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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

Where to find the LOLs: Totally tube-ular videos

December 31, 2012

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WERS hosts concert in celebration of 60th year

December 31, 2012

Audience members who had trickled out during the first three performances of the WERS 60th anniverary concert rushed back in as the final artist performing,...

Two new Emerson publications take off

December 31, 2012

How about a lifestyle magazine? Thanks to students Faye Brennan and Andrea Drygas, the college now has one-em magazine.,Gauge, Stork, The Emerson Review,...

Slick, sexy and oh so escapist, Duplicity scores as a caper

December 31, 2012

For writer/director Tony Gilroy, following up 2007's Oscar-nominated corporate thriller iMichael Clayton/i with a frothy corporate spy romance might appear...

Women#039;s lacrosse pummels first-year Anna Maria

December 31, 2012

The Emerson College women's lacrosse team is striving to finish off what they started last year."We are looking forward to the GNAC championship," said...

Hangover Hotspot: Toscanini#039;s taste

December 31, 2012

Emerson's sometimes demanding curriculum taking over students' lives during the week can lead to the need to let loose on the weekends. Unfortunately,...

Hand Me Down Night cuts total costs in half

December 31, 2012

Hand Me Down Night will be recession-chic this year, as the total budget has been slashed in half amid a recession and lingering memories of last year's...

Baseball improves over break

December 31, 2012

For the Emerson men's baseball team, spring break meant hardly that, as they spent their week off at the Russ Matt Invitational in Winter Haven, Fla. Now,...

Two innovative new exhibits showing at the ICA

December 31, 2012

biMy Eyes Can Only Look At You/b/iIn 1907, pictures of naked women and bowls of fruit didn't seem to interest artists anymore. Instead, Pablo Picasso,...

Women#039;s lax looks to take another step forward

December 31, 2012

Last year the Emerson women's lacrosse team finished first place in the GNAC during the regular season, but fell to second-seeded Norwich in the conference...

Apocalyptically bad direction mars Snyder#039;s Watchmen

December 31, 2012

Only one good thing can be said about Zack Snyder's painfully flat and irrelevant adaptation of Alan Moore's celebrated graphic novel, iWatchmen/i: It...

Women#039;s basketball turns page on successful #039;08

December 31, 2012

After years of praying to simply make it to the GNAC playoffs, let alone to the finals, this season the women's basketball team proved that they are no...

Trustees to discuss SGA pres. tuition proposal

December 31, 2012

Two weeks after saying the Board of Trustees would not consider Student Government Association President Scott Fisher's request to guarantee a set price...

Pick your poison. Quickly.

December 31, 2012

Those red sharpie letters on my calendar stare at me. "DEPOSIT," they read, sitting on a Monday square three rows down.March 16 is when I need to have...

Emerson weighs cost of #039;09-#039;10 tuition increase

December 31, 2012

Many local colleges, including Emerson, have coped with the economic recession by reinforcing financial aid, reducing tuition increases, or both.President...

Ross, blogs slam Beacon on editorial

December 31, 2012

Boston City Council President Michael Ross and Boston bloggers are criticizing a staff editorial that ran in last week's issue of iThe Beacon/i. The piece...

Emerson baseball prepared for spring training

December 31, 2012

After posting an embarrassing 1-28 season in 2004, the Lion's baseball team was reduced to club sport status in 2005, but when Emerson gave the team a...

The Beacon#039;s pleas to the Board of Trustees

December 31, 2012

bAt issue:/b Emerson's Board of Trustees is meeting this week to decide next year's tuition rate, among other things.bOur view:/b As students, we know...

Lions look for secret to GNAC success in Florida

December 31, 2012

Redemption is in the air for the women's softball team after last season ended with tears and disappointment.The Lions lost their second game in the GNAC...

Liebergott christens Brown-Plofker

December 31, 2012

Greg Townsend