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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

(Riley Goldman/ Beacon Staff)
Women’s soccer triumphs over USCGA Bears for first NEWMAC win
In their third New England Women’s and Men’s Athletics Conference (NEWMAC) match of the season, the Emerson women’s soccer team secured their first league win against the United States Coast Guard Academy at Rotch Field to improve their record to 2-4-4.
Hotel works from the Park Plaza Hotel walking the picket line with signs that read” On Strike, Hilton Boston Park Plaza” on October 6, 2024. (Arthur Mansavage/ Beacon Staff)
Day 5 on the picket line: Boston hotel worker’s strike indefinitely
Boston hotel workers walked out of their jobs on Sunday to strike.
Can the Celtics run it back? Previewing the C’s season
Can the Celtics run it back? Previewing the C’s season
Coming off a historic run to earn Banner 18, the Boston Celtics are under pressure and the stakes are high for the Boston Celtics to run it back and become a repeat champion for the first time since 1968–69.
The rally held in Boston Public Garden on Oct. 7 was hosted by IfNotNow, an American Jewish led organization which according to their website hopes to, “end U.S. support for Israel's apartheid system and demand equality, justice, and a thriving future for all Palestinians and Israelis" (Rian Nelson / Beacon Staff)
‘Every death is a universe destroyed:’ Oct. 7 memorial for Israeli and Palestinian lives lost
A crowd of keffiyehs and yamakas filled the Boston Public Garden Monday as part of a joint memorial service for the Israeli and Palestinian lives lost since Oct. 7 last year.
Voter registration materials and resources displayed on a table inside the Emerson College Dining Hall on Tuesday October 1, 2024. (Arthur Mansavage/ Beacon Staff)
Emerson students and staff prepare for upcoming election
As election day looms, Emerson students are looking to get more engaged.
Protesters gathered in the Boylston Place Alleyway on Oct. 8, 2024, where in May they announced they would refer to it as “Walid Daqqa Alley.” (Nick Peace / For The Beacon)
Pro-Palestinian protesters march outside Israeli consulate, in Boylston Place Alley
Dozens of pro-Palestinian protesters marched outside of the Israeli Consulate in Boston Tuesday before gathering in the Boylston Place Alleyway.
Across from the Boylston St. station was a memorial for the over 1,000 Israeli people killed on Oct. 7 by Hamas. This date marks a year since the beginning of this most recent upheaval in violence in the Gaza strip, resulting in over 40,000 Palestinian deaths (Rian Nelson / Beacon Staff)
Jewish community members hold memorial on Boston Common to mourn lives lost on Oct. 7
Protesters hold signs and yell chants as they demonstrate on Storrow Drive, halting traffic on October 6, 2024 (Bryan Hecht / Beacon Staff).
Thousands of pro-Palestinian protesters halt traffic on Storrow Drive in Oct. 7 anniversary protest
Illustration Leonidas Margil
Op-Ed
Elon Musk must be stopped
Since taking over Twitter, Elon Musk has reigned as a tyrant over the app’s policies. He’s changed a variety of harmless features, like the app’s name, but the more pressing matters of his tyranny are the restrictions to privacy and free speech. 
Illustration Rachel Choi
Op-Ed
The rise and fall of a Midwest Princess: Chappell Roan on setting boundaries
Illustration by Rachel Choi
Op-Ed
Emerald Fennell and Jacob Elordi are moving to the moors
Illustration by Rachel Choi
Op-Ed
Being a lover girl: The college experience versus a relationship
Illustration Rachel Choi
Op-Ed
Incoming freshmen carry the targeted violence of last spring with us, and it recontextualizes our futures at Emerson
Becky Moon, who converted her house into a spontaneous studio on Tuesday afternoon, showcased her artistic journey via philosophy-related paintings and sculptures—guests were encouraged to compose poems and draw sounds. (Bryan Liu / Living Arts Editor)
Becky Moon’s open house: a local artist’s philosophy
Courtesy of Brynne Norquist
Emerson’s Brynne Norquist makes BostInno’s 25 under 25 list
A performance from the Good Trouble Brass Band
Brass music fills Davis Square during HONK! Festival
An attendee holding a battery candle during a prayer portion of the remembrance event at The Wang Theatre on Monday October 7, 2024. (Arthur Mansavage/ Beacon Staff)
Greater Boston’s Jewish community gathers for an Evening of Remembrance and Hope, honoring lives lost on Oct. 7
Bruins preseason goalie woes end with a familiar face
Bruins preseason goalie woes end with a familiar face
After much back-and-forth, the Boston Bruins re-signed goaltender Jeremy Swayman on Oct. 6 with a $66 million, eight-year contract.
