After a week of humiliating deliberations, phone calls to “DT”, and a near-miss physical altercation on the House floor, Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) has been elected Speaker of the House—and on the...
By Kaitlyn Fehr, Chief Copyeditor November 18, 2020
When I think of emo music, I used to think of Gerard Way, Patrick Stump, Brendon Urie, or Hayley Williams. After the 2020 presidential election, I now know the truth—President-elect Joe Biden is the...
And just like that, President Donald Trump’s reign is over. But the work for equity? For justice? For a better world? Far from done.
Around the world, supporters of President-elect Joe Biden have...
Four years ago, I had just turned seventeen. I was balancing the stress of school at Medford Area Senior High in Wisconsin, a social life, and the mental toll from losing three grandfathers within the...
On Election Day, before Joe Biden’s final stops on the campaign trail, he paid a stop to Greenville, Delaware. He attended Mass at Saint Joseph on the Brandywine Roman Catholic Church. After the service,...
By Sabine Waldeck, Deputy Opinion Editor November 9, 2020
Around four years ago, I became a citizen of these “United” States. I was reluctant to become a citizen because of the reputation Americans had cultivated to outsiders—selfish people who did what...
The whole world has been waiting for this victory — for four years.
As soon as The Associated Press called that Democratic nominee Joe Biden won the electoral vote of his native Pennsylvania, pushing...
Statements from former vice president Joe Biden and President Donald J. Trump struck strikingly different tones, following the Associated Press and several other major other news organizations’ declaration...
By Andrew Brinker, Senior Investigative Reporter November 5, 2020
Boston Police and EMS responded to an emergency incident at the W Hotel involving a non-Emerson guest on the 14th floor Thursday night.
A man could be seen smashing windows with what police described...
The election may be over, but our job as students, citizens, and politically engaged people is not.
In fact, voting during a presidential election year is the bare minimum. It’s important to keep...
Just one day removed from the culmination of a historically divisive presidential campaign cycle, demonstrators took to the streets of Boston, demanding the proper execution of the country’s vote...
Tags related to America have only trended once a while on the Chinese Twitter-like social media platform Weibo since the pandemic began. I remember seeing trending terms like "U.S. COVID-19 cases climb,"...
By Andrew Brinker, Senior Investigative Reporter November 4, 2020
A purple sunset settled over Boston early Tuesday evening. The streets, bustling with people in the afternoon, thinned out, as rays of golden light spilled through the trees on Boston Common. The city...
By Sabine Waldeck, Deputy Opinion Editor November 3, 2020
My stomach has been in knots all day. I have already gotten into multiple arguments with my family members and peers regarding the presidential election. The sheer thought of another four years of this...
By Lucia Thorne, Assistant Lifestyle Editor November 3, 2020
There’s a reason why Google posted a breathing exercise video to its Twitter account.
As the end of Election Day nears, political anxiety is much higher than previous elections. To add on to the...
In today's special election edition of The 172 Review, host Drew Ascione sat down with Beacon reporter Camilo Fonseca to talk about student voters and the college's effort to boost civic...
Mark Leccese never opened his briefcase for class on Nov. 9, 2016.
That day—just after Donald Trump’s election to the U.S. presidency in 2016—a campus mourned.
“The day after the election...
Sophomore Austin Hand used his half a million TikTok followers to help establish TikTokers For Biden, an account rallying young voters behind Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden. “What...
Donald Trump supporters and Democrats have one similar perception of this year’s election: that it will follow in the steps of 2016.
Though it appears America is heavily divided on almost every...
“How’s the U.S. election vibe? Who do you think will win? Does any candidate pose policies that hurt China or international students?" I received this list of questions from family and close friends...
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