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Emerson College’s only independent, student-run newspaper since 1947

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Izzy Bryars

Izzy Bryars, Staff Writer

Izzy Bryars is a staff writer hailing from Kansas City, Missouri. She previously worked at the Dorchester Reporter, the Lexington Observer, and recently completed the metro news co-op at the Boston Globe. She loves all things local news.

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Boston City Hall Plaza in the evening on Monday, October 28, 2024. (Nick Peace/ Beacon Staff, File)

City council deadlocks over resolution to pause and review White Stadium rebuild

By Izzy Bryars, Staff Writers / February 10, 2025

After nearly 90 minutes of debate Wednesday, Jan. 29, city councilors remained deadlocked on a resolution calling for an “immediate pause” on the White...

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

By Sage Jezierski, Madalyn Jimiera, Merritt Hughes, Meg Richards, Adri Pray, Yogev Toby and Izzy Bryars / February 9, 2025

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...

Brand new gym equipment in what was the previous entrance to Piano Row on Boylston Street on Oct. 4, 2024. (Arthur Mansavage/ Beacon Staff, File Photo)

New Fitness Center in Piano Row off to busy start due to new location, upgrades, students say

By Izzy Bryars, Staff Writer / January 29, 2025

The number of people using the new fitness center has doubled at the start of the spring semester, according to athletic staff. Many students, staff,...

A vendor pulls his cart of Trump merchandise towards the crowds waiting outside the Capital One Arena for President Trump’s rally. Monday, Jan. 20, 2024. (Nick Peace/Beacon Staff)

Trump loyalists ring in a ‘golden age of America’ outside Capitol Building

By Izzy Bryars and Rian Nelson / January 23, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Huddled in groups, braving extreme cold, and bundled up in mittens and hats, supporters of President Donald Trump stared at phone screens...

Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) spoke with constituents and held a young girl while talking to her relative at the "Day of Beloved Community" event she hosted Monday, Martin Luther King Jr. Day and skipping President Donald Trump's inauguration Jan. 20. (Ari Mei-Dan/Beacon Staff)

Pressley hosts ‘Day of Beloved Community’ in Roxbury, skips Trump inauguration

By Izzy Bryars, Staff Writer / January 22, 2025

Inside the Bruce C. Bolling Municipal Building in Roxbury on Monday, Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) asked an audience of dozens if Boston will descend into...