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In ‘One Battle After Another,’ political activism meets stoner comedy anarchy
In ‘One Battle After Another,’ political activism meets stoner comedy anarchy
October 9, 2025

What do you get when you mix political activism with just a touch of stoner comedy?  Paul Thomas Anderson’s newest film, “One Battle After Another” follows...

An e-bike delivery driver on Tremont St. on Wednesday, October, 8th, 2025. (Nick Peace/ Beacon Staff)
Will Boston ban e-bikes for food delivery? Community members, Dashers, and students weigh in
October 9, 2025

At a Back Bay intersection in August, a 64-year-old man was struck by an e-bike that was delivering food near Copley Square. The victim was rushed to the hospital...

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Lorde has risen: ‘Ultrasound Tour’ creates community at TD Garden
October 8, 2025

Last week’s anticipated Rapture may have yielded anti-climactic results, but the Lord did appear in Boston—Lorde with an ‘e’ that is. Previously self-described...

Jimmy Fund Walk 2025. (Alex Cuozzo/ Beacon Staff)
Annual Jimmy Fund Walk brings together thousands in support of those still fighting and those they’ve lost to cancer
October 8, 2025

A flood of people overtook Boston Common on Sunday as they walked and volunteered to fundraise for research and treatment at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. The Common...

Boston Fire Department responds to a busted fire hydrant on Tremont Street outside AMC Boston Common 19, which ECPD confirmed was caused by a collision with a vehicle on Saturday, Oct. 11, 2025. (Bryan Hecht / Beacon Staff)
Ansin Building reopens following basement flooding caused by a hydrant break

Pro-Palestine protesters are held down and arrested following a demonstration on Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025. (Bryan Hecht / Beacon Staff)
Pro-Palestine protesters charged with resisting arrest, one charged with assault in Downtown Boston
Statement of transparency from the Editor
Statement of transparency from the Editor
(Illustration Lila Reimels)
Opinion
‘Canceled’: A political cartoon

Illustration Molly Boyke
Opinion
Fizz gets a downvote from me
Graphic Mia McDermott
Opinion
America’s campaign against autism is a travesty
Graphic Mia McDermott
Opinion
Have sororities lost their sisterhood?
Illustration Mia McDermott
Op-Ed
Bad luck isn’t the devil we want it to be
Metro
Pro-Palestine protesters march down Congress Street in Boston on Oct. 5, 2025. (Riley Goldman / Beacon Staff)
Two years after Oct. 7, Boston activist groups continue to rally for Palestinian liberation
October 10, 2025

A sea of red, green, and white keffiyehs flooded Government Center last week as hundreds of protesters gathered outside the Israeli Consulate...

Notes left by visitors at the Nova Exhibition on October 7, 2025 memorializing the lives lost during the Oct. 7 attacks. (Madalyn Jimiera / Beacon Staff)
Exhibition memorializes victims and survivors of Nova Music Festival and Oct. 7 attacks
October 9, 2025
Boston Conservatory’s 2025 “Cinderella” finds its magic in performance, even when the glass slipper pinches
Boston Conservatory’s 2025 “Cinderella” finds its magic in performance, even when the glass slipper pinches
October 8, 2025
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Boston students observe Yom Kippur with intimate campus service
October 9, 2025

Last Wednesday, voices rising and falling in careful unison drifted softly from the SPC Black Box. Inside, melodies of Hebrew words of remembrance...

Ken Grout, a senior executive in residence in the communications department, performing in the Southwick Recital in 2022. (Courtesy of Emerson College Archives & Special Collections)
Southwick recital examines the legacy of Emerson communications in 125-year celebration
October 1, 2025
Seth Grahame-Smith, class of ’98, talks post-graduation and the film industry at the Paramount Center on Thursday, Sept. 25, 2025. (Luis Gerardo Del Razo Tamayo for Emerson Today / Courtesy)
Alumnus Seth Grahame-Smith reminds soon-to-be graduates that he is ‘from the future and it all works out’
October 1, 2025
Sports
Hannah Miller spikes the ball against the University of Southern Maine Huskies on Oct. 4, 2025 (Riley Goldman/ Beacon Staff).
Women’s volleyball splits tri-match vs. Springfield and Southern Maine
October 8, 2025

The Emerson women’s volleyball team fell to the Springfield College Pride before defeating the University of Southern Maine Huskies on Saturday....

