As my semester as editor-in-chief comes to an end, I want to share the work we have done to revise our policies regarding social media coverage. Our formal...
By Mer Hughes, Multimedia Managing Editor & Layout Editor
/ April 30, 2026
With a few late — or sleepless — nights left of the semester, many Emersonians have already left Boylston Street for whatever their summer has in store:...
I’ve always been really good at leaving.
Part of that comes from where I grew up: in post-Soviet Georgia, where war felt like a constant possibility...
A few weeks back, hundreds of soon-to-be Emersonians descended on our campus for Admitted Students Day like newborns, goo-goo-ing on Duck Tours and ga-ga-ing...
Closing out my first year at Emerson, I’ve been thinking about everything I’ve experienced and, even more so, what I haven’t.
While I’ve experienced...
Nothing really noteworthy happened this weekend, but I thought I’d tell you something anyway, because I suddenly have no one else to tell it to: On Friday,...
I was met with his scowl after opening the door for myself. Despite walking faster than my date around Faneuil Hall, he was angry that I did not allow...
The Boston Celtics are at the nexus of basketball history: They are 18-time NBA Champions, with the first Black head coach and first All-Black starting...
The moving trucks show up in May, lining Boylston Street bumper to bumper, hazard lights blinking, parents hauling boxes while their kids say goodbye on...
By Mer Hughes, Multimedia Managing Editor & Layout Editor
/ March 26, 2026
I know the Dallas airport like the back of my hand. I fly through it anytime I have the privilege — and time — to visit my family back home, and the...
When I was three years old, my family folded Brazil in our luggage and moved to the United States. Every year since, we’ve unfolded it again — sometimes...
By Bella Nordman, Kasteel Well Bureau Chief, Opinion
/ March 25, 2026
In a recent discussion in my travel writing class at Kasteel Well, someone asked “If Instagram didn’t exist, would you still study abroad?” My immediate...
By Mer Hughes, Multimedia Managing Editor & Layout Editor
/ March 19, 2026
Zoom fatigue — the physical and mental exhaustion from increased video conference use — became an ongoing struggle for many during the pandemic.
When...
By Josie Arteaga, Deputy Kasteel Well Bureau Chief, Opinion
/ March 18, 2026
This article includes mentions of sexual harassment and drink spiking.
Studying abroad, I was prepared to be in a constant state of shock. As soon as...
I am writing this from my childhood bedroom in New Jersey, which is either a confession or a thesis statement, depending on how you feel about spring break.
Everyone...