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Alum named to top 25 under 25 list by mag

Alum named to top 25 under 25 list by mag

September 21, 2016

Lizzie Milanovich is an actress, playwright, and artist, and she’s on a mission to bring theater to everyone. Even with her impressive resume, she...

POWER — moving forward with change

POWER — moving forward with change

September 21, 2016

After a busy day at the Emerson organization fair, Lucie Pereira showed no signs of fatigue when she arrived at a library study room to be interviewed....

Style notes: Runway designs encourage recycling

September 21, 2016

It wasn’t my intent, but, somehow, I grew a conscience.    I devote much of my free time to understanding the ins and outs of the fashion...

New opportunity to bring the elite to campus daily

New opportunity to bring the elite to campus daily

September 21, 2016

Articles about the 10 commandments of sending an email or drunk girls eating noodles from their purses (our Friday night alter egos) that we click through...

Student snapshot: Abby Skorupski

Student snapshot: Abby Skorupski

September 14, 2016

“I realized that the VMAs were in New York this year and I wanted to put myself on it, basically. I can get myself there, I was telling everybody.   I...

Networking served with a spot of cold-brewed tea

Networking served with a spot of cold-brewed tea

September 14, 2016

In a few days students and alumni can come together to sip cold-brewed tea, eat brunch, and talk post-grad life at a casual networking event at Tea Bar...

The first comedic arts class as freshmen, when they entered the college in 2016.

New comedy major is nothing to laugh about

September 14, 2016

Once her parents were fast asleep, seven-year-old Hannah Cairo would creep out of her room, tip-toe downstairs, and snuggle onto the couch in front of...

Love column: Removing stigma through discovery

April 27, 2016

I masturbate with the same regularity that I wash my sheets—every other week, unless I find myself with some extra time and a need to randomly throw...

Year in review: Entrepreneurial enterprise projects

Year in review: Entrepreneurial enterprise projects

April 27, 2016

If you find yourself crunching on gourmet, customized trail mix while reading a new Spanish-language magazine in a Boston greenspace, make sure to document...

Lanson looks forward to travel, time with family

Lanson looks forward to travel, time with family

April 27, 2016

“I don’t really like the word ‘retirement,’ because it’s not in my nature to stop doing things,” Jerry Lanson said.  Lanson,...

Students get a second chance at a high school classic

Students get a second chance at a high school classic

April 20, 2016

Traditionally, high school proms call for drinking punch, posing for pictures, and dancing in a dark room. For some, however, it was a night of feeling...

Money, get away, new cashless options

Money, get away, new cashless options

April 20, 2016

Going to a restaurant with friends usually ends up with a fight over the bill. For many students, this could mean scrounging up dollar bills from the bottom...

Carr on Culture: Minority bias on and off screen

April 20, 2016

As a person who’s studying writing for film and television, I tend not only to watch a lot of TV, but I also consume a lot of media about it—critiques,...

Trngle is a new matchmaking service for artists

Trngle is a new matchmaking service for artists

April 20, 2016

Two years ago, on the University of Oregon campus, two friends set out to make a music video but didn’t know where to look to recruit or build a...

Dix Pix: Ivy Park crosses athleisure’s racial boundary

April 13, 2016

If “Formation” didn’t bless us enough, Queen B has just upped the ante yet again by co-founding a 200-piece activewear collection, entitled...

Lions, tigers, and butt plugs—oh my!

April 13, 2016

The room filled slowly, but steadily as students entered in groups, chattering and pointing excitedly at the display of dildos, butt plugs, floggers, condoms,...

It's a buyer's market for students at Emerson

It’s a buyer’s market for students at Emerson

April 13, 2016

Akin to The Hunger Games, Emerson’s lottery housing selection process is a high-stakes gamble and students have just begun to volunteer each...

#FollowMe: Students enter internet stardom

#FollowMe: Students enter internet stardom

April 13, 2016

4,097,946. Make that 4,097,957. Wait, final count is 4,097,958. The number keeps ticking up every day, even though the YouTube video Mary Kate Carr, a...

Love Column: Finding one’s own freedoms

April 6, 2016

“Abstinence,” exclaimed Coach Brown, crossing his arms in front of his crotch, “equals,” he said, moving them up to his torso in...

Mentoring program helps students leap forward

Mentoring program helps students leap forward

April 6, 2016

Angela Cooke-Jackson, an assistant communication studies professor, spent most of her life straddling her at-risk community roots and her more recent suburban...