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Police body camera footage shows use of force against protesters, phone call from Bernhardt to police

By Adri Pray and Yogev Toby / April 24, 2025
In an extensive public records request, The Beacon obtained nearly 10 hours of footage documenting the night of the arrests from 36 body cameras worn by state troopers and cruiser-mounted cameras from the Massachusetts State Police.
Linda Gayle ‘69 and Moonyene Jackson-Amis ‘69 raise their fists on the steps of the former Emerson College administration building at 130 Beacon Street. (Image Courtesy Moonyne Jackson-Amis, Expression Magazine)

More than 55 years later, EBONI co-founder reflects on activism and civil rights on Emerson’s campus

By DJ Mara, Dept. Metro Editor / April 23, 2025

Over the years, Emerson College has had a significant history of student-led activism on its campus. From fighting for racial justice on campus to protesting...

Photo Jakob Menendez

Editorial: What happened to the alley happened to all of us

By Editorial Board / April 23, 2025

The alley is a thoroughfare. A shortcut through the block, two minutes shaved off your Dunkin’ or CVS trip, a direct route from point A to B. But it...

Photo Alec Klusza

As a freshman, Emerson’s silence about the encampment is deafening

By Josie Arteaga, Dept. Opinion Editor / April 23, 2025

It’s been a year since the Emerson encampment made national news, and it continues to haunt the college to this day. Last April, students were arrested,...

Illustration Kellyn Taylor

There are no online spaces for kids anymore

By Bella Nordman, Senior Opinion Columnist / April 23, 2025

Lately, I have been reflecting on my relationship with the internet: From fandoms to reaction videos and subsequently trying to get offline, but I really...

Emerson College to integrate AI into classrooms

SGA discusses Back to Boylston Week expansion, continues the ABR

By Hannah Woods, Staff Writer / April 23, 2025

With only one general assembly meeting left in this academic year, Executive Treasurer Oliver Katz presented a new resolution at the April 18 Student Government...

Chalked expressions on the 2b alleyway walls. (Photo courtesy Margaux Jubin)

‘I no longer felt safe on campus:’ Jewish students who left Emerson recount their experiences

By Hannah Brueske, Dept. Projects Editor / April 23, 2025

Mia Blachman began her journey at her dream school, Emerson College, in the fall of 2023. It was exactly what she hoped for—a new city, interesting...

Mamalarky (Courtesy Vlonery)

Mamalarky is mobile—musically and literally on ‘Hex Key’

By Sam Shipman, Kasteel Well Staff Writer / April 23, 2025

Most bands are inspired by where they first came together. Whether it be a college dorm, a flashy record studio, or a local venue, all of these locations...

‘Students are scared to be outwardly Jewish’: Jewish students contemplate transferring following reported antisemitism on campus

Emerson Jewish students divided on claims of antisemitism on campus

By Iselin Bratz, News Editor / April 23, 2025

As federal crackdowns on higher education intensify, Emerson College, like many other schools, finds itself contending with how best to balance claims...

Illustration by Rachel Choi

An all-trans and nonbinary ‘Peanuts’ musical teaches us to be ‘good men’

By Ryan Yau, Living Arts Editor / April 23, 2025

Though many know “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown” as a 1985 animated film based on Charles Schultz’s “Peanuts” characters, the film was adapted...

The finish line of the 129th Boston Marathon (DJ Mara/Beacon Staff)

Thousands, including Emersonians, conquer 2025 Boston Marathon

By Anna Knepley and DJ Mara / April 23, 2025

More than 300,000 spectators flocked to the barricades along Boylston Street to cheer on nearly 32,000 runners and wheelchair cyclists during the 129th...

Runners at the 129th Boston Marathon pass under a bridge adorned with the slogan 'Boston Strong.'

Twelve years later, still running Boston Strong

By Hannah Woods, Staff Writer / April 23, 2025

A sea of “Boston Strong” logos representing resilience and community still flood the streets of Boston 12 years after the Boston Marathon bombing in...

Illustration Rachel Choi

Letters from the SGA President: My farewell address—reflecting on my presidency and one parting request

By Nandan Nair, Guest Author / April 23, 2025

Well, this is it.  As crazy as it sounds, we're at the end of the academic year, and as well as my term as SGA President.  Reflecting on this year,...

Michael Keebler talking to Beacon news editor Sam Shipman (Nick Peace/ Beacon Staff).

Pro runner Michael Keebler’s ‘out of body’ experience running the Boston Marathon

By Sam Shipman, Kasteel Well Staff Writer / April 23, 2025

For five years, Michael Keebler has worked to run a marathon in under two hours and thirty minutes.  The Montague resident completed his third Boston...

A still from Mayeni Kpenge's thesis film "Babyface." (Courtesy of Mayeni Kpenge)

Kasteel Well lends its medieval backdrop to ‘Babyface’ BFA

By Annie Sarlin, Dept. Kasteel Well Bureau Chief / April 23, 2025

Content warning: This article contains mentions of sexual assault. After spending this summer as a student at Kasteel Well, Mayeni Kpenge, a senior...

The 2025 Boston Marathon Pro Field during their media availability at the Fairmont Copley Plaza on April 18, 2025. (Arthur Mansavage/ Beacon Staff)

‘I know how much I have to appreciate’: Competitors reflect on 50th Boston Marathon wheelchair race

By Jordan Pagkalinawan, Dept. Sports Editor / April 19, 2025

As thousands of runners descend on Massachusetts this weekend for the 129th Boston Marathon, 50 of them will compete in the historic 50th wheelchair division...

People walking in the 2B alley

Two resident assistants fired weeks before semester ends for alleged pro-Palestine protest involvement

By Rylie Burns and Meg Richards / April 17, 2025
College officials told one former RA to vacate their room less than two weeks before the end of the semester.
The Emerson College Visitor Center on Boylston Street in Boston. (Arthur Mansavage/ Beacon Staff, File Photo)

Letter: We are concerned about the weaponization of antisemitism at Emerson and nationally

By Concerned Jewish Faculty, Guest Authors / April 16, 2025

Dear President Bernhardt and Provost Socarides: We write as Jewish faculty members at Emerson College to express concern about the weaponization of...

The Cutler Majestic Theatre at Emerson College on Tremont Street. (Arthur Mansavage/ Beacon Staff, File)

We must create art under autocracy

By Samuel Cahill, Guest Author / April 16, 2025

As the United States rapidly recedes into fascism, finding one’s place and purpose is the least of our priorities as young people. How does one operate...

Four Cat Stew play with musical guest, Caroline Ranucci. (Max Ardrey / Beacon Staff)

Emerson and Berklee band brings Tiny Desk from NPR to PR (Piano Row)

By Max Ardrey, Dept. Living Arts Editor / April 16, 2025

If you live on the lower floors of Piano Row, you might have heard a mellow beat and groove seeping out of a fourth-floor suite last Sunday. These sounds...