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A protestor holds up a sign with the word “fascism” crossed out in front of the Massachusetts State House on Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025. (Arthur Mansavage/ Beacon Staff)
Country wide movement to protest President Trump reaches Mass. State House
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At noon on Wednesday, protesters wearing keffiyehs and carrying pink and blue transgender pride and rainbow flags gathered at the Massachusetts State House in protest...

Signage for the 2025 Teach-In on Race outside of the Bordy Theatre in the Union Bank Building on Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025. (Arthur Mansavage/ Beacon Staff)
Annual Teach-in on Race explores future of DEI, liberation struggles, art as resistance
6 hours ago

The Teach-in on Race is an annual series of guest speaker panels and interactive audience discussions hosted by Emerson that aims to provide a space where students,...

The Max Cafe and Market after it's renovations in 2023. (Ashlyn Wang/Beacon Staff, File Photo)
Food for fuel: how does Emerson feed its athletes?
February 8, 2025

Emerson’s dining facilities’ nutritional value and hours trouble their student-athletes. Because they need good food to sustain them in their academics and...

Senior Missionary Elder Butt and Assistant to the Bishop Stephen Patterson catch up over holiday fanfare in the Latter-day Saints' chapel gymnasium. (Bryan Liu/ For The Beacon)
Latter-day Saints celebrate Lunar New Year
February 5, 2025

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints held a Lunar New Year party celebrating Chinese culture in their Cambridge chapel last Friday night.  Latter-day...

Super Bowl LIX: The unlikable rematch everybody’s going to watch anyways
Super Bowl LIX: The unlikable rematch everybody’s going to watch anyways

Mere minutes after a James Bradberry holding call gave them a crucial first down, the Kansas City Chiefs kicked a field goal that would serve as the game-winner in their 38-35 victory...

The alley entrance to the Walker building casts a beacon of light on the campus.
‘My dream would be a refund’: Unfulfilled promises, under-enrollment, and an uncertain future for health and social change students
Max Kondziolka at a special screening of "The Brutalist" in L.A. (Courtesy of Max Kondziolka)
Max Kondziolka, ‘The Brutalist’ producer and archaeology student, seeks stories that break new ground
Column: How political is the NFL?
Opinion
Column: How political is the NFL?

“This is very much a political Super Bowl, and it all started with a tweet.”  This is how Professor...

Illustration Rachel Choi
Op-Ed
‘Seguimos aqui’: Bad Bunny’s ‘DeBí TiRAR MáS FOToS’ calls us to come home
Illustration Rachel Choi
Op-Ed
The Brutalist’s biggest problem is perfectionism, not AI
Illustration Rachel Choi
Op-Ed
Trump’s immigration policies towards non-white groups spike anxiety
Illustration Helen Armstrong
Op-Ed
If you need AI to write, don’t become a writer.
Metro
Boston City Hall Plaza in the evening on Monday, October 28, 2024.(Nick Peace/ For the Beacon, File)
Josh Kraft announces campaign for Boston mayor, takes on incumbent Michelle Wu
February 5, 2025

Just a few months after a contentious presidential election, Bostonians are beginning to prepare for another—this time, for mayor.  On...

Dancers perform a “Lotus Dance”, which originates from 1600’s Vietnam. The Lotus flower in Vietnamese culture symbolizes purity, commitment and optimism for the future on Jan. 30, 2025. (Rian Nelson/ Beacon Staff)
Slithering into new beginnings: MFA hosts Lunar New Year celebrations
February 5, 2025
(Adam Nuñez/ Beacon Correspondent)
‘We are done letting this happen’: Protesters demand an end to encampment sweeps in Massachusetts
February 5, 2025
Campus
Lu Ann Reeb looks at Emerson's Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion web page. (Rian Nelson/ Beacon Staff)
How safe is diversity, equity, and inclusion at Emerson College?
February 5, 2025

“Emotional terrorism.” “Censorship.” “Hyper-nationalism.” A period of tumult likened to “the late 1960s.” These are the words...

