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Through a different lens, alumni hope to shed light on culture

Through a different lens, alumni hope to shed light on culture

April 3, 2014

Sam Mathius walked into the Tam, a bar the 24-year-old has worked at since his sophomore year at Emerson. With his left hand rested against his right arm,...

Dating Tips: Under Pressure

April 1, 2014

You have a million film sets you have to be on, final projects to start, and papers to write. Not to mention you need to figure out your summer internships...

Springing fashion back into the past

Springing fashion back into the past

April 1, 2014

Black and white fringes gracefully swooshed down the runway this spring as designers such as Calvin Klein and Emilio Pucci embellished their work with...

Housing hunt: Exploring Boston’s neighborhoods

April 1, 2014

It’s rare to hear a student say they enjoy apartment hunting. Dealing with ever-increasing rent and exploring the questionable domains of some messy...

For teens with cancer, Emerson group plans second chance at prom

For teens with cancer, Emerson group plans second chance at prom

March 28, 2014

Most people see prom as an event that comes standard with their high school diploma. This is not the case for thousands of teens with cancer...

Pedaling for diabetes research, student makes and films history

Pedaling for diabetes research, student makes and films history

March 28, 2014

It was Thanksgiving Day and the sun was high overhead when Greg Auerbach slowed his pedaling and stopped his bicycle on the roadside. Sitting on his bike...

For the love of the movies, and $1000

For the love of the movies, and $1000

March 27, 2014

Of about 100 undergraduate and graduate student submissions, 18 shorts have been selected to be screened at this year’s Emerson Film Festival. The...

Guess who's coming to dinner? Race relations.

Guess who’s coming to dinner? Race relations.

March 27, 2014

A staged reading of the Pulitzer-winning play Disgraced is the latest example of The Office of the Arts’ effort to showcase stories with many perspectives.  The...

Pitch, please

Pitch, please

March 27, 2014

All four requisitely punny Emerson a cappella groups will gather for the first time ever for a grand ode to the unadulterated human voice. Acappellics...

Everybody X Dance now

Everybody X Dance now

March 27, 2014

Emerson Stage premieres its annual modern dance festival, X Dance, at the Greene Theater tonight. The show features the work of student choreographers...

Iconic women, with an Emerson update

Iconic women, with an Emerson update

March 20, 2014

Some images are everlasting: Lucille Ball posing as the title character from I Love Lucy, with her red lips puckered and her eyes wide with mock surprise;...

Dutch Diaries: Matters of Money

March 20, 2014

I didn’t realize I had bought my train ticket from Venice to Milan for March instead of February until the old Italian man scanning my ticket on...

ECLA interns gain real-world experience on set, in studio

ECLA interns gain real-world experience on set, in studio

March 20, 2014

Emerson’s Los Angeles Program opened this spring semester with a bang, as 124 students moved into the newly built center on Sunset Boulevard. As...

For student broadcaster, it’s never too early for ambition

For student broadcaster, it’s never too early for ambition

March 20, 2014

Just four episodes into the fall season of Good Morning Emerson, weather correspondent Christian Mudrick self-promoted his way into a promotion. “In...

Emerson CUPSI team competes in Denver

Emerson CUPSI team competes in Denver

March 13, 2014

The crowd was silent. They were waiting for the introduction of the 2014 Emerson College Unions Poetry Slam Invitational team. As soon as they got it,...

Dating Tips

March 13, 2014

A first date can make or break a new relationship. If it goes well, you can get more dates and kisses; if it goes poorly, your date can tell all of his...

As protests flare, Emerson sends support

As protests flare, Emerson sends support

February 27, 2014

News of confrontations between university-aged students and the militant forces of her country’s government have kept Maria Antonia Dolman on edge.  Images...

Active Minds raises awareness about eating disorders

Active Minds raises awareness about eating disorders

February 27, 2014

Emerson students practiced balancing on their left legs with their right legs bent back, knees facing down. They stretched their left arms towards the...

Times columnist, now cancer-free, confronts life's interruptions

Times columnist, now cancer-free, confronts life’s interruptions

February 27, 2014

“I’m not going to say cancer was a gift, by no means,” said now cancer-free 25-year-old Suleika Jaouad. “However, it was a teacher...

Playing dress-up and calling it work

Playing dress-up and calling it work

February 27, 2014

Have you ever wanted to create a purse out of a book, but not known how? Trends and Tolstoy, the personal blog of a book lover, tells you how to do just...