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Hundreds of multifaith individuals advocating for climate change (Riley Goldman/ Beacon Staff)
Photos: Hundreds march through Boston Common for clean energy on “Sun Day”
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Last Sunday, hundreds of protesters of all ages marched from Old South Church to the Robert Gould Shaw and the 54th Regiment Memorial to commemorate “Sun Day,”...

Chris Grey, 41, a construction worker from Quincy Massachusetts places a candle on the steps of the State House. (Arthur Mansavage/Beacon Staff)
Photos: Charlie Kirk vigil draws more than 1,000 people to the Boston Common
September 19, 2025

Over 1,000 people gathered at the Robert Gould Shaw & 54th Regiment Memorial in the Boston Commons outside the Massachusetts State House Thursday evening for...

The 77th Emmy Awards rushes its winners while dragging along its viewers
The 77th Emmy Awards rushes its winners while dragging along its viewers
September 17, 2025

On Sunday, Sept. 15, CBS rolled out the red carpet at Los Angeles’ Peacock Theater for a night of celebrating old “Hacks” and stars in “Adolescence.” While...

The Big E Sept 13. 2025. (Sam Shipman / Beacon Staff)
From fried cheese to farm chicks: Inside the Big E
September 17, 2025

The first sounds you hear are horse hooves on a cracked road and Creed’s “Higher” blaring from a speaker as someone stuffs a quarter-pound of fried cheese...

Thousands gathered beneath the Robert Gould Shaw & 54th Regiment Memorial near the Massachusetts State House for a vigil honoring assassinated conservative activist Charlie Kirk on Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025 (Bryan Hecht / Beacon Staff).
‘We will not let his life be in vain’: More than 1,000 mourn Charlie Kirk at Boston Common vigil despite counterprotesters

The lawn of Boston Common turned into a sea of red hats and memorial signs on Thursday as more than a thousand people gathered at the foot of the Massachusetts State House to honor...

The Wang Theater (Nick Peace/ Beacon Staff)
Commencement is moved to Wang Theatre, prompting student backlash
Turnstyles inside of Park Street Station on March 21, 2023 (Arthur Mansavage/ Beacon Staff, File)
‘You see everyone skip paying it;’ Students conflicted on the MBTA’s new fare enforcement policy
(Arthur Mansavage/Beacon Staff)
Letter From The Editor
Letter from an Editor: In my opinion…

Some time ago, a professor told me not to waste my time with writing opinion pieces for The Berkeley...

Illustration Lila Reimels
Op-Ed
Do opposites attract? Not when it comes to politics
Graphic Ella Duggan & Josie Arteaga
Op-Ed
Striving for heroin chic: Skinny culture has sickly side effects
Illustration Lila Reimels
Op-Ed
Social media is ruining the college move-in experience
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
Letter to the Editor: Advice from an ‘audience’ member
Metro
Anti-ICE protestors in front of the JFK Federal Building, Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025.
Amid ‘Operation Patriot 2.0,’ protestors demand ‘ICE Fuera Ahora’
September 15, 2025

Nearly 100 protestors gathered outside of the John F. Kennedy Federal Building in Government Center on Saturday to protest against the continued...

Mayor Michelle Wu speaks to a crowd of supporters in Adams Park in Roslindale after securing a first place victory in the preliminary mayoral race on Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2025. (Bryan Hecht / Beacon Staff)
Wu and incumbent councilors sail to first-place finishes in preliminary elections, Kraft suspends mayoral campaign
September 10, 2025
Visitors were welcomed with a statue of San Gennaro.
2025 San Gennaro Feast ‘brings the neighborhood together’
September 10, 2025
Campus
Ansin Building, where the Offices of the President are housed. (Arthur Mansavage/Beacon Staff)
‘There’s nowhere to go but up’: New admin optimistic despite higher education challenges
September 18, 2025

Kelly Devers-Franklin remembers being one of the first Emerson students to ever move into the Little Building in 1995. Now, from her Ansin Building...

The Maximilian Mutchnick Cafe. (Ashlyn Wang/Beacon Staff)
Business Services responds to student dining concerns with refunds, changes to meal equivalency policy
September 16, 2025
A tarp blocks the entrance to the 7th floor hallways of Ansin Wednesday morning. The Media Production Studio, Technical Support, The Digital Production Lab, and additional classrooms are located on the floor. (Mer Hughes/Beacon Staff)
Ansin Building to reopen tomorrow, 7th and 8th floor classes remain affected
September 15, 2025
Sports
Senior midfielder Linae Bezdek controls the ball against Wheaton College on Sept. 20, 2025 (Jacob Goldberg/ For The Beacon).
Women’s soccer defeats Wheaton 1-0 in NEWMAC opener
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After six nonconference games, the Emerson women’s soccer team began its NEWMAC slate with a win. Facing the Wheaton College Lyons on Saturday,...

