Experimental filmmaker Peter Rose recently came to campus to screen five of his short films, which focus on how powerful, yet different, language and images are.
“Language dominates our perception,” said Rose. “I want to show an image without ruining it with words.”
A lot of the students that come to our events are seeking a little taste of home, but also a way to continue their connection with Judaism.
The baseball team will soon begin its 2013 season with a trip to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, playing seven games against different schools.
“We’ve got a lot of young talent building off last year,” said sophomore Julian Rifkind, “and we also have a lot of good talent returning from last year.”
“I have always wanted to be on The Today Show. It’s always sort have been my dream,” said Christian Bergren-Aragon. “Matt Lauer has always been my idol.
Read about his Twitter campaign, #ChristianBAOnToday—which garnered over 600 original tweets—and his journey to The Today Show.
With just hours until the Academy Awards begin, check out the films Beacon editors thought should win Oscars this year.
The juxtaposition of Lemon’s presence against these prejudiced scribbles should highlight how regressive and underground those attitudes are in an era when students can be inspired by figures like Lemon on campus.
Professor Gregory Payne and five Emerson students will embark on a trip to Kazakhstan for spring break, studying international communications and public diplomacy.
“For us, it’s about getting to know the people, getting to know what Kazakhstan is like, and seeing beyond Borat,” said senior Mark Rizzo, who is going on the trip.
Today’s wiffle ball game pitted President M. Lee Pelton, the baseball team, and the Beacon’s own Mallory Meyer against journalism professors and the softball team. After the hourlong match filled with some collisions…
… (Pelton was out), and also some great hits by faculty members …
… Pelton and the baseball team triumphed, winning 5-4.
By Ryan Catalani / Beacon Staff.
The group plans to follow a young boy’s journey through a horrific series of events, combined with a Dr. Seuss-type storybook narration.
“Our film is narration-based, rather than dialogue, and we are aiming to make it very surreal-looking, like a hyper-reality,” Macken said. “We wanted to take these two mediums of historical fiction and storybook narration and put them together to make something that has not been seen before.”
Culture is my drug, and I just love learning about it. And I think that’s what makes me want to come back, not only because it’s my job to be here, but seeing different people who you don’t generally meet.
