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The Thursday Paper
April 10, 2025 • Volume 78, Issue 24
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Emerson College’s only independent, student-run newspaper since 1947

The Berkeley Beacon

The Thursday Paper
April 10, 2025 • Volume 78, Issue 24
Erin Stotts (squatting right) on set. (Courtesy Terry Hou)
Meet Emerson’s intimacy coordinators
By Max Ardrey, Dept. Living Arts Editor / April 9, 2025

Film sets are stressful, but when the crew is made up of exhausted students, they run the risk of being panic-inducing. Visual media arts...

(Arthur Mansavage/ Beacon Staff)
Prospective students consider financial aid before ‘picturing’ themselves at Emerson
By Bryce Heilmann, Beacon Correspondent / April 9, 2025

While Massachusetts residents filled Boston Common on April 5 for the nationwide “Hands Off!” protest, prospective students filled Emerson’s...

Rosario works in his cubicle at EPI's office on Emerson's Boston campus. (Yogev Toby / Beacon staff)
How the Emerson Prison Initiative gave Charlie Rosario his life back
By Yogev Toby, Projects Editor / April 9, 2025

Charlie Rosario promised his mother he would get an education.  Three years ago, at age 38, he stood wearing his cap and gown in front...

Boston City Hall Plaza in the evening on Monday, October 28, 2024.(Nick Peace/ For the Beacon, File)
Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson to resign, plead guilty to federal corruption charges
By DJ Mara, Dept. Metro Editor / April 9, 2025

Boston District 7 City Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson will resign from her post after pleading guilty to federal corruption charges brought...

Thousands gather in City Hall Plaza in Boston at the Hands Off 2025 protest on Saturday, April, 5, 2025. (Arthur Mansavage/ Beacon Staff)
‘We do not agonize in Boston; we organize’: ‘Hands Off!’ protest, matching nationwide movement, drives thousands to City Hall
By Madalyn Jimiera and Bella Nordman / April 5, 2025
The streets of Boston leading to City Hall were flooded as thousands of signs, held high above heads, made clear the demands of the people: “Beware of DOGE,” “Stop Fascism,” and “Dump Trump.”
Illustration Rachel Choi
Letters from the SGA President: Meetings, victories and making way for the future.
By Nandan Nair, Guest Author / April 9, 2025

We’re in the home stretch! With March in the books, it’s crazy to think that we have 22 days left in the spring semester. SGA is shifting...

A Trump supporter wearing a MAGA hat looks toward the U.S. Capitol building as Trump is sworn in for a second term. (Nick Peace/Beacon Staff)
Art will suffer at the hands of the Trump administration
By Helen Armstrong, Beacon Contributor / April 9, 2025

The Trump administration has had a public impact on every aspect of America; from tariffs, to immigration, to egg prices. But while these topics...

Illustration Ben Putney
Breaking free from the digital grip
By Bella Nordman, Beacon Contributor / April 9, 2025

There has always been pressure to be online. I remember first getting Instagram when I was 13 because the YouTubers I watched had it. I wanted...

Graphic Bryce Heilmann
A decade of Disney remakes: Were they ever great or always just “good enough”?
By Bryce Heilmann, Beacon Contributor / April 5, 2025

Ten years after adapting arguably its most iconic princess, Cinderella, to live action, Disney has done it again, but this time with the one...

From left to right: Maria San Filippo, Sarah Secunda, and Cristina Kotz Cornejo. (Ryan Yau / Beacon Staff)
Eight months after Bright Lights, the screening room remains important for discourse
By Ryan Yau, Living Arts Editor / April 9, 2025

On Tuesday, associate professor Maria San Filippo programmed a special advanced screening of three short films by faculty members, which featured...

(Courtesy of Michelle Carpenter)
NFTs explained for liberal arts students: Pellas Art Gallery welcomes women in blockchain
By Bryan Liu, Managing Editor / April 9, 2025

NFTs are misunderstood. For most, they’re just money. For others, they’re overrated. But for one night at the Pellas Art Gallery on 73 Newbury...

Illustration by Rachel Choi
Review: Mumford and Sons shows their restless heart with ‘Rushmere’
By Danielle Bartholet, Kasteel Well Staff Writer / April 9, 2025

“For years we’ve been secretly dreaming,” the caption read on Mumford and Sons’ January Instagram post, announcing a new and long awaited...

Emerson College's 2024-2025 Quadball team in November 2024. (courtesy Kielan Donahue)
Emerson Quadball is chasing and seeking a win at nationals
By Merritt Hughes, Dept. Campus Editor / April 9, 2025

Emerson College’s Quadball team is competing in Div. II nationals in Virginia at the end of the month. They earned their bid to nationals at...

Head coach Ben Read, assistant coach Padrick Moran, and the Emerson men's volleyball team huddle after their loss to Emmanuel in the 2025 GNAC Quarterfinals (Jordan Pagkalinawan/ Beacon Staff).
Men’s volleyball falls to Emmanuel in GNAC Quarterfinals
By Jordan Pagkalinawan, Dept. Sports Editor / April 9, 2025

The Emerson College men’s volleyball team and Emmanuel College Saints had been here before. Nearly two years to the day that the Lions stunned...

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