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

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Title IX office silent amid policy review

Title IX office silent amid policy review

By Nathanael King / October 11, 2017

With two policy reviews pending, recent federal action from the U.S. Education Department, two possibly concluding lawsuits against the college, and heavy...

The judge ruled that "no reasonable jury" could find these claims to be legally accurate based on the evidence presented by the plaintiff.
COURTESY OF THE U.S. DISTRICT COURT

Motion for summary judgment granted in Title IX suit against college

By Nathanael King / September 27, 2017

A federal judge in the District of Massachusetts granted Emerson's motion for summary judgment Tuesday in the 2014 "Jane Doe v. Emerson College" Title...

Friends said Wapman was enigmatic, but caring and talented.

Wapman remembered for loyalty and compassion

By Nathanael King, The Berkeley Beacon / May 19, 2017

In the course of his research on the intersection of existential philosophy and experimental animation, Miles Wapman asked his professor for help finding...

Students protest Donald Trump's election in 2016.

Students react to election results

By Bret Hauff, Shafaq Patel and Nathanael King / November 16, 2016

America has spoken, but a cloud of confusion cast its shadow at Emerson the day after Donald Trump became President-elect. Somber stares replaced the...

Fenway residents protest Hemenway lease
NATHANAEL KING / BEACON STAFF

Fenway folks protest Emerson extension

By Nathanael King / September 28, 2016

In a protest last Thursday outside of the Walker Building, about 10 members of the Fenway community voiced their opposition to Emerson’s plans to lease...

Construction of new dorm
JACOB CUTLER / BEACON STAFF

College looks to expand campus in response to construction

By Nathanael King / September 11, 2016

When the Little Building closes this summer, the college will lose 748 beds and a dining hall that have been used by students for years. To fill those...