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Troupes prepare for Skidmore comedy fest

Troupes prepare for Skidmore comedy fest

January 23, 2014

When asked what they’re most eager about in regard to the upcoming Skidmore Comfest, sophomore Justin Cordua of This is Pathetic joked that troupe...

Love Notes: Surviving the Break

December 5, 2013

Does your significant other seem a bit more annoying now than he or she did last month? Does the pressure of finals and the long winter break have you...

Deck the halls  and bake the cookies

Deck the halls and bake the cookies

December 5, 2013

It’s that time of year again. The Christmas lights on Boston Common have been strung. The tree at Faneuil Hall is lit. And Starbucks is featuring...

Health Matters: Making the holidays count

November 21, 2013

With Thanksgiving right around the corner, the holiday season is officially upon us. From festive parties to family gatherings, it is the time of year...

Coping with devastation, 8,000 miles away

Coping with devastation, 8,000 miles away

November 21, 2013

Four years ago, Tracy Parco gathered with her family in a church in Bohol — a small island in the southern Philippines — for...

College games help feed the hungry

College games help feed the hungry

November 21, 2013

The sky was a cloudless pale blue and everything was quiet. The city was calm, except for the softball fields on Boston Common, where a group of nearly...

One Month, 50,000 Words

One Month, 50,000 Words

November 21, 2013

Keyboards are clacking all through these November nights as writers race to complete National Novel Writing Month, affectionately known as NaNoWriMo. With...

Fraternity hosts professional summit for networking newbies

Fraternity hosts professional summit for networking newbies

November 21, 2013

Throughout college, students can mix and mingle, strike up a conversation, and trade resumes with alumni from many fields. During Zeta Phi Eta’s...

Photographs shed light on Emerson students' stories

Photographs shed light on Emerson students’ stories

November 14, 2013

Boylston Street’s hustle and bustle is crawling with individuals eagerly rushing from classes to internships. Among the busyness, two students might...

Across the pond: Hidden Inspirations

November 14, 2013

Cities are often synonymous with their biggest attractions: Paris is to the Eiffel Tower, as Rome is to the Coliseum, as London is to the palace guards....

Students take action with community service event

Students take action with community service event

November 14, 2013

From serving spaghetti to the needy to playing Family Feud with the elderly, for many students, Veteran’s Day was spent lending a helping hand throughout...

Art motivates campus social change

Art motivates campus social change

November 14, 2013

With their bodies sprawled across the floor, eight Emerson students climb over one another, desperately struggling to follow each other’s lead. The...

Love Notes: Cuffing Season

November 7, 2013

Have you ever noticed that, once it starts getting cold out, even some of the wildest partygoers trade in skin-tight pants for sweatpants, and one-night...

On poetry and Pulitzers

On poetry and Pulitzers

November 7, 2013

It was nothing but a man and his words, but it visibly moved the audience.   The world-renowned poet Philip Levine is 85 years old, with a bristling...

First Transgender Awareness Week promotes "the authentic me"

First Transgender Awareness Week promotes “the authentic me”

November 7, 2013

As October’s Queer Awareness Month came to a close, some on-campus organizations, with help from the college, decided to continue the theme by hosting...

Students assist media lab aimed to aid nonprofits

Students assist media lab aimed to aid nonprofits

November 7, 2013

At Emerson, it is nearly impossible to come across unmotivated students. Everywhere you turn, there are eager students searching for new opportunities...

Foundation on the Margins: Liberal arts profs try to offer value at a specialized school

Foundation on the Margins: Liberal arts profs try to offer value at a specialized school

November 1, 2013

Jon Honea does not have the type of office you might expect for a professor in Emerson’s communication sciences and disorders department. Books about...

Across the Pond: Forsaking the clichés

October 31, 2013

When I got to Europe, my overly romanticized notion of what I was getting into had me sipping wine in Paris, experiencing the nightlife in Amsterdam, visiting...

America's Funniest Home Videos creator returns home

America’s Funniest Home Videos creator returns home

October 31, 2013

When Vin Di Bona’s friend Henry Winkler sent him a script, he passed up a $100,000 job to take a chance on it.  The script eventually became...

Bringing legends to life  in the Cabaret

Bringing legends to life in the Cabaret

October 31, 2013

From ninjas, to luchadores, to Che Guevara, Emerson’s Legends Ball was an intercultural rendezvous of many characters. The four multicultural groups ...