By Juliet Norman, Former Opinion Editor
/ March 31, 2021
During my first-year student orientation, I was excited to see that Emerson offered academic internship opportunities, including one located in Washington...
The recent murder of eight people, including six of Asian descent at three different locations—a massage parlor in Acworth, GA and two spas in Atlanta,...
As college students, the driving force to get us through 8 a.m. classes, midterm exams, and the ever-rising tuition rate is the monumental closing event...
By Kaitlyn Fehr, Chief Copyeditor
/ March 25, 2021
Trigger Warning: This column contains mentions of racism, homophobia, ableism, and sexual assault.
Over the past couple of years, the YouTube community...
By Juliet Norman, Former Opinion Editor
/ March 25, 2021
For as long as I can remember it has been ingrained in me that helping the planet is my individual responsibility. Posters in the hallways of my middle...
Amid seven new variants of the already malicious novel coronavirus reaching the United States, my fellow Emerson students and I wonder: when will we get...
By Katie Redefer, Former Staff Writer
/ March 19, 2021
The past 12 months may have been the most unprecedented year of our lifetime. The first pandemic of the 21st century transformed life as we knew it in...
Trigger warning: This op-ed discusses topics related to mental illness.
After a year of experimenting with new forms of learning in an attempt to simulate...
By Juliet Norman, Former Opinion Editor
/ March 17, 2021
I remember my last day of normalcy perfectly. I met my friend Natalie for morning coffee at The Thinking Cup, went back to my dorm to say a quick goodbye...
On Feb. 14, the Dominican Republic’s Minister of Education, Roberto Fulcar, affirmed that there is still no set date for the return of students to the...
After living through a pandemic for the past year, most of us are exhausted. The extended hours of screen time, lack of contact with friends and family,...
As proud as I am to be a Texan, attending school in Boston has forced me to reflect on the state that I love—and it’s become apparent just how flawed...
We’ve all heard the short explanation for how computers work: ones and zeroes. There is electricity involved, algorithms, and some processing units that...
Joe Biden took office just over a month ago, and we’re already disappointed. At a time when millions of Americans are facing illness and job insecurity,...
I first moved to Boston in the fall of 2017 from Westminster, Massachusetts; a small, rural town. It was a move that filled me to the brim with anxiety...
After a year filled with tragedy, the possibility for a return to a normal, pre-pandemic life lies almost entirely in the hands of vaccines for COVID-19....
Most of us can agree that the Senate’s vote on Feb. 13 to acquit Trump of inciting the Jan. 6 Capital attack was more than disappointing. Not just because...
When I was a child, I dreamed of becoming a painter. But I became discouraged after my mom told me I didn’t have the talent to be a painter, and that...
Since the pandemic began in March of last year, our time has been consumed by WiFi and computer screens due to the nature of remote living. Suddenly, people...