A few weeks back, hundreds of soon-to-be Emersonians descended on our campus for Admitted Students Day like newborns, goo-goo-ing on Duck Tours and ga-ga-ing...

Nothing really noteworthy happened this weekend, but I thought I’d tell you something anyway, because I suddenly have no one else to tell it to: On Friday,...

I’ve been ravaged by a cold for the past week, and the longer it flares its tendrils through my sinus cavity, the more I think about the fevers of childhood:...

When the world sucks, and I’m feeling down, I find solace in Bruce Springsteen’s stubbornly optimistic vignettes. The ones that — set to a pulsing...

Graphic Charlie Desjardins

Here’s an April Fools’ Day ha-ha for you: Where do Bernie Sanders and Steve Scalise vacation during the apocalypse?  Sike! It’s not a joke. In...

The Standells weren’t actually from Boston, but their 1966 classic “Dirty Water” had a bigger impact on this city’s shove-it-up-yours-and-like-it...

Austin, Texas — It’s just past 11:30 p.m. at the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema South Lamar, a time of night when the last bus downtown is too timid to come...

Graphic Charlie Desjardins

It’s 2026, and if he continues dominating the fan vote, Phil Collins will soon live in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for the second time — this time...

It’s a Saturday night in Washington, D.C., and a camera is slowly panning over the glitzy ballroom of the Washington Hilton. In just a few minutes, the...

Graphic Charlie Desjardins

Graphic Charlie Desjardins

An attractively typefaced webpage appears from the mist, complete with a photo of a torsoless man ready to ravish a David cookie dough protein bar. Below...

Photo Charlie Desjardins

There are cameras everywhere in 2026: in doorbells, on cellphones, and embedded within eyeglasses. But that doesn’t mean they’ve illuminated the picture...

If you couldn’t tell, our country’s leaders aren’t great at keeping New Year’s resolutions.  Take President Donald Trump for example, who,...

Illustration Charlie Desjardins

I don’t know if you follow the news, but recently, our leader has been engaging in one of the most shocking feats of cross-continental gymnastics seen...

Graphic Charlie Desjardins

Graphic by Charlie Desjardins

Graphic Charlie Desjardins

If you haven’t flipped on your televisions, accidentally switched your car stereo to FM radio, or walked past a construction site lately, here’s a...

Graphic Charlie Desjardins & Josie Arteaga

I’ve had posthumous albums on my mind lately. Not just because I hate them and everything they stand for, but because I’ve been listening to a whole...

Graphic Charlie Desjardins

On Sept. 22, the Trump administration announced that, through “gold-standard science,” autism could be traced back to taking acetaminophen—commonly...

Graphic Charlie Desjardins

Some time ago, a professor told me not to waste my time with writing opinion pieces for The Berkeley Beacon. So here I am… writing this opinion piece…...

Following the announcement of Spotify co-founder Daniel Ek’s $693.6 million investment in AI military drone company Helsing, I can’t say I’m too...

It’s 3 p.m. on a sleepy Sunday in Pepperell, Massachusetts, and miracles of the human variety are happening 3,400 miles away on an orange tennis court...

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

Just as quickly as he was embraced, he was forgotten.  Virginia singer-rapper Tommy Richman, who mere months ago had the musical world in a headlock...

Ben Folds, a masterful pianist and singer-songwriter, has soundtracked my life with his acerbic wit and penchant for singing about losers.  As I’ve...

For better or worse, it’s been impossible to escape “The Brutalist.” Directed by wunderkind Brady Corbet, this mammoth 3.5-hour study of a Hungarian...

When I first came to Emerson, I made two promises: One to my sister, that I wouldn’t grow a man-bun (it becomes more and more tempting each day), and...