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No gimmicks here: Arnheim, ‘Adolescence,’ and ‘the oner’

For such a zeitgeist-defining show, “Episode 3” of Netflix’s miniseries “Adolescence” begins in an entirely unassuming place: Psychologist...

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...

Paying more, getting less: The student housing crisis

It’s 1:39 a.m., and I’m scrolling through apartment listings like it’s TikTok. Only instead of videos, it’s dimly lit kitchens, crumbling...

Remakes aren’t going away, so we need to change them

Disney's “Snow White” premiered on March 21 to mixed reviews. Earning a 43% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, many critics were let down by some...

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Letter from the Editor: What we feared is here and we must face it together

The Berkeley Beacon stands with The Tufts Daily. After the detainment in broad daylight of Rumeysa Öztürk, a Tufts University doctoral student...

Letter: Emerson needs a real plan to rebuild our campus culture

It’s been almost a year since our campus watched 118 people get violently arrested in the Boylston Place alleyway. The next day, I worked to...

Letter: Emerson College must act now to protect its most vulnerable students
As students and members of the Emerson College community, we are demanding immediate action from the administration to protect our most vulnerable peers—immigrant, refugee, and international students—whose safety is increasingly at risk.
Letter: I have no syllabus for teaching during a fascist takeover of the country

I returned to campus yesterday to teach my first class since spring break. I rarely go anywhere over spring break, but this year, I decided I...

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
Illustration Rachel Choi
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