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

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Maya Gacina

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Amanda Flower at work in the ECPD office in Nov. 2017

[Photo] Emerson College Police Department app aims to increase safety

By Carlee Bronkema / January 22, 2020

Amanda Flower at work in the ECPD office in Nov. 2017

Workers painted over the scaffolding in front of Little Building where over over 12 students were publicly accused of sexual assault.

College removes graffiti accusing more than 12 students of sexual misconduct

By Maya Gacina, Chris Van Buskirk and Parker Purifoy / April 18, 2019

The college does not plan to investigate who posted a list of more than 12 students accused of sexual misconduct onto Little Building’s Boylston Street...

Workers painted over the scaffolding in front of Little Building where over over 12 students were publicly accused of sexual assault.

[Photo] Student activists reject changes recommended by Title IX working group

By Parker Purifoy / May 3, 2020

Workers painted over the scaffolding in front of Little Building where over over 12 students were publicly accused of sexual assault.

Emerson's downtown Boston campus.

College raises tuition for undergraduate and graduate students

By Maya Gacina / March 21, 2019

Update 5:50 p.m.: This article has been updated to include an emailed statement from Director of Media Relations Michelle Gaseau. The college’s Board...

The Boston Fire Department evacuated East Boston residents following a fire that ignited at approximately 3:30 p.m. at the New England Casket Company. Photo by Anissa Gardizy

Photos: East Boston residents evacuate following 9-alarm fire

By Maya Gacina / March 16, 2019

The Boston Fire Department ordered evacuations in an East Boston neighborhood on March 15 after a massive fire broke out from a casket company on Bennington...

About 35 students come from areas affected by the California wildfires. Photo courtesy of Jesse Fulton

California students grieve shooting, wildfire destruction

By Maya Gacina / November 14, 2018

Freshman Jake Mouchawar walked from his Paramount dorm to Boston Common without his phone on Thursday. He wanted to clear his head after hearing news of...

Courtesy of Beacon Archives

Students from Southern California rattled by Thousand Oaks shooting

By Maya Gacina and Chris Van Buskirk / November 9, 2018

The college offered support to students from Southern California on Thursday following a mass shooting, less than two weeks after Jewish students grappled...

About 70 staff union members lined the hallway elbow-to-elbow on the lower level of the Max Mutchnick Campus Center while college administrators entered room L-151 for a contract negotiation with the union’s bargaining committee in April. Chris Van Buskirk / Beacon Archive.

College rolls out demands from staff union

By Maya Gacina / October 10, 2018

The college began distributing the demands and benefits listed in the collective bargaining agreement or contract with Emerson’s staff union after ratification...

Three Emerson students planned and led a protest against Judge Brett Kavanaugh's nomination to the Supreme Court. Anissa Gardizy / Beacon Staff

Student Facebook event turns viral

By Maya Gacina / October 4, 2018

Senior Erin Swauger said she sobbed after watching nine hours of the Supreme Court committee hearing on Sept. 27 for the confirmation of Judge Brett Kavanaugh,...

“[Global Pathways] is something I think Emerson is really proud of. It’s something that I think is unique to us," College Official Corey Blackmar said.

Emerson opens global portals in Switzerland, Spain, Hong Kong

By Maya Gacina / September 19, 2018

The college plans to roll out more dual degree programs in campuses outside of the United States within the next two years in an effort to internationalize...

Students at the pre-orientation went to Franklin Park in Jamaica Plain on an intercultural tour of Boston. Photo courtesy of Christopher Henderson-West.

Students of color find community in new pre-orientation program

By Maya Gacina / September 6, 2018

The office of intercultural student affairs rolled out a new pre-orientation program this year for students of color, according to the department’s website. The...

Content on Median can be downloaded or saved onto Panopto, Emerson's newest video streaming program.

Median content expires June 1

By Maya Gacina / April 30, 2018

Content uploaded to video streaming program Median will be erased once Instructional Technology Group decommissions the service on June 1. Panopto...

Justin Pham, freshman journalism major, purchased his HP laptop before hearing about the CreativityKit requirements. Photo: Cassandra Martinez / Berkeley Beacon

CreativityKits costs continue with class of 2022

By Maya Gacina and Kaitlyn Bryson / April 19, 2018

Class of 2022 journalism students will have to purchase a $1,500 MacBook Pro as part of a journalism initiative, according to Department Chair Janet Kolodzy. In...