Courtesy of Naia Driscoll.
Women’s soccer ties Rogers Williams in second home game of season
September 17, 2025
A banner displaying the Emerson Lions' NEWMAC achievements in the Bobbi Brown & Steven Plofker Gym (Courtesy of Nate Gardner).
‘The premier men’s volleyball conference in the country’: Men’s volleyball to join NEWMAC in 2026-27
September 17, 2025
Arts
Runnner performing at The Red Room on Sept. 12, 2025. (Bryce Heilmann / Beacon Staff)
Runnner lights up The Red Room
September 17, 2025

As the intimate crowd of roughly 50 chatted amongst themselves and huddled closer to the front of the room, five outdoorsy-looking men who constitute...

Courtesy Joan Marcus
‘Mrs. Doubtfire’ reminds us that we’re better together
September 17, 2025
Symphony Hall, on the corner of Massachusetts and Huntington Avenue (Beacon Staff / Max Ardrey)
Symphony Hall’s free opening week concerts
September 12, 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, 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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Chris Grey, 41, a construction worker from Quincy Massachusetts places a candle on the steps of the State House. (Arthur Mansavage/Beacon Staff)

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Thousands gathered beneath the Robert Gould Shaw & 54th Regiment Memorial near the Massachusetts State House for a vigil honoring assassinated conservative activist Charlie Kirk on Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025 (Bryan Hecht / Beacon Staff).

‘We will not let his life be in vain’: More than 1,000 mourn Charlie Kirk at Boston Common vigil despite counterprotesters

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Photos: Hundreds march through Boston Common for clean energy on “Sun Day”

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Senior midfielder Linae Bezdek controls the ball against Wheaton College on Sept. 20, 2025 (Jacob Goldberg/ For The Beacon).

Women’s soccer defeats Wheaton 1-0 in NEWMAC opener

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PROJECTS
A depiction of an employee's belongings.. (Arthur Mansavage/ Beacon Staff)
Faculty and staff left reeling from 30-person layoff
Police body camera footage shows use of force against protesters, phone call from Bernhardt to police
‘I no longer felt safe on campus:’ Jewish students who left Emerson recount their experiences
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
Peach Pit
Peach Pit’s “microculture” of fans appears around the world
The Emerson connection to the 1970 Kent State shootings
Bourbon Street or Boylston Street? Mardi Gras makes its way to Emerson DH
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
Photo Jakob Menendez
Editorial: What happened to the alley happened to all of us
Editorial: Want a real education? Take these classes.
Editorial: ‘Democracy dies in darkness’: Our statement of transparency
LETTERS
Emerson's downtown Boston campus. (Beacon Archives, File Photo)
Letter: Commencement, Courage, and Crackdown
Emerson College sells a false dream: A letter from a terminated resident assistant
Letter: Emerson needs a real plan to rebuild our campus culture
CAMPUS
First-year outside hitter Dalena Garrett (#7) goes for an attack against Wentworth Institute of Technology on Sept. 13, 2025 (Riley Goldman/ Beacon Staff).
Women’s volleyball falls to Wentworth and Rivier in Saturday tri-match
City of Boston to begin water main replacement on Boylston St. this week
Women’s volleyball falls to undefeated Lasell, 3-1
METRO
A sea of American Flags planted in the lawn next to the Massachusetts Fallen Heroes Memorial in Seaport on Saturday September 6, 2025. (Arthur Mansavage/Beacon Staff)
Massachusetts veterans, families vow to ‘never forget’ 24 years later
Union members march for workers rights on Labor Day
The ‘Paid in Memories’ tour bares Jessie Reyez to Boston concert goers
ARTS
Boston’s art scene on a student budget
Boston’s art scene on a student budget
Jeremy Piven is bringing his stand-up tour to Boston, and some tips for upcoming Emerson comics.
Isaiah Falls talks his new album and tour, ‘LVRS PARADISE (SIDE A)’
SPORTS
First-year forward Nick Mirogiannis (#13) against Eastern Connecticut State on Sept. 5, 2025 (Courtesy of Naia Driscoll).
Men’s soccer earns first win of the season vs. Eastern Connecticut State
As it Happened: The 2025 NBA Draft
Red Sox trade All-Star Rafael Devers to the San Francisco Giants in stunning move
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
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