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• Alum Elisa Gabbert’s ‘Any Person Is the Only Self’: meditations on a well-read and well-lived life

  Elisa Gabbert ’05 began working on her essay collection before the COVID-19 pandemic began in 2020, causing her writing to take a turn to reflect on the tumultuous time.

• ‘I’m very hopeful for what the year can bring’: SGA President Nandan Nair discusses the new academic

  Junior Nandan Nair was elected executive president of Emerson’s Student Government Association (SGA) last spring.

• There is a Bright Light that never goes out

  Near its 10th anniversary, the Bright Lights Cinema Series has introduced three generations of Emerson students to hundreds of independent films, highlighting social issues and marginalized perspectiv...

• We are Emerson: Grappling with attending this college

  I want to be proud of the school I attend, but that feels impossible right now. I am not happy to be so intertwined with Emerson.

• Letter from the Editor: Amid campus turmoil, The Beacon is committed to its readers

  I spent almost every day during the final two weeks of last spring reporting on the Emerson encampment, from the moment tents were set up to when Boston police forcibly cleared it, and nearly every si...

• Women’s soccer keeps heads high in tough non-conference play

  Following two ties on their home turf, the Emerson women’s soccer team hoped to end that streak when they faced Bates on Saturday, Sept. 14.