Emerson Colleges' Little Building and Colonial Building on Boylston street. (Arthur Mansavage/ Beacon Staff, File)
SGA meets with dining services and discusses funds for EVVYs
February 5, 2025
(Yogev Toby/ Projects Editor)
Bill Gates says DEI has ‘gone too far at times’ in Colonial Theater book talk
February 5, 2025
Sports
Emerson women's basketball players huddle in a timeout against Clark University on Feb. 1, 2024 (Courtesy of Nate Gardner).
Women’s basketball’s win streak ends with loss to Clark University
February 5, 2025

Emerson College women’s basketball’s five-game win streak ended with a 75-72 loss to Clark University on Saturday, Feb 1. It was the first...

Illustration by Benjamin Putney
The Super Bowl Express, Destination: NOLA (The Superdome)
February 5, 2025
How the Kansas City Chiefs became the most hated team in the league
How the Kansas City Chiefs became the most hated team in the league
February 5, 2025
Arts
Søren Lind (left) and Larissa Sansour (middle) discuss “Entire Nations Are Built on Fairy Tales” with Dr. Leonie Bradbury (right). (Nick Peace/ Beacon Staff)
‘Entire Nations Are Built on Fairy Tales’: Emerson Contemporary’s newest exhibition gives a voice to Palestine
February 5, 2025

On Feb. 4, Emerson’s Media Art Gallery opened a new multi-media exhibition: “Entire Nations are Built on Fairy Tales.” The exhibition features...

Playwright Kate Hamill and Director Shana Cooper hug during a workshop of "The Odyssey." (Bryan Liu/ For The Beacon)
After 2000 years, Odysseus finally makes it to Boston
February 5, 2025
David Methven, piper for the 15th annual Burns supper at The Haven last Thursday night.
‘Everybody gets to be Scottish tonight’: In Jamaica Plain Burns supper honors Scotland’s national poet
January 30, 2025
The Beacon Magazine
Burning down the house: the night America turned red
Burning down the house: the night America turned red
Hacking message. (Internet Archive)
“Nuking a museum”: cyberattacks on a non-profit
A Heaven Burned
A Heaven Burned
Photo by Nick Peace
Experimental hip-hop
Brain. (Creative Commons)
The Comfort Room
(Nick Peace / Beacon Staff)
Let’s get physical: physical media
Repo Man. (Criterion Forum)
Death, consumerism, and UFOs: the absurd nature of 1980s comedies
Phone. (Creative Commons)
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‘We are done letting this happen’: Protesters demand an end to encampment sweeps in Massachusetts

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The alley entrance to the Walker building casts a beacon of light on the campus.

‘My dream would be a refund’: Unfulfilled promises, under-enrollment, and an uncertain future for health and social change students

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Lu Ann Reeb looks at Emerson's Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion web page. (Rian Nelson/ Beacon Staff)

How safe is diversity, equity, and inclusion at Emerson College?

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Playwright Kate Hamill and Director Shana Cooper hug during a workshop of "The Odyssey." (Bryan Liu/ For The Beacon)

After 2000 years, Odysseus finally makes it to Boston

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(Yogev Toby/ Projects Editor)

