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Emerson College's student newspaper

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Illustration by Hailey Akau

Honorary degrees are honorary bullshit

By Hailey Akau, Assistant Multimedia Editor and Magazine Co-Section Editor
March 8, 2023

Anyone who has worked toward a degree from a higher-education institution can attest to the blood, sweat, and tears—on top of the hundreds of thousands of dollars in tuition fees—that go into earning...

The College Board doesn’t care about you

The College Board doesn’t care about you

By Adri Pray, Editor-at-large
February 15, 2023

It’s time to stop pretending like there’s anything “advanced” about Advanced Placement classes. Let’s leave the College Board in the past where it belongs. Right after Florida’s Department...

President Elect Joe Biden and Vice President Elect Kamala Harris.

Biden, Trump issue contrasting statements following race call

By Charlie McKenna
November 7, 2020

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...

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