Opinion
Strapped For Cash: Experience doesn’t pay the bills
By Juliet Norman, Assistant Lifestyle Editor
February 12, 2020
Last summer, a clip of U.S. Representative Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez went viral on Twitter. Standing alongside fellow Congresswomen Rashida Tlaib and Ayanna Pressley, she shouts into the camera, “Experience doesn’t pay the bills!” Ocasio-Cortez is highlighting the challenge I and so many other working-class young adults are plagued with following college graduation: not all students can afford to work an unpaid internship. As a college student, acquiring an internship before landing a job feels like a requirement. Internship fai...
Accountability, not agendas
By Editorial Board
February 12, 2020
On their last show of 2019, The New York Times’ podcast The Daily welcomed their very own Executive Editor Dean Baquet into the studio for an episode titled "The Lessons of 2016." In this episode, Baquet goes back and forth with Michael Barbaro, the show’s host, about The Times’ coverage of the...
Truth matters in the war against coronavirus
By Jocelyn Yang, Assistant Opinion Editor
February 12, 2020
In my five years spent studying in the U.S., I've never been so worried about my family in China as I have now. When my dad recently said over the phone it was fortunate for me to return to the States before the coronavirus outbreak began, I told him I felt sad that I couldn't be with him while our fa...
Ableist discourse hurts the disabled community
By Shruti Rajkumar, Staff Writer
February 11, 2020
In 2009, Spread the Word gained traction in the public school system of Colchester, Connecticut, my hometown, as well as in schools across the country. The campaign spread awareness about the derogatory and negative connotations that the “R-word” holds towards people with cognitive disabilit...
Letter: T. Hunter Wilson responds to President M. Lee Pelton’s “Marlboro Promise” letter
By T. Hunter Wilson, Marlboro College Faculty Emeritus
February 8, 2020
Marlboro College Faculty Emeritus T. Hunter Wilson responds to President M. Lee Pelton's letter to Marlboro College President Kevin Quigley sent in December. Pelton's letter is available here. Dear President Pelton, Much of the first part of your letter recites the very general case for the challenges a...
Financial Equity Board should maintain transparency during financial discourse
By Editorial Board
February 5, 2020
The Student Government Association submitted a proposal for a new Financial Equity Board this semester to advocate for the financial needs of the Emerson College student body. The proposal, written by SGA Executive Treasurer Abby Semple, aims to create a broader dialogue around financial equality. The...
The unseen side effects of slave films
By Melanie Curry, Deputy Arts Editor
February 5, 2020
When I was around ten years old, I watched a miniseries titled Roots that explored generations upon generations of slavery. At such a young age, I never connected the characters of Roots and their suffering with my ancestors. As I grew up, however, and slave movies such as 12 Years a Slave and The Bi...
Treat coronavirus epidemic with caution, not racism
By Xinyan Fu, Columnist
February 5, 2020
It’s been more than a month since the first report of the novel coronavirus from Wuhan, China.According to the World Health Organization’s latest Novel Coronavirus Situation Report, as of Feb. 3, there have been 17,391 cases confirmed, of which 17,238 are reported in China. The number of reported deaths...
We shouldn’t have to adapt foods for Americans
By Melissa Rosales, Podcast Producer
February 3, 2020
The first time I tried sushi in a Boston restaurant, I noticed something was off — it didn't taste like the sushi I grew up eating in the Philippines. There was a lack of something but I couldn’t put my finger on it. I was alarmed as my friends enjoyed eating it as if they didn’t ev...
Educate students on inclusive language for students with accessibility needs
By Editorial Board
January 29, 2020
Most people grow up learning how to use sensitive language surrounding different kinds of communities. We were all at one point in our lives taught how to avoid using sexist, ageist, and racist language, and how to discuss a topic without disrespecting anyone or making anyone uncomfortable. However,...
Letter: “It’s a Closure, Not a Merger”
January 29, 2020
Jonathon Podolsky is the moderator of Local Frogs: Hampshire College Alumni of Western MA and has been very active in the saving Hampshire College movement. If you would like to send a letter to The Beacon please email [email protected] Letters for print must be sent by Wednesday, 6 p.m. EST and n...
How TV brought me closer to my brother
By Dana Gerber, Assistant News Enterprise Editor
January 29, 2020
In my household, the TV remote often feels like a fifth family member. My mother unwinds with reality shows, and my father weeps to black-and-white films. I’ve always been partial to trashy sitcoms, while my brother rarely diverges from his steady diet of Sunday Night Football. Once in a blue mo...
