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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...

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...

The Emerson College Visitor Center on Boylston Street in Boston. (Arthur Mansavage/ Beacon Staff, File Photo)
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...

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...

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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