Over the weekend, major presidential elections took place in Bolivia, my home country. For the first time in almost 20 years, the long-reigning political...
Our TikTok feeds have been inundated with girls dressed as the Lorax—wearing neon orange nylon bodysuits stuffed with pillows for bellies, big fluffy...
By Soham Gupta, Beacon Contributor
/ October 22, 2025
I have just moved to the United States. The English here is not what I learnt at home.
As an international student from India attending a liberal arts...
As has been widely reported across both local and national news fronts, last Tuesday, Oct. 7, amid a “Flood Downtown for Palestine” rally, the Boston...
By Bella Nordman, Senior Opinion Columnist
/ October 15, 2025
Trying to be sustainable as a college student is like doing yoga on a moving treadmill: noble, but not practical.
The idea and thought to be sustainably...
By Tess Gleason, Senior Opinion Columnist
/ October 15, 2025
In my sociology class last semester, one of my classmates attributed the increased aggression and fighting among middle school and high school students...
According to the National Panhellenic Conference, sororities cultivate a critical support system for women, allowing them to thrive in college while simultaneously...
After a long, brutal summer, Boston felt like a much-needed clean slate. After all, I was moving into the dorm I wanted with my best friends, taking classes...
By Tess Gleason, Senior Opinion Columnist
/ October 1, 2025
If your social media algorithm mainly consists of breaking news stories, book reviews, and cute dog videos, then chances are, like me, you probably use...
Walking down Boylston Street in between classes, the last thing you expect to see is a gun on someone’s hip. In Massachusetts, we benefit from gun restrictions...
By Tyler Gelman, Beacon Contributor
/ September 24, 2025
In a country where free speech is enshrined in our Constitution and has been fiercely protected for almost 250 years, we have reached an impasse that will...
By Bethany Storey, Beacon Contributor
/ September 24, 2025
If you're chronically online, you may have heard a newly coined term circulating on TikTok and Instagram: the “Gen Z stare.” It refers to a blank or...