monroe ‘12 decided to use a podcast as a new creative medium she could use to promote...

Co-founder of First Gen E-M Anthony Rodriguez wears a pin celebrating his first-generation student identity. Lizzie Heintz / Beacon Correspondent

Junior organizes inaugural orientation event for first generation students

By Rachelle Ma / September 12, 2019

For most new students, the colorful sight of banners and orientation leaders in blue shirts and glitter makeup is a warm welcome to the new campus. But...

Megan Ellis, Sigma Pi Theta’s recruitment chair, organized Emerson’s first organization fair for fraternities and sororities. Madison Murillo / Beacon Correspondent

Starting a new chapter: Junior organizes first Fraternity and Sorority Life Fair

By Jehan Ayesha / September 11, 2019

At the college’s first-ever Fraternity and Sorority Life Fair on Sept. 12, organizer Megan Ellis said she hoped to showcase an environment she believes...

Schifano (left) said he had no idea how Driver (right) managed to fit the entire orange in his mouth. He had to cut his in half to make it fit. Photo courtesy of Ben Schifano.

Adam Driver doppelgänger asks the actor to buy him a sandwich through Instagram

By Juliet Norman, Former Opinion Editor / September 4, 2019

While Ben Schifano vacationed in Disneyland last year, he agreed to strike a pose as Star Wars' Kylo Ren after a mother asked him to take a picture with...

Henderson-West (far right) poses with attendees and performers at Emerson's first-ever Vogue Kiki Ball. Photo courtesy of Christopher Henderson-West

Haus of Emerson named first-ever collegiate vogue ballroom

By Taina Millsap, Former Staff Writer / September 4, 2019

Christopher Henderson-West initially met with vogue instructor London Lewis to bring vogue workshops to Emerson. About a month after their initial conversation,...

Graphic by Ally Rzesa / Beacon Staff

Events on campus: April 22-26

By Katiana Hoefle / April 22, 2019

Many students and organizations host events at Emerson and broadcast them on EmConnect’s event page and fliers on bulletin boards around campus. The...

Senior Victoria Raschi won the Outstanding Business Startup EVVY award for her company Hear Buddies, which designs accessories for children’s hearing aids. • Courtesy of Victoria Raschi

E3 Expo allows students to pitch business ventures

By Taina Millsap, Former Staff Writer / April 18, 2019

Junior Julia Perry has struggled with an eating disorder since she was a teenager. The lack of knowledge Perry, her family, and her friends had on the...

The Nonprofit Fundraising Campaign and Introduction to Public Relations classes teamed together to start a book drive providing literature to students at Conley Elementary School in Roslindale.  • Courtesy of Abbey Finn

Students’ fundraising campaign brings inclusive books to elementary school

By Juliet Norman, Former Opinion Editor / April 18, 2019

Junior Althea Smith never saw her queer identity represented in books or on television growing up. But when her Nonprofit Fundraising Campaigns class started...

Junior Antonio Weathers wrote 'Bird Folk,' an anthology about the African-American experience in America and at Emerson. - Photo by Xinyi Tu / Beacon Staff

Pub Club to release students’ books about adulthood and racial differences in America

By Katiana Hoefle / April 16, 2019

Junior Antonio Weathers wrote poetry to pass time during classes—sometimes writing only single words or stanzas. His compiled work then became Bird Folk,...

Graphic by Ally Rzesa / Beacon Staff

Events on campus: April 16-19

By Katiana Hoefle / April 16, 2019

Many students and organizations host events at Emerson and broadcast them on EmConnect’s event page and fliers on bulletin boards around campus. The...

Sarah Anderson-Krim as drag king Phil Atto, Joey Sweeney as Alexa Pro, Michael Figueiredo as Figgy, Bryn Walsh as Amelia Airhead, Arani Ramirez-Barcelo as Anita Nappe, and Caterina Aragon as Cataclysm. - Photo by Cullen Granzen / Beacon Staff

Vogue, strut, duck walk: EAGLE hosts first-ever Vogue Kiki Ball

By Melanie Curry / April 11, 2019

Members of the Emerson community are gearing up to strut the catwalk, dress in drag, and perform dances with condoms to compete for cash prizes at Emerson’s...

Juniors Patrick Westervelt (left) and Simon Olarte (right) cooked dinner for President M. Lee Pelton. Photo courtesy of Kris Theorin

Students host President Pelton for dinner

By Kyle Bray, Former Managing Editor: Visual and Design / April 9, 2019

When juniors Patrick Westervelt and Simon Olarte studied at the Kasteel Well campus in the Netherlands together last year, they jokingly debated about...

Graphic by Ally Rzesa

Events on campus: April 8-11

By Katiana Hoefle / April 8, 2019

Many students and organizations host events at Emerson and broadcast them on EmConnect’s event page and fliers on bulletin boards around campus. The...

Junior Callie Webb (left) and junior Cameron Fedder (right) will perform with Chocolate Cake City at Comex!. • Alexa Schapiro / Beacon Correspondent

Inaugural ComEx! Festival celebrates comedic arts

By Damica Rodriguez / April 4, 2019

When the comedic arts major was created two years ago, Emerson comedy majors and troupes traveled to events in Boston like the “Boston Comedy Arts...