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The never-ending, ever-growing name game
6+ day, 19+ 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
6+ day, 19+ 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
6+ day, 18+ 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
6+ day, 19+ 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
6+ day, 20+ 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
2+ week, 1+ 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,…...
Amid chaos, joy is the greatest resistance
1+ week, 6+ day ago (535+ words) President Donald Trump reached new levels of Truth Social shit-posting in the early days of April. On Easter Sunday, he delivered an expletive-laden tirade unbecoming of a president and escalated on Tuesday to a genocidal threat on the Iranian people....
It's not looking great:' graduating seniors face uncertain future amid a narrowing job market
1+ week, 6+ day ago (1163+ words) The return of a warm sun to Boston, ducklings frolicking across Boston Common, and the occasional tour group on Emerson's campus signals the end of the spring semester. For graduating seniors, it also signals the leap into their professional futures....
I am not a survivor, I am not a victim
1+ week, 6+ day ago (653+ words) This article includes discussion of sexual assault. While many of us begin to relish the slightly warmer weather and despise the ever-encroaching doom of finals, let us not forget that the month of April is also Sexual Assault Awareness Month....
The art gallery became a form of protest: Students in Curatorial Practices prepare for the art world beyond Emerson
1+ week, 6+ day ago (779+ words) With museums dealing with funding cuts, diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives being shut down, and layoffs, institutions of art are facing an unsteady environment, and so will aspiring creatives. In the Curatorial Practices class, Brown addresses this reality and melds…...