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Dec 12, 2024 · For the second time in Emerson College’s history, student-athletes will have a Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) deal. Beginning in January,...
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According to the National Institute of Health, adolescents who regularly use social media are at double the risk of experiencing poor mental health.
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Despite Emerson’s enrollment shortfall, the class of 2028 remains ...
Editor’s Note: One interview subject’s comments have been removed after publication, upon their request. Emerson College’s freshman class arrived on campus like any other, filling the streets around campus and the halls of Little Building with excitement, noise, and move-in carts.
Letter: It’s time for Jay to go - berkeleybeacon.com
Oct 17, 2024 · Last month, the president of Brandeis University resigned following declining enrollment, mishandling of student protests, and a vote of no confidence by the faculty. We have the same ingredients at Emerson. Here are the milestones of President Jay Bernhardt’s tenure: A reputational black-eye from the disastrous handling of loud but peaceful protests last spring.
The end of China’s international adoption program has left …
For Aili Montague, being a Chinese adoptee makes up a significant part of their identity. Montague was adopted from the city of Huainan, China, in the Anhui province at around two and a half years old.
Thousands of pro-Palestinian protesters halt traffic on Storrow …
Oct 8, 2024 · Great local reporting on Boston’s Oct 6th action commemorating the year long genocide in Gaza. Photos and quotes covered the mood of the action and answered questions I had about the action at the Bandshell and the Storrow Dr march – no arrests.
Tripp Whetsell ‘94 tells the life and legacy of TV icon Norman Lear …
Nov 12, 2024 · Courtesy of Tripp Whetsell. Tripp Whetsell ‘94 has been a fan of Norman Lear shows ever since he learned to talk. Born two months after “All in the Family” aired in 1971, Whetsell, affiliated faculty in Comedic Arts at Emerson and former Beacon writer, grew up watching Lear’s shows, which he said were “the best shows in the world.”
From a shoegazey haze, Sweet93 emerges - berkeleybeacon.com
Nov 19, 2024 · The five members of Sweet93 quietly set up their instruments in a relaxed room of 20 or so people. A few songs in and the gathering was fixated on the band’s frontwoman, who simply goes by Chloe.
Is the Bruins’ resurgence under Sacco about coaching or luck?
After firing Head Coach Jim Montgomery on Nov. 19, the Bruins front office selected Associate Coach Joe Sacco as interim head coach, and the team is 6-2 under Sacco. But is the coaching change really what improved their game on the ice? Montgomery’s three-year contract ended after this season anyway and with no renewal in the offseason, it wasn’t a complete shock he was kicked to the curb ...