Presidential Class Council Candidates (from left to right): Lauren Gumban, Jazlyn Compton, Noah Bushe Wang, and Reuben Gonzalez
Meet the first-year students running for Class Council
Gearing up for the official first-year Class Council elections on Monday, many candidates appeared at the Student Government Association’s Class Council debate to campaign. 
Photo courtesy of game attendee Richard Brewer-Hay
Oakland says goodbye to years of baseball as the Athletics head to Las Vegas
A view of Fenway Park from the outfield (Daniel O'Toole/ Beacon Correspondent)
Red Sox trip at the finish line in rebuilding year
Melissa Ludtke discusses her book, "Locker Room Talk: A Woman's Struggle to Get Inside," at the Bright Family Screening Room on Sept. 25 (Rylie Burns/ Beacon Staff).
Melissa Ludtke talks her trailblazing career as a woman in sports journalism
The Emerson men's soccer team lines up prior to their non-conference match vs. Tufts on Tuesday, Sept. 24 (Riley Goldman/ Beacon Correspondent)
Men’s soccer loses NEWMAC opener 1-0 to Springfield
"Iris" by WNDR Studios
The WNDR Museum makes art tangible
Just a short walk from Emerson College’s Boylston Street campus in Downtown Crossing lies the WNDR museum, an engaging public art experience that explores sight, touch, and sound via 21 different installations for everyone of all ages to enjoy.
Michael Kiwanuka. (Bryan Liu/ Living Arts Editor)
Michael Kiwanuka sings: a month before “Small Changes”
There was no disco, yet the ball kept spinning above us, and as much as I wanted this moment to freeze forever it would not—still, I could not help but overflow; because music this beautiful could not be clung to like water, only felt—and if not for my eyelid’s border or the skin of my eardrums, I would have melted all together. 
(Daniel Vinicio Abreu/ Beacon Correspondent)
Dorm room dreams: local art at the Carcass flea market
It began when MASSART students started vending their projects on Evans Way park—but last Saturday, the first Carcass of the semester, a local DIY open-air art exchange by students for students, kicked off. 
‘Mamma Mia!’ takes the stage at Citizens Bank Opera House
‘Mamma Mia!’ takes the stage at Citizens Bank Opera House
The national tour of “Mamma Mia!” made its return to Boston at the Citizens Bank Opera House on Tuesday after a seven-year absence.
Harris accepts Democratic nomination for president: "I know where America belongs."
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Harris accepts Democratic nomination for president: "I know where America belongs."
She makes history as the first Black and Asian American woman to accept a major party presidential nomination.
Donald Trump addresses journalists in the Philadelphia spin room after his first debate against Kamala Harris in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on September 10, 2024. (Bryan Hecht / Beacon Staff).
LIVE
Live Updates: The latest on the Trump campaign
Updated: Aug 23, 2024, 6:35 pm
Students watch the first and likely only vice presidential debate of the 2024 election between Ohio Sen. JD Vance and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz in the Bill Bordy Theater on October 1, 2024 (Abigail Hoyt / Beacon Correspondent).
Vance and Walz squared off for the first time in a cordial debate Tuesday night
The CBS News promotional graphic for the 2024 Vice Presidential debate displayed on a laptop screen on Tuesday, Oct. 1. (Arthur Mansavage/ Beacon Staff)
As it happened: Walz and Vance had their first and likely only VP debate. Here's what happened.
Trump and Harris debated for the first and only time in Philadelphia, on September 10, 2024. (Bryan Hecht / Beacon Staff).
Trump and Harris are neck and neck in latest Emerson College Polling results
Kasteel Well (DJ Mara/Beacon Staff)
Emerson’s provost visits Kasteel Well for the first time
Ignite Festival lights up the night in Union Square
Ignite Festival lights up the night in Union Square
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.
Why is Boston overrated?
A Emerson College logo on the Ansin Building on Tremont street. (Arthur Mansavage/ Beacon Staff, File)
Letter to the Editor: In response to recent Beacon opinion pieces
Vice President for Administration and Finance Paul Dworkis
Emerson’s VP of administration and finance and CFO will retire at the end of the semester
People waiting on a redline subway car in the Park Street Station on March 21, 2023. (Arthur Mansavage/ Beacon Staff, File)
Hope for late-night MBTA service grows as general manager hints at possible expansion
Amor Towles: a glimpse into the life of an author
Amor Towles: a glimpse into the life of an author
NFL boasts highest number of female coaches in history, and counting
NFL boasts highest number of female coaches in history, and counting
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