By Bryan Liu, Assistant Opinion Editor November 8, 2023
In the 1947 Broadway production of Tennesee Williams’ play, “A Streetcar Named Desire,” Marlon Brando wanted his jeans so tight that costume designer...
Although Boston provides a diverse and eclectic selection of authentic food from all around the world, Dominicans have a pretty heavy presence in the local...
As ten-year-old Mercedes Jacobs sat in the Havana airport in 1962, the wait was long and her clothes were heavy. Already classified as an adult, she was...
By Bryan Liu, Assistant Opinion Editor April 3, 2023
Radiohead’s 1995 alternative chart topper, “Fake Plastic Trees,” is about my Christmas tree.
The eponymous fake Chinese rubber plant lives rent-free...
By Hailey Akau, Assistant Multimedia Editor and Magazine Section Editor April 3, 2023
My first year of college, I realized just how little my Hawaiian identity existed in Boston. I remember a distinct feeling of isolation as I came to terms...
The hat looks heavier than it feels. Colorful flowers cover the right side of my head, while thin chains dangle on the left attached to metal medallions....
When meeting someone new, the first thing you learn about them is their name. A name serves as an identifier, signaling who someone is. A person’s name...
By Rachel Choi, Multimedia Managing Editor, Chief Copy Editor April 3, 2023
Food is necessary for the body, but it’s also necessary for the soul—and I don’t mean that in a metaphorical way. So many of my most cherished memories...
By Maeve Lawler, Kasteel Well Bureau Chief November 2, 2022
On June 24—the day Roe v. Wade was overturned—Sophia Drummond, an Emerson student from Arkansas, saw a trigger ban go into effect in her home state.
“It...
Within the first few months of her freshman year at Emerson, Taj Dharmadji released two singles, one of which dropped the first day of orientation week....
Laurel Frisbee, who attended Emerson from 2018 to 2019, switched majors four times during her first year. She went from journalism to writing, literature,...
For many freshly graduated Emersonians, monthly loan payments are a harsh awakening to the real world of work—or lack thereof—as creatives. While movements...
On April 1, Dylan Young, a then first-year visual media arts major, attended a student protest in the 2 Boylston Place alleyway. About 50 students gathered...
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