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THE NEW CRYSTAL BALLROOM IS KEEPING SOMERVILLE THEATER ALIVE

Written by JULIET NORMAN AND ALEXIS CRANDALL Posted January 7, 2022 Filed Under: MUSIC

Catching up with Somerville's new, much-needed live performance venue and function space

Filed Under: MUSIC Tagged With: Crystal Ballroom, davis square, emerson college, entertainment, feature, fun, function hall, Ian Judge, Massachusetts, opening, performance, SOMERVILLE, somerville theatre, Venue

ANTIMAN: EMERSON PROF RAJIV MOHABIR’S “HYBRID MEMOIR”

Written by RICH TENORIO Posted September 28, 2021 Filed Under: Books

“I tried to reclaim power in that story of being outed and that word from people in my community.”

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: Book, emerson college, immigration, LGBTQ

COLLEGE STUDENTS WRESTLE WITH ADMIN OVER PANDEMIC SPRING BREAK

Written by MARYCATHERINE NEAL Posted March 22, 2021 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

“What is leading to some of the stress is the fact that not only is school stressful, but you have all these extra hoops to jump through and there’s no end in sight.”

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: administration, emerson college, student

INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS WOULD STRUGGLE UNDER PROPOSED DHS RULES

Written by WENJING DING AND HONGYU LIU Posted December 12, 2020 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics

Orwellian runaround

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics Tagged With: Boston, DHS, emerson college, Homeland Security, international, Joe Biden, justice, Massachusetts, Protest, student, tufts university, visa

RIP MOSES SHUMOW, WHO BUILT BRIDGES BETWEEN STUDENTS AND COMMUNITY

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted October 29, 2019 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Dear Reader, NEWS+OPINIONS

Put in simple terms, he was an awesome guy with a great attitude, and we looked forward to collaborating with him this semester.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Dear Reader, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: emerson college, engagement, FIU, Journalism, Moses Shumow, RIP

CONSULTANTS TOLD STATE POLICE HOW TO AVOID TURMOIL. THE DEPARTMENT IGNORED THE ADVICE AND SPENT THE FOLLOWING DECADES SPIRALING TOWARD CORRUPTION.

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted October 10, 2019 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction

From several dozen troopers facing criminal charges in an expansive payroll fiasco, to drunk-driving drill instructors and other one-offs, the follies continue.

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction Tagged With: #mapoli, AMMO, attorney general, Axon, Beacon Hill, Boston Globe, BPD, Camfour, Charlie Baker, Coakley, CommBuys, Commonwealth, contacts and contracts, criminal justice, Cultural Diagnostic of the Massachusetts State Police, Dana Pullman, Deval Patrick, Ed Markey, Emerson, emerson college, Engagement Lab, Environmental Police, feature, features, Fire Sale, firearms, GOAL, gun control, gun dealers, gun laws, gun licenses, guns, Healey, history, Journalism, Jurek Brothers, karyn polito, licenses, licensing, Linder & Associates, Maine, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, Mass, Mass Coalition to Prevent Gun Violence, Mass State Police, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Tasers, massacres, MDC Police, Michael Dukakis, MSP, MuckRock, National Rifle Association, Newtown, NRA, OCPF, ONA, Online News Association, OSD, Parkland, Paul Cellucci, pistols, Police, police militarization, reporting, reports, Republicans, Robert DeLeo, school shootings, Smith & Wesson, SPAM, state police, statistics, straw purchasing, stun guns, Taser, Tasers, Team Reporting Tagged With: AG, Virginia

THERE’S MUCH MORE TO THE MASS STATE POLICE SCANDAL THAN IS BEING REPORTED

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted August 21, 2019 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

After SPAM received the full payment, its then-treasurer told investigators that Pullman demanded a check for $250,000 for Lynch Associates, pounding the table and yelling “Stop breaking my f**cking balls and give me the check!” when the treasurer questioned him.

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: #mapoli, AG, AMMO, attorney general, Axon, Beacon Hill, Boston Globe, Camfour, Charlie Baker, Coakley, CommBuys, Commonwealth, contacts and contracts, Deval Patrick, Ed Markey, Emerson, emerson college, Engagement Lab, Environmental Police, feature, features, Fire Sale, firearms, GOAL, gun control, gun dealers, gun laws, gun licenses, guns, Healey, history, Journalism, Jurek Brothers, karyn polito, licenses, licensing, Maine, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, Mass, Mass Coalition to Prevent Gun Violence, Mass State Police, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Tasers, massacres, Michael Dukakis, MSP, MuckRock, National Rifle Association, Newtown, NRA, OCPF, ONA, Online News Association, OSD, Parkland, Paul Cellucci, pistols, Police, police militarization, reports, Republicans, Robert DeLeo, school shootings, Smith & Wesson, state police, statistics, straw purchasing, stun guns, Taser, Tasers, Virginia, wbur

EVERYTHING YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT GUNS IN MASS (BUT WERE AFRAID TO ASK)

Written by Posted May 8, 2019 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction

Gun laws, limits, and licensing in Mass—in perception and reality

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction Tagged With: Beacon Hill, Boston Globe, Charlie Baker, Deval Patrick, Emerson, emerson college, Engagement Lab, Fire Sale, firearms, GOAL, gun dealers, gun laws, gun licenses, guns, history, Journalism, licenses, licensing, Maine, Mass Coalition to Prevent Gun Violence, Massachusetts, massacres, Michael Dukakis, MuckRock, National Rifle Association, Newtown, ONA, Online News Association, Parkland, Paul Cellucci, pistols, Republicans, Robert DeLeo, school shootings, Smith & Wesson, statistics, straw purchasing, Virginia, wbur

PROPOSED STATE JOURNALISM COMMISSION NEEDS BROADER MEMBERSHIP

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted March 20, 2019 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

Sandstorm State House collage by Jason Pramas

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: bad jobs, boston university, capitalism, Column, commission, contingent work, Democracy, economy, emerson college, Framingham State University, Harvard University, Jason Pramas, Journalism, journalism commission, labor, Massachusetts, neoliberal, news, news desert, NewsGuild-Communication Workers of America, newspaper, Nieman Foundation, Northeastern University, Politics, Rep. Jim Hawkins, Rep. Lori Ehrlich, SAG-AFTRA, Sen. Brendan Crighton, Shorenstein Center, socialism, state government, UMass Amherst

THE BOYS’ CLUB: WOMEN, FILM CRITICISM, AND THE FIGHT FOR VISIBILITY, ON SCREEN AND OFF

Written by CASEY CAMPBELL Posted February 27, 2019 Filed Under: A+E, Film

“I was either a student, or very young reporter or critic, and I could see I was maybe one of two, or one of three women, [and] one of the only women of color."

Filed Under: A+E, Film Tagged With: Boston, Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film, emerson college, Erin Trahan, film criticism, Hunter Harris, Monica Castillo, movies, San Diego State University, Vulture, wbur, Women, writing

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