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

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

The Berkeley Beacon

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Beacon quick picks

December 31, 2012

by Alexandra LeachDAVE EGGERS; WHAT IS THE WHAT; AVAILABLE NOWDave Eggers' latest, What is the What, is a moving, fictionalized memoir that centers around...

Spring break alternative at the Brattle

December 31, 2012

Andrew Bujalski knows that if you want your own program at the Brattle, you better show your Boston pride. After earning his Beantown cred with a degree...

Kal Penn is moving up without getting high

December 31, 2012

Kal Penn pushes his chair back so that it teeters on its back two legs and balances himself with pizza in hand. The whole setup-a tiny room in Northeastern's...

Waste work hours away with these Web sites

December 31, 2012

Keeping students up late at night and forcing them to get almost no sleep, procrastination is a predicament that strikes when work piles up and motivation...

GLBT characters prominent in new films

December 31, 2012

"It was insane," Marie Nikiforova, a freshman film major and employee at the Kendall Square Cinema in Cambridge, said of her experience.,The opening weekend...

Lit mashup master shares rapid rise

Lit mashup master shares rapid rise

December 13, 2012

A million stories walk down the star-studded avenues of Hollywood. Although there is no right path on the road to recognition, author, screenwriter, and...

Pub Club releases Bad Poetry

Pub Club releases Bad Poetry

December 13, 2012

Modern art is not extinct. Although many aging intellectuals have given this century the gloomy prognosis that this is the death of creativity, originality,...

Follow that Truck

Follow that Truck

December 13, 2012

Senior Derrick Cheung and business partner Howard Travis have had praised heaped on them by many media outlets and loyal customers, but they have no plans...

Chew It Over: giving the gift of health

December 13, 2012

The holiday season is upon us again, and that means wallets are rapidly emptying and there’s a Christmas-colored candy dish on every countertop. ...

Getting down to business

Getting down to business

December 13, 2012

No one is surprised to hear lyrics on the radio about sex and violence, or a combination of the two. It’s pretty much expected in modern rap. However,...

Miss Manners

December 13, 2012

Things are getting serious between you and your significant other. You’ve slept together, shared a plate of fries while discussing past heartbreaks,...

Subverting norms with Zanna, Don’t

Subverting norms with Zanna, Don’t

December 13, 2012

It’s a teenage outcast’s dream. Football players are shy, awkward, and misunderstood by the student body. Chess players are egged on by hoots...

Sara Zuckerman on Yuck

December 13, 2012

Sara Zuckerman’s Yuck is the latest work to be released to be released by Undergraduate Students for Publishing’s Wilde Press. The first novella...