Bill Gates says DEI has ‘gone too far at times’ in Colonial Theater book talk

A small crowd gathers around a speaker broadcasting President Trump’s inaugural speech on Monday, Jan. 20, 2025. (Rian Nelson/Beacon Staff)
John McCarrick brushes snow off his car on Commonwealth Avenue. in Boston on Monday, Jan. 20, 2025. (Arthur Mansavage/Beacon Staff)
Protesters gather and drum around a fire on Jan. 4, 2025. (Yogev Toby/Beacon Staff)
100 of the best photos from Beacon photographers in 2024
(Nick Peace/ Beacon Staff)
Boston Police officers in riot gear preparing to disperse protesters blocking and bringing the Men’s March to a halt. (Yogev Toby/ Beacon Staff)
Werthe by Jem’s final model walks down the runway. Based in Brockton, Mass., Werthe focuses on size and offers high-fashion clothing. (Rian Nelson/ Beacon Staff)
Members of the Christian Brothers Academy Regimental Marching Band of Brothers from Albany New York. (Arthur Mansavage/ Beacon Staff)
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PROJECTS
Doug Struck holds the latest issue of Discipline News on Boylston Street outside of Emerson College on Monday, Jan. 27, 2025. (Arthur Mansavage/ Beacon Staff)
Discipline News argues it’s ‘reasserting Emerson’s values.’ The college calls it an ‘anonymous propaganda campaign.’
As Israel and Hamas agree to ceasefire and hostage deal, some advocates demand lasting peace
KASTEEL WELL
Students at Emerson’s Kasteel Well campus in the Limburg, Netherlands arrived for orientation just days before Trump was sworn in (Bryan Hecht / Beacon Staff).
Some Americans said they would leave when Trump took office. Students studying abroad actually did.
A conversation with Amsterdam-based artist Esiri Erheriene-Essi
The faces of the Castle: Office of Student Affairs
LIFESTYLE
Candace Persuasian lip syncs "Defying Gravity," as Elphaba. (Bryan Liu/ Beacon Staff)
A birthday and a name change for drag artist Candace Persuasian
Dray Drinks sells beer, wine, and spirits—sans alcohol
Frozen over: Bostonians skate and scrimmage in the Public Garden
COLUMNS
Illustration Kellyn Taylor
Class of 2028, this one’s for you
Advice: How to survive the Ozempic Era
Your first time: don’t let these things turn you off
EDITORIALS
Kim Meadows (left), the Beacon's then editor-in-chief, and Rachel Layne (right), then managing editor and current Emerson Journalism affiliated faculty member, work on laying out the school newspaper, the Berkeley Beacon, on April 12, 1989. (Photo courtesy of the Emerson College Archives & Special Collections)
Editorial: ‘Democracy dies in darkness’: Our statement of transparency
Emerson class discussions aren’t as enriching as professors think they are
Editorial: Does Emerson College care about victims and survivors?
LETTERS
The Emerson College visitor center on Boylston street. (Arthur Mansavage / Beacon Staff, File)
Letter to the Editor: Please pause the blame game!
Letter to the Editor: In response to recent Beacon opinion pieces
A parental response to ‘Some students turn to crowdfunding to pay for Emerson education’
CAMPUS
The Emerson men's volleyball team huddles up prior to their match against Endicott on Feb. 4, 2025 (Courtesy of Anna Schoenmann).
Men’s volleyball falls to Endicott, 3-1
Cooking up community: Emerson celebrates the Lunar New Year in the Dining Center
Men’s basketball sinks Coast Guard Academy
METRO
Volunteers conducting the Homeless Census in Boston on Jan. 30, 2025. (Hannah Brueske/ Beacon Staff)
Volunteers brave the cold to conduct 2025 Homeless Census
Governor Maura Healey proposes criminal background checks for emergency shelter applicants
‘A happy dorm is a peaceful dorm’: BAC students share reflections and hopes about living at Emerson
ARTS
Left to right: bassist Joey Sorkin, drummer Luke Tan, lead guitarist Charlie Silver, frontman Jack Silver, guitarist Kevin Mortenson. (Courtesy Ava Nagy)
Brothers to bandmates: ‘Cut The Kids In Half’ drops debut album
Amanda Kramer talks Sundance, graduating from Emerson, and the woman-to-chair pipeline
‘Cat Kid Comic Club’ promotes paw-sitivity and i-meow-gination on the stage
SPORTS
Junior outside hitter Chase Fagen (#5) elevates for an attack against MIT on Jan. 28, 2025 (Rian Nelson/ Beacon Staff).
Men’s volleyball loses to MIT in home opener
Bri Frongillo breaks Emerson women’s basketball scoring record with 44 points in win over Coast Guard
Women’s basketball extends historic win streak against Wellesley
OBITUARIES
Nora Onanian receiving her award, "Courage, Grit, and Determination in Successful Journalism Degree Completion" on December 16, 2024. Left to right: Douglas Struck, Christine Onanian, David Onanian, Nora Onanian (front).
Nora Kate Onanian, Emerson journalism student, remembered as ‘impactful’ and an ‘inspiration’ by classmates, professors
‘Everything that Norman did was influenced by humanity’: Friends and fans remember Norman Lear ‘44
‘He was an incredible person’: Colleagues remember Faizan Siddiqui
MAGAZINE
Photos: Choose your own character
Photos: Choose your own character
The man, the myth, the Terry: the wacky world of third party candidates
End Martian Law