By Ella Duggan, Magazine Editor
/ February 4, 2026
At exactly 7 p.m. on Jan. 23, I took stock of my surroundings: Starfished atop my comforter — or as much as one can be on a twin XL bed — with my mostly...
An attractively typefaced webpage appears from the mist, complete with a photo of a torsoless man ready to ravish a David cookie dough protein bar. Below...
There is a particular feeling that surfaces when you scroll through LinkedIn, a kind of low-grade nausea at the mandatory enthusiasm. “Thrilled to announce…”...
In a world where music is endlessly shuffled, skipped, and commodified, the album has become an endangered art form.
As an avid album lover, it pains...
By Bella Nordman, Kasteel Well Bureau Chief, Opinion
/ January 28, 2026
If being in Europe for the first time was not a big enough culture shock, strolling through the streets of Amsterdam’s red-light district certainly did...
For many, it’s hard not to recall the final moments of the fifth installment of “Stranger Things,” the sci-fi horror series that premiered on Netflix...
There are cameras everywhere in 2026: in doorbells, on cellphones, and embedded within eyeglasses. But that doesn’t mean they’ve illuminated the picture...
By Ryan Yau, Content Managing Editor
/ January 21, 2026
Emerson’s liberal arts requirements get a bad rap, and not for unknown reasons. Newly admitted freshmen are placed in random classes at often sub-optimal...
By Mer Hughes, Multimedia Managing Editor & Layout Editor
/ January 21, 2026
When I returned back to Boston this semester, I started to notice that no one in the crammed Walker elevators on the way to class cared to start a conversation....
By Josie Arteaga, Deputy Kasteel Well Bureau Chief, Opinion
/ January 21, 2026
As an international student, I’ve had to travel an obscene amount since starting college. Long haul flights have become part of my back-to-school routine...
By Mer Hughes, Multimedia Managing Editor & Layout Editor
/ January 15, 2026
You should be mad about Renee Good. But you also should’ve been mad before.
If you have somehow avoided the news for the past week, Good was a Minneapolis...
By Emily Moon, Beacon Contributor
/ December 11, 2025
When most people hear the title “KPop Demon Hunters,” they imagine a neon-colored, chaotic, over-the-top action comedy that is nothing more than glitter,...
I don’t know if you follow the news, but recently, our leader has been engaging in one of the most shocking feats of cross-continental gymnastics seen...
By Ella Duggan, Magazine Editor
/ December 3, 2025
Emerson prides itself on teaching excellence in communication and the arts. With the two disciplines falling cleanly under Emerson’s broader mission...