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

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Illustration Rachel Choi

The return of the cigarette aesthetic

By MacKenzie Zwillman, Guest Author / October 3, 2024
Recreational drugs have become extremely widespread in recent years. In the ‘50s and ‘60s, smoking embodied coolness and glamour of the early rock ‘n’ roll era; it was a symbol of social status.
Illustration Rachel Choi

Under the vest: Exposing the danger of fake service dogs

By MacKenzie Zwillman, Beacon Correspondent / April 3, 2024

Opinion editors are not responsible for agreeing or disagreeing with their writers but rather elevate each individual’s specific voice.  Victor Hurtado,...

Troubled teen programs guarantee torture, not treatment

Troubled teen programs guarantee torture, not treatment

By MacKenzie Zwillman, Beacon Staff / March 27, 2024

  Katherine Kubler was seventeen years old when transport services unexpectedly abducted her from her previous high school, an arrangement made by...

Illustration Kellyn Taylor

Let’s leave Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez in the past

By MacKenzie Zwillman, Beacon Correspondent / March 6, 2024

Opinion editors are not responsible for agreeing or disagreeing with their writers but rather elevate each individual’s specific voice.  Justin Bieber...

Celebrate your partner all year round

Celebrate your partner all year round

By MacKenzie Zwillman, Beacon Correspondent / February 14, 2024

Opinion editors are not responsible for agreeing or disagreeing with their writers but rather elevate each individual’s specific voice. It’s Valentine’s...

Illustration Rachel Choi

Is TikTok the new fashion trend?

By MacKenzie Zwillman, Beacon Correspondent / February 7, 2024

Opinion editors are not responsible for agreeing or disagreeing with their writers but rather elevate each individual’s specific voice. There has...

Illustration Rachel Choi

Out with the old, in with the new; reboots have got to go

By MacKenzie Zwillman, Beacon Correspondent / January 31, 2024

Opinion editors are not responsible for agreeing or disagreeing with their writers but rather elevate each individual’s specific voice. Growing up,...