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The Berkeley Beacon

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

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The charm and cost of Beacon Hill

The charm and cost of Beacon Hill

April 8, 2015

As students begin the annual housing search, the Beacon will feature a different Boston-area neighborhood each week—complete with pros and cons,...

Beacon Beats: Al Jo

Beacon Beats: Al Jo

April 6, 2015

For the latest Beacon Beats, sophomore Alex Johnson, who goes by the stage name Al Jo, performed several tracks from his debut mixtape, The...

Dear White People At Emerson

Dear White People At Emerson

April 1, 2015

Director Justin Simien described his first feature film, Dear White People, as the imagined love child of Spike Lee’s seminal 1989 film Do The Right...

Beacon Beats: Michael Mirabella Music

Beacon Beats: Michael Mirabella Music

April 1, 2015

For the latest Beacon Beats, Michael Mirabella and his bandmates Harry Brownstein and Jack Naylor enlivened the Beacon office with buoyant performances...

The limits of literary patriotism

March 25, 2015

In a recent edition of the New York Times Book Review, Cheryl Strayed, author of the bestselling memoir Wild, and Adam Kirsch, poetry critic for The New...