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Emerson College’s only independent, student-run newspaper since 1947

The Berkeley Beacon

Emerson College’s only independent, student-run newspaper since 1947

The Berkeley Beacon

Emerson Colleges' Little Building and Colonial Building on Boylston Street. (Arthur Mansavage/ Beacon Staff, File)
Bernhardt affirms college’s steadfast support for transgender and international students in the face of federal challenges
20 minutes ago

President Jay Bernhardt on Wednesday reaffirmed Emerson’s “enduring commitment to building and sustaining an inclusive and caring community” in an email sent...

Graduate guard Trevor Arico shoots against Springfield College on Feb. 15, 2025 (Riley Goldman/ Beacon Staff).
‘The Lions are hungry’: Men’s basketball survives thriller vs. Springfield, 63-61
February 18, 2025

As the Emerson men’s basketball team dueled against Springfield on Feb. 15, sophomore guard Guillermo Gasset Ruiz had done just about everything for the Lions—blocking...

Nathalie Stutzmann conducts the BSO at Symphony Hall. (Courtesy Robert Torres/BSO)
Nathalie Stutzmann has her Boston Symphony Orchestra conducting debut with ‘The Firebird’
February 12, 2025

Pristine classical music seeped into the brisk air through the window creases of Symphony Hall last weekend, as the Boston Symphony Orchestra performed from repertoire...

Courtesy of Jiwon Kim.
‘Not a team of friends, but a family of brothers’: ‘Six Years to May’ recounts men’s lacrosse 2024 season
February 12, 2025

Six years ago, Emerson College was a completely different school—it was untouched by the COVID-19 pandemic, Little Building was pre-remodel, Lee Pelton was still...

Estefania Galvis, one of the organizers of the rally, shouting and leading the crowd of over a thousand people through the streets outside of Boston city hall plaza on Friday, Feb. 14, 2025. (Arthur Mansavage/ Beacon Staff)
‘Our love is resistance’: Anti-Trump protesters march through downtown on Valentine’s Day

Hundreds of protesters from nearly 100 local and statewide organizations gathered at the Parkman Bandstand in the Boston Common for the “Stop the Coup” rally on Feb 14—symbolically...

A drone view of Kasteel Well between 1920 and 1940 from the Netherlands Institute for Military History / Courtesy Archief Well
From noble house to Nazi occupation to Emerson dormitory: The many lives of Kasteel Well
A group of Lion Dancers perform in the street during this years Lunar New Year parade. Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025 (Nick Peace/Beacon Staff)
Boston’s Chinatown rings in the Year of the Snake in annual parade
A person holds a sign with the transgender flag in front of the State House. (Brianna Silva/ File Photo)
Letters
Letter: Emerson’s refusal to publicly support its transgender community speaks volumes
Several administrators say that Emerson doesn’t want to put a “target” on its back. Let's be clear: Trans students, faculty, and staff are suffering.
Illustration Rachel Choi
Letters
Letters from the SGA President: We’re investing in the Emerson community, but we need your help
Adam Scott in “Severance,” now streaming on Apple TV+.
Op-Ed
Why is ‘Severance’ so underrated?
Illustration Molly Boyke
Thoughts
Feeling lonely? You’re not the only one
Illustration Rachel Choi
Op-Ed
It’s survival of the richest on Musk’s colonized Mars
Estefania Galvis, one of the organizers of the rally, shouting and leading the crowd of over a thousand people through the streets outside of Boston city hall plaza on Friday, Feb. 14, 2025. (Arthur Mansavage/ Beacon Staff)
‘Our love is resistance’: Anti-Trump protesters march through downtown on Valentine’s Day
February 18, 2025

Hundreds of protesters from nearly 100 local and statewide organizations gathered at the Parkman Bandstand in the Boston Common for the “Stop...

A drone view of Kasteel Well between 1920 and 1940 from the Netherlands Institute for Military History / Courtesy Archief Well
From noble house to Nazi occupation to Emerson dormitory: The many lives of Kasteel Well
25 seconds ago

Emerson will celebrate its 40th anniversary of sending students to its Kasteel Well campus in Well, Netherlands, next year. While this is a big...

The starters for Emerson women's basketball ahead of their game against Wheaton on Feb. 15, 2025. From left to right: Kendra Dodd, Kaylin O'Meara, Elise Arnold, Claire English and Jessie Silk (Riley Goldman/ Beacon Staff).
Emerson women’s basketball closes home season with 67-57 win over Wheaton
32 minutes ago

The Emerson women’s basketball team played its final home game of the regular season on Feb. 15, ending on a high note with a 67-57 victory...

Mark Adamo photographed by Daniel Welch. (Courtesy of April Thilbeault)
This 2,400-year-old Ancient Greek comedy might be perfect for Valentine’s Day
February 12, 2025

When Aristophanes dropped “Lysistrata” in 411 BC, Ancient Greece didn’t know how to react. The play follows Lysistrata, a woman who...

Burning down the house: the night America turned red
Burning down the house: the night America turned red
Hacking message. (Internet Archive)
“Nuking a museum”: cyberattacks on a non-profit
A Heaven Burned
A Heaven Burned
Photo by Nick Peace
Experimental hip-hop
Brain. (Creative Commons)
The Comfort Room
(Nick Peace / Beacon Staff)
Let’s get physical: physical media
Repo Man. (Criterion Forum)
Death, consumerism, and UFOs: the absurd nature of 1980s comedies
Phone. (Creative Commons)
Curated
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Jibo sits on a desk in the XR-Studio
How Emerson is—and isn’t—using artificial intelligence in the classroom
Students at Emerson’s Kasteel Well campus in the Limburg, Netherlands arrived for orientation just days before Trump was sworn in (Bryan Hecht / Beacon Staff).
Some Americans said they would leave when Trump took office. Students studying abroad actually did.
Attendees playing Bầu Cua Cá Cọp, a traditional Vietnamese dice game at Pao Arts Center. (Marley Noiwan/ Beacon Correspondent)
Representation in celebration: Pao Arts Center hosts their annual Lunar New Year Festival
Column: How political is the NFL?
Column: How political is the NFL?
Kim Meadows (left), the Beacon's then editor-in-chief, and Rachel Layne (right), then managing editor and current Emerson Journalism affiliated faculty member, work on laying out the school newspaper, the Berkeley Beacon, on April 12, 1989. (Photo courtesy of the Emerson College Archives & Special Collections)
Editorial: ‘Democracy dies in darkness’: Our statement of transparency
The Emerson College visitor center on Boylston street. (Arthur Mansavage / Beacon Staff, File)
Letter to the Editor: Please pause the blame game!
The starters for Emerson women's basketball ahead of their game against Wheaton on Feb. 15, 2025. From left to right: Kendra Dodd, Kaylin O'Meara, Elise Arnold, Claire English and Jessie Silk (Riley Goldman/ Beacon Staff).
Emerson women’s basketball closes home season with 67-57 win over Wheaton
Max Kondziolka at a special screening of "The Brutalist" in L.A. (Courtesy of Max Kondziolka)
Max Kondziolka, ‘The Brutalist’ producer and archaeology student, seeks stories that break new ground
Illustration by Ben Putney
No, The NFL isn’t rigged
Photos: Choose your own character
Photos: Choose your own character