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Letter from the Editors: What we have learned about centering students in student journalism
1+ week, 7+ hour ago (643+ words) Last week, we " Iselin Bratz, the current Editor-in-Chief, and Meg Richards, last semester's EIC " held a focus group with six students from various corners of Emerson. We did so to learn more about what students care about on campus and…...
Letter: When I arrived, it had already happened
1+ week, 12+ hour ago (381+ words) Closing out my first year at Emerson, I've been thinking about everything I've experienced and, even more so, what I haven't." On a small campus, it evidently left a mark. And it's only grown in prominence in my mind over…...
*junkyard's journey in becoming a community staple in Boston's underground music scene
1+ week, 9+ hour ago (194+ words) What he found was a "beautiful hub of culture" that he immediately fell in love with." Before discovering the underground music scene of Boston, Serbee said he was lonely, and felt that he hadn't found the social space that was…...
Breaking up " with my therapist
1+ week, 12+ hour ago (380+ words) Nothing really noteworthy happened this weekend, but I thought I'd tell you something anyway, because I suddenly have no one else to tell it to: On Friday, I broke up with my therapist, Rhonda. Big whoop, I know. Get over…...
The never-ending, ever-growing name game
2+ week, 12+ hour ago (653+ words) I've been ravaged by a cold for the past week, and the longer it flares its tendrils through my sinus cavity, the more I think about the fevers of childhood: Being waited on hand-and-foot by whichever Lucky Assorted Guardian has…...
Minority students feel the absence of BIPOC pre-orientation: "Give us a chance to be together
2+ week, 13+ hour ago (758+ words) In fall 2018, Emerson College began offering an early orientation session for incoming and transfer BIPOC students. The two-day program allowed self-identifying BIPOC students to arrive on campus early and build relationships with peers ahead of Emerson's predominantly white student body's…...
Smokin" and studyin": The best places to light up around campus
2+ week, 11+ hour ago (594+ words) Now that the brisk New England winter is behind us, the picnic tables are back in the 2 Boylston alley. But one thing is always in season: smoking." Discarded cigarettes and joints pile in the alley no matter the weather. You…...
Alice Phoebe Lou worked her magic on Boston last Saturday
2+ week, 12+ hour ago (793+ words) The last time Alice Phoebe Lou was in Boston, she opened three sold-out nights at Roadrunner for Clairo. On Saturday night, the singer took the stage at the Berklee Performance Center for the first American show of her "Oblivion" tour....
Student film "The Prince Charming Theory" is about sexual assault, but that"s not the point
2+ week, 13+ hour ago (1318+ words) This article includes discussion of sexual assault. "The Prince Charming Theory," a short film by junior media arts production major Sophia Horowitz, follows a young girl named Clara as she moves through the stages of processing her experience of sexual…...
Low turnout at screening of "G'nero: Salsa" documentary suggests disconnect between Cinema Emerson and students
3+ week, 18+ hour ago (866+ words) Cinema Emerson has everything a screening series at a prestigious film school needs to succeed: esteemed directors, impactful films, and a room to play them. All they're missing is an audience. Theodore Life, a senior distinguished director-in-residence at Emerson College,…...