Fenway Park. (Alec Klusza/Beacon Staff)
AL Wild Card: Red Sox and Yankees to play do or die Game 3
October 1, 2025
Junior defender Ethan Minster (#2) battles for possession against the Salve Regina University Seahawks on Sept. 27, 2025 (Jacob Goldberg/ For The Beacon).
Men’s soccer comes to a draw against Salve Regina
October 1, 2025
Arts
Illustration by Ally Rzesa
Rewiring cinema: What Emerson students can learn from Lynch’s “Blue Velvet”
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When “Blue Velvet” hit theaters in 1986, it didn’t just unsettle with its severed ear, sadistic villain, and the entrapment of Dorothy...

Søren Lind (left) and Larissa Sansour (middle) discuss “Entire Nations Are Built on Fairy Tales” with Dr. Leonie Bradbury (right). (Nick Peace/ Beacon Staff)
Echoes of the Heart: Art in the time of AI
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Photo courtesy of John Packman
R.F. Kuang ends world book tour on the home front in Somerville
October 8, 2025
Dazed and Confused Spring 2025
Cover Illustration by Fiona McMahon
Hold Still, Please
By Aris Liang, Magazine Contributor / April 16, 2025
Photos by Helen Armstrong. Illustration by Fiona McMahon
The Munchies
By Helen Armstrong, Magazine Contributor / April 16, 2025
Revere Beach
Patriotism swells in the heart of the American bear
By Jack Silver, Magazine Contributor / April 16, 2025
Cover Illustration by Fiona McMahon
An Assassination (or the Act of Brief Movement)
By Jagger van Vliet, Magazine Contributor / April 16, 2025
Cover Illustration by Avary Amaral
Drug use as a stereotype of creatives: How does drug use impact the creative process?
By Avary Amaral, Magazine Editor / April 16, 2025
American Teenager
American Teenager
By Lorca Danziger, Magazine Contributor / April 16, 2025
Jeans d'Or
Jeans d’Or
By Bryan Liu, Managing Editor / April 16, 2025
Cover Photo by Lorca Danziger
What’s with Gen Z’s cannabis habits?
By Savannah Girling, Magazine Contributor / April 16, 2025
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Did Disco Demolition Night really kill disco?
By Rylie Burns, Former Operations Managing Editor, Layout Editor & Newsletter Editor / April 16, 2025
Illustration by Rachel Choi
‘Fight, fight, fight’: How Donald Trump went from political pariah to U.S. president
By DJ Mara, Senior Political Reporter / April 16, 2025
Cover Photo by Fiona McMahon
A Mind-Bending Approach to Medicine: How psychedelics are changing mental health treatment
By Fiona McMahon, Magazine Editor / April 16, 2025
"Kent State," by photographer John Filo.
To seek a newer world: youth protest from Vietnam to today
By Meg Richards, Editor-in-Chief / April 16, 2025
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A protester covers their eyes as they are held down and detained by Boston Police officers following a pro-Palestine protest on Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025. (Bryan Hecht / Beacon Staff)

13 protesters arrested, multiple officers injured at pro-Palestine protest in Downtown Boston

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Pro-Palestine protesters are held down and arrested following a demonstration on Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025. (Bryan Hecht / Beacon Staff)

Pro-Palestine protesters charged with resisting arrest, one charged with assault in Downtown Boston

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Boston Fire Department responds to a busted fire hydrant on Tremont Street outside AMC Boston Common 19, which ECPD confirmed was caused by a collision with a vehicle on Saturday, Oct. 11, 2025. (Bryan Hecht / Beacon Staff)

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Boston Conservatory’s 2025 “Cinderella” finds its magic in performance, even when the glass slipper pinches

Boston Conservatory’s 2025 “Cinderella” finds its magic in performance, even when the glass slipper pinches

