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

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...

Between ghosting, gridlock, and graduation panic: Why we still hope

Over the weekend, I fell into a rut of watching feel-good inspirational movies. They did not work.  Halfway through “Good Will Hunting,”...

Art will suffer at the hands of the Trump administration

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

A decade of Disney remakes: Were they ever great or always just “good enough”?

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

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

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...

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

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

We must create art under autocracy

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...

Letters from the SGA President: Meetings, victories and making way for the future.

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...

Crooke's Cage: John Cena shocks the world with heel turn in Toronto
Crooke’s Cage: John Cena shocks the world with heel turn in Toronto
Photo Jakob Menendez
Editorial: What happened to the alley happened to all of us