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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

TRUMP WINS PRESIDENCY

Album art for “Mad Rap Verses.” See a hidden message? Here’s a hint: the album title is hidden in the illustrations. Image credit to Nick Shea.
$1 portrait artist Nick Shea talks ‘Mad Rap Verses’ album release and Boston DIY scene
Nick Shea's new album "Mad Rap Verses," featuring tracks like "Jumbalaya" and "Sing a Song," will release on Nov. 16.
A march attendee hold up a sign that reads "we're not going back". (Sophia Schiappa/ Beacon Correspondent)
Feminists hold Women’s March in the Boston Common on election week

It was an uncommon sight in the Boston Common as a 5-foot tall handmade drinking straw made its way...

Courtesy Mike Mejia
The Boston Pops present ‘Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas in Concert’

“There are few who'd deny, at what I do I am the best,” boasts Jack Skellington, the spindly Pumpkin...

A booth selling books by AK Press, a worker-run publishing and distributing company.
Faces of the Boston Anarchist Bookfair

Since 2011, the Boston Anarchist Bookfair has provided a physical space for anarchism and wider leftist...

Boston En Vogue shines for Boston Fashion Week
Boston En Vogue shines for Boston Fashion Week

On Oct. 15, the Boston En Vogue Luxury Fashion Show, set against the romantic goth style architecture...

Election live updates: Trump wins presidency, Harris set to deliver speech
Election live updates: Trump wins presidency, Harris set to deliver speech

Mass. Sen Elizabeth Warren speaks to a crowd of Massachusetts Democrats at SoWa Power Station hours after her re-election to the Senate on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024 (Bryan Hecht / Beacon Staff).
MassDems express hope and confidence on election night ahead of Trump’s comeback victory
Neighboring homes in St. Croix County in Wisconsin with opposing political signs. (Hannah Brueske/ Beacon Staff)
Which way will Wisconsin swing? Here’s what swing voters are saying.
Illustration Rachel Choi
Op-Ed
‘My vote does not matter.’ Except it does. Now, more than ever.
“My vote does not matter.” This sentiment is often present in political discourse, especially as we approach the presidential election. It’s a phrase I heard my own boyfriend say on the phone the other day.
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
Editorial: ‘Democracy dies in darkness’: Our statement of transparency
Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance addresses journalists in the spin room after the first presidential debate between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris in Philadelphia on September 10, 2024 (Bryan Hecht / Beacon Staff)
Op-Ed
Trump is not the scariest candidate on the ballot: Vance is
Illustration Kellyn Taylor
Op-Ed
Cancel culture is a joke
Archbishop Richard Henning was installed as the seventh archbishop of the Archdiocese of Boston at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross while protesters outside the church called for transparency and settlement in clergy sexual abuse cases on Oct. 31, 2024 (Yogev Toby / Beacon Staff).
Archbishop installation revives conversation of clergy sexual abuse scandal
November 3, 2024

Archbishop Richard Henning was installed as the seventh archbishop of the Archdiocese of Boston on Thursday. It was a bittersweet ceremony,...

Women’s soccer upsets Smith in first round of playoffs, men’s falls to Coast Guard Academy in overtime
Women’s soccer upsets Smith in first round of playoffs, men’s falls to Coast Guard Academy in overtime
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As the fall regular seasons wind down and postseason play begins, both Emerson men’s and women’s soccer teams entered the first round of...

Part of the fitness center update included an increase in the number of free weights and weight training machines like two weight rooms and more dumbbells. (Arthur Mansavage/ Beacon Staff)
Emerson’s new Fitness Center will open on Monday
October 30, 2024
The new fitness center in Piano Row has been in the works for several years and will have an official grand opening Monday morning.
Boston Fashion Week brought Caribbean style to local runways
Boston Fashion Week brought Caribbean style to local runways
November 3, 2024

Boston Caribbean Fashion Week finalized its eleventh year of fashion week on Oct. 19 with an intimate showcase that vibed through the neighboring...

"The Amsterdam," a former slave ship located at the Maritime Museum in Amsterdam. (Photo courtesy Chase Henfey)
Amsterdam’s Maritime Museum leaves Kasteel Well students grappling with display of colonial histories
Handcrafted lanterns for sale at the parade. (Fiona McMahon / Beacon Staff)
Celebrating 41 years of Jamaica Plain history with The Lantern Parade
Formerly the Title IX office, Emerson's Office of Equal Opportunity will address issues of discrimination, sexual violence and harassment on campus.
Office of Equal Opportunity extends Title IX reach
Illustration Kellyn Taylor
Class of 2028, this one’s for you
Illustration by Rachel Choi.
Emerson class discussions aren’t as enriching as professors think they are
The Emerson College visitor center on Boylston street. (Arthur Mansavage/ Beacon Staff, File)
Letter to the Editor: Please pause the blame game!
The Emerson women's cross country team after their victory at the Runnin' Monks Invitational. (Courtesy of Oliver Glass)
Women’s and men’s cross country finish first and fourth at Runnin’ Monks Invitational
Creative Commons
‘The Rocky Horror Picture Show’ celebrates 49 years with special guests at The Colonial.
‘Hitpig!’ crew members talk creating new animated feature film
‘Hitpig!’ crew members talk creating new animated feature film
Norman Lear ‘44
‘Everything that Norman did was influenced by humanity’: Friends and fans remember Norman Lear ‘44
Courtesy Ashlyn Richards
The resonating echoes of 9/11 in country music