By Gary Sowder, Former Columnist
/ September 26, 2019
One night last semester I popped some melatonin, cranked the air conditioning, and loaded up my essential oil diffuser with a hefty amount of lavender,...
On Wednesday, the college disseminated its annual Clery Report through a campus-wide email. The 57-page-long report details both the criminal offenses...
By Xinyan Fu, Former Columnist
/ September 25, 2019
During the beginning of my first semester at Emerson, Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh and his alleged sexual misconduct were all over the news. As...
I started playing the piano and taking painting and drawing classes outside of school at age nine. In eighth grade, I studied art history for the first...
On the first day of classes this year, after I sprinted from the Park Street Station to the Walker Building, I took the stairs to avoid the long line for...
Editor's Note: Editor-in-chief Chris Van Buskirk did not contribute to or edit this editorial due to a conflict of interest.
At the Student Government...
In an age where technology cannot be avoided and social anxiety is at an all-time high, the once-taboo idea of forming relationships with people online...
Professors are sometimes guilty of overusing icebreakers in the initial days of a new semester to get to know their classes. But icebreakers don’t always...
The Boston City Council election this fall is quickly ramping up to be one of the most competitive in recent years with a total of 24 candidates running...
Last semester, I confronted a white friend about her unintentionally racist comments. In our conversation, I talked about one of the biggest problems with...
By Xinyan Fu, Former Columnist
/ September 11, 2019
In the early 2010s, an Egyptian man named Khaled Said was tortured to death after being held in police custody. The photo of his death quickly went viral...
*Content Warning: This article discusses themes of violence, trauma, and sexual assault.
The first time I heard a musical artist sing openly about sexual...
Being born and raised in South Florida, I was always taught to prepare for the unexpected—the bad driver on the road and even the pop-up thunderstorm....
I knew I wanted to go to college in America as early as middle school. In China, I went to an international school, and I spent my junior year of high...
By Diti Kohli, Former Editor-in-Chief
/ September 4, 2019
The officer at my local gurdwara, a Sikh house of worship, always sat alertly in his SUV. He puzzled over families entering the building, which houses...