Ride for Our Republic, affiliated with the Indivisible movement, meets at Paul Revere Park in Cambridge on the last Saturday of every month since Patriots Day. (Ronan Canzoniero/ for The Berkeley Beacon)
Attendees parade through the Boston Common holding up a banner for MOAR on Friday, Sept. 26, 2025. (Alex Cuozzo/For The Beacon)
Hundreds of multifaith individuals advocating for climate change (Riley Goldman/ Beacon Staff)
Chris Grey, 41, a construction worker from Quincy Massachusetts places a candle on the steps of the State House. (Arthur Mansavage/Beacon Staff)
Kids sit atop a light armored vehicle on display in the Boston Common on Sunday, Aug 24, 2025. (Nick Peace / Beacon Staff)
Thousands gathered in Philadelphia’s JFK Plaza, also known as Love Park, for a demonstration against the Trump administration on June 14, 2025 (Bryan Hecht / Beacon Staff).
Reenactors fire their weapons on the Lexington Battle Green on Saturday, April, 19, 2025. (Arthur Mansavage/ Beacon Staff)
Photos: Americans almost sweep gold at Ice Skating World Championship.
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PROJECTS
(Arthur Mansavage/Beacon Staff)
Four Emerson alums, hundreds of thousands in debt: The price of an Emerson education
What is going on with Emerson’s dining changes?
Faculty and staff left reeling from 30-person layoff
KASTEEL WELL
A display on pigments used in medieval manuscript production as part of a an interactive reconstruction at the Museum Van Lymborch Brothers House in Nijmegen (Courtesy / Peter van der Heijden).
‘Feel Van Lymborch’ brings life and sight to medieval manuscripts with the help of Kasteel students
Kasteel Well lends its medieval backdrop to ‘Babyface’ BFA
Who is the new hire in the Office of Student Affairs? Meet Debadrita Ganguly.
LIFESTYLE
African cultures on display at Boston Common
African cultures on display at Boston Common
Peach Pit’s “microculture” of fans appears around the world
The Emerson connection to the 1970 Kent State shootings
COLUMNS
Crooke's Cage: John Cena shocks the world with heel turn in Toronto
Crooke’s Cage: John Cena shocks the world with heel turn in Toronto
Column: How political is the NFL?
Class of 2028, this one’s for you
EDITORIALS
(Arthur Mansavage/Beacon Staff)
Editorial: The gun doesn’t care who pulls the trigger
Editorial: What happened to the alley happened to all of us
Editorial: Want a real education? Take these classes.
LETTERS
People crossing the street outside the Little Building at the corner of Boylston and Tremont streets. (Arthur Mansavage/ Beacon Staff, File)
Letter to the Editor: Advice from an ‘audience’ member
Letter: Commencement, Courage, and Crackdown
Emerson College sells a false dream: A letter from a terminated resident assistant
CAMPUS
A student serves themselves lunch during the "Eat Local Challenge," at the Emerson Dining Center on Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025. (Alex Cuozzo / Beacon Correspondent)
‘Eat Local Challenge’ lunch tasks Emerson’s chefs with crafting a nearly 100% locally sourced menu
Bright Family Screening Room hosts January 6th documentary, explores human stories of the Capitol attack
Water shutdown for Piano Row, 2 Boylston Place, and Colonial Building will now take place Tuesday morning, according to latest college update
METRO
Graphic by Rina Laby
The WNBA is digging its own grave. Players are trying to claw their way out.
Marina, ‘Princess of Power,’ takes her royal tour to Roadrunner
‘New Edition Way’ takes over Dearborn Street in Roxbury
ARTS
Eating around Emerson with Juliet: Surviving the Emerson plague on just a bowl of soup
Eating around Emerson with Juliet: Surviving the Emerson plague on just a bowl of soup
Kai Thomani Tshokosi ‘15 brings Emerson’s revolutionary energy to ‘Hamilton’
Feeble Little Horse gallops through Somerville
SPORTS
A silhouette of the Boston Celtics logo. Illustration by Rachel Choi.
New look, same goal: Celtics face season of change without Tatum
AL Wild Card: Red Sox take Game 1 off of gutsy outing by Garrett Crochet
As it Happened: Red Sox Battle Yankees in AL Wild Card
OBITUARIES
Nora Onanian receiving her award, "Courage, Grit, and Determination in Successful Journalism Degree Completion" on December 16, 2024. Left to right: Douglas Struck, Christine Onanian, David Onanian, Nora Onanian (front).
Nora Kate Onanian, Emerson journalism student, remembered as ‘impactful’ and an ‘inspiration’ by classmates, professors
‘Everything that Norman did was influenced by humanity’: Friends and fans remember Norman Lear ‘44
‘He was an incredible person’: Colleagues remember Faizan Siddiqui
MAGAZINE
Illustration by Evan Martin
The Jane Collective: The underground force behind the fight for reproductive freedom
Letter from the Editor – Dazed and Confused
Burning down the house: the night America turned red