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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

Arts

Paul Newman: the heroic anti-hero

December 31, 2012

Harry Vaughn

Religulous loses the faith

December 31, 2012

Harry Vaughn

Dance and tap to Ratatat at the Paradise

December 31, 2012

Mike Desjardin

Music columnist Ben Collins sounds off on Meghan McCain

December 31, 2012

Ben Collins, Beacon columnist

Trailer Park

December 31, 2012

Harry Vaughn

Chaos suffers from chemical imbalance

December 31, 2012

Chaos Theory is not as scientific as it sounds, unless you are referring to the formulaic plot of this standard romantic comedy. In fact, the only lab...

New comedy makes all Dreamz come true

December 31, 2012

Usually when filmmakers set out with an idea for a project, they hope that it won't flop and die on the cutting room floor. In an interview with The Beacon,...

Lack of the Passion: Sam Phillips at Somerville

December 31, 2012

Mike Desjardin

Zinn amp; co. get graphic

December 31, 2012

Cartoons are history. Well, at least they are in the new graphic novel adapted from historian Howard Zinn's bestselling book, A People's History of the...

Was (Not Was) is a hit

December 31, 2012

Fresh off a nearly 20-year break, Was (Not Was) is finally releasing a new album, Boo! Keeping with their genre-bouncing sound, the disc offers a range...

Beacon#039;s Sean Dalal buries the undead

December 31, 2012

Sean Dalal

Furnaces elicit fiery debate: Where do you fall?

December 31, 2012

PRO - Brendan McCarthyThe Fiery Furnaces are back in town for the second time this school year, and they are one brother/sister duo whose antics won't...

Seek out Squid

December 31, 2012

With few exceptions, 2005 has lacked exceptional filmmaking. Such "prestige" pictures as Capote and Jarhead have all been slightly unsatisfying, despite...

Frogacs does monster mashups

December 31, 2012

In the eyes of the Internet generation, a "mashup" is defined as a work which recombines and modifies existing work-film, text, audio, still image or any...

Spurlock seeks truth in World search for bin Laden

December 31, 2012

Of course, that's not really the point of Where in the World is Osama bin Laden? It's not even the question Spurlock tries to answer during his four-continent...

Remembering Jason Segel

December 31, 2012

Berkeley Beacon: Did any particular breakup inspire you to write the movie? Jason Segel: I have ten years of relationships ending with me being dumped...

Goldstein gleefully ignites Aflame

December 31, 2012

Mike Desjardin