Acceptance rate drops to 36 percent

Acceptance rate drops to 36 percent

By Maya Gacina / April 19, 2018

The college dropped its acceptance rate to 36 percent from 46 percent last year after receiving a record-high number of applications for the 2018-2019...

Interior construction on The Commons should begin by the end of the week. 
LALA THADDEUS / BEACON STAFF

New building fails to qualify as green building

By Maya Gacina / April 16, 2018

The 172 Tremont St. building, acquired by the college in November, will not meet environmental standards to qualify as a green building. Leadership...

Billy Collins, a renowned American poet, will speak at the class of 2018 commencement in May. Photo courtesy of Michelle Gaseau.

U.S. poet to speak at undergraduate commencement

By Maya Gacina / April 11, 2018

The college named Billy Collins, the former official poet of the United States under the George W. Bush administration, to deliver the undergraduate class...

Alejandro Ramírez, left, and Manuela Meneses, right, show their findings from South Fronteras, a Mobility Movilidad project in East Boston. Photo by Maya Gacina

Colombian artists map their way through East Boston

By Maya Gacina / April 10, 2018

In the fifth Proyecto Boston Medellín exhibition, South Fronteras, artists unearthed maps, photographs, and stories of East Boston residents with similar...

The Emerson Counseling and Psychological Services Office in the Union Bank Building.

ECAPS overwhelmed by student demand

By Maya Gacina / April 5, 2018

Freshman Lia Kim applied to Emerson in part because she heard the campus had less stigma around mental health. She said her family is Korean-American,...

Emerson's campus was blanketed in snow.

What does it take to get a snow day?

By Maya Gacina / March 22, 2018

A nor’easter predicted to drop upwards of a foot of snow loomed over Boston Tuesday, March 13. Emerson students and faculty members waited by their phones,...

Neighbors of 12 Hemenway don’t see Emerson’s community partnership since moving last year. Photo: Zivah Solomon /  Beacon Correspondent

Community Impact: 12 Hemenway strikes out with Fenway residents

By Maya Gacina / March 1, 2018

This is an ongoing series dedicated to exploring the college’s impact on neighboring communities. Fenway residents say they have yet to see the...

Boston’s Chinatown is rapidly gentrifying and institutions are playing a part. Photo: Cassandra Martinex / Beacon Staff

Community Impact: Students distant from neighbors in Chinatown

By Maya Gacina / February 22, 2018

This is an ongoing series dedicated to exploring the college’s impact on neighboring communities. Sophomore Stacey Wong grew up...

The Barnes and Nobles at Emerson College on Boylston St.

‘Emerson Lions’ to be phased off of merchandise

By Maya Gacina / January 30, 2018

The “Emerson Lions” phrase will not appear on the new merchandise sold in Barnes & Noble at Emerson as a result of the company’s decision,...

Signs similar to these were implemented at ELA. Photo: Justin Scott Johnson/Berkeley Beacon.

LA campus adds gender-neutral restroom signs

By Maya Gacina / January 25, 2018

Emerson’s Los Angeles campus received a shipment of eight new stickers from the Boston campus that state: “Gender diversity is welcome here. Please...

Kasteel Well to designate new gender-neutral bathrooms

Kasteel Well to designate new gender-neutral bathrooms

By Maya Gacina / January 25, 2018

  The Kasteel Well campus in the Netherlands will soon install gender-inclusive restroom signs, similar to the signage on the Boston campus....

Freshman journalism majors lack tech resources

By Maya Gacina / December 7, 2017

While first-year journalism enrollment increased by 27 percent this year, most of the department budget went toward salaries for new teachers in the 100-level...

Amanda Flower is one of two female employees in the Emerson College Police Department.
MAYA GACINA / BEACON CORRESPONDENT

ECPD lacks gender diversity

By Maya Gacina / November 30, 2017

This year, two of the 28 people employed in the Emerson College Police Department are women. The department employed just one woman last year and...

Board of Advisors to champion departments, co-curriculars

By Maya Gacina / November 2, 2017

Joshua Wachs ‘87 started an initiative last month to allow members from the Board of Advisors, a governing body which aims to connect Emerson students...

CreativityKit costs climb

By Maya Gacina / September 21, 2017

The journalism department required that incoming students purchase an over $1,600 model of Macbook Pro, while last year’s freshmen received Macbook Air...