Skip to Main Content
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

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

The Berkeley Beacon

BIG HOME BELOW

Tens of Thousands of protesters gather on Boston Common to protest the Trump administration on Saturday, October 18, 2025. (Arthur Mansavage/ Beacon Staff)

Boston No Kings Day protest welcomes differing opinions, education, and creative resistance

By Madalyn Jimiera, Hannah Brueske and DJ Mara / October 22, 2025

Thousands of protesters, dressed in colorful outfits and inflatable costumes, a new symbol of farcical opposition to President Donald Trump, headed toward...

A Emerson College journalism student works on a story in their dorm room on Monday October, 13, 2025. (Alex Cuozzo/ Beacon Staff)

How Emerson’s journalism department is facing declining enrollment, national distrust in the media, and the digital age

By Hannah Brueske, Dept. Projects Editor / October 16, 2025

For years, Emerson’s journalism program has been recognized as one of the best in the country. Since the journalism department’s inception in 1997,...

(Graphic by Charlie Desjardins / Beacon Staff)

Government shutdown means dreams on hold for furloughed interns

By Bryan Hecht, News Editor / October 15, 2025

For Henry Jones, the threat of a government shutdown wasn’t real—until it was. Jones, a senior political communications major at Emerson, works...

Pro-Palestine protesters are held down and arrested following a demonstration on Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025. (Bryan Hecht / Beacon Staff)

Pro-Palestine protesters charged with resisting arrest, one charged with assault in Downtown Boston

By Iselin Bratz and Bryan Hecht / October 9, 2025

Thirteen pro-Palestine protesters arrested during a Downtown Boston demonstration on Tuesday, Oct. 7 will face charges of resisting arrest, disorderly...

Statement of transparency from the Editor

Statement of transparency from the Editor

By Meg Richards, Editor-in-Chief / October 9, 2025

 On Wednesday night, The Beacon took down an Instagram video of the arrest of protesters on Oct. 7 in Downtown Boston. After concerns were raised from...

Notes left by visitors at the Nova Exhibition on October 7, 2025 memorializing the lives lost during the Oct. 7 attacks. (Madalyn Jimiera / Beacon Staff)

Exhibition memorializes victims and survivors of Nova Music Festival and Oct. 7 attacks

By Madalyn Jimiera, Dept. Campus Editor / October 9, 2025

On Oct. 7, 2023, May Hayat and her best friend, Liron Barda, the bar manager for the Nova Musical Festival in Re’im, Israel, arrived early in the morning...

‘When you’re laughing, you can’t also be scared:’ Colbert producer Ballard C. Boyd talks the resonant power of late-night

‘When you’re laughing, you can’t also be scared:’ Colbert producer Ballard C. Boyd talks the resonant power of late-night

By Hannah Brueske, Dept. Projects Editor / October 1, 2025

Emmy award winning producer Ballard C. Boyd ‘04, was one of the few to witness the minute backstage before an excited Stephen Colbert made his grand...

Ken Grout, a senior executive in residence in the communications department, performing in the Southwick Recital in 2022. (Courtesy of Emerson College Archives & Special Collections)

Southwick recital examines the legacy of Emerson communications in 125-year celebration

By Evanthia Chapman, Beacon Correspondent / October 1, 2025

Sports stadiums reverberating with cheering fans, all wearing the college colors, is what most may imagine when they think of college tradition. But at...

A student serves themselves lunch during the "Eat Local Challenge," at the Emerson Dining Center on Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025. (Alex Cuozzo / Beacon Correspondent)

‘Eat Local Challenge’ lunch tasks Emerson’s chefs with crafting a nearly 100% locally sourced menu

By Isabella Rocha, Jules Telfort / October 1, 2025

On Tuesday, Sept. 23, chefs at the Dining Center were tasked with crafting the entire lunch menu using only ingredients sourced within a 150-mile radius...

Documentarist brothers Jules (left) and Gédéon (right) Naudet present a screening of their documentary "January 6" in the Bright Family Screening Room on Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025. (Alex Cuozzo / Beacon Correspondent)

Bright Family Screening Room hosts January 6th documentary, explores human stories of the Capitol attack

By Lila Reimels, Beacon Correspondent / October 1, 2025

Images of pummeled Capitol Police officers and America’s leaders fleeing down Congressional hallways filled the screen of the Bright Family Screening...

A cliff diver hypes up the crowd before leaping off the ICA (Bryce Heilmann/ For The Beacon).

Cliff diving makes waves in Boston from atop the ICA

By Rina Laby, Dept. City Editor / September 24, 2025

If your friend jumped off a cliff, would you follow them? The answer was an enthusiastic “yes!” for the 24 world-class divers who leapt into Boston...

The Joint Committee on Veterans and Federal Affairs prepares for a hearing on the Defend the Guard bill at the Massachusetts State House on Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025 (C. Scott Morris / Beacon Correspondent).

Amid Trump administration actions, ‘Defend the Guard’ bill seeks to redefine federal deployment powers over the National Guard

By C. Scott Morris, Beacon Correspondent / September 24, 2025

Last Tuesday, the Defend the Guard bill came under scrutiny in the hearing room of the Massachusetts Statehouse. The bill aims to change the deployment...

The Wang Theater (Nick Peace/ Beacon Staff)

Commencement is moved to Wang Theatre, prompting student backlash

By Genesis McZeno, Beacon Correspondent / September 17, 2025

For the first time since 2022, Emerson College has changed locations for the graduating class of 2026’s commencement ceremonies from the Agganis Arena...

Turnstyles inside of Park Street Station on March 21, 2023 (Arthur Mansavage/ Beacon Staff, File)

‘You see everyone skip paying it;’ Students conflicted on the MBTA’s new fare enforcement policy

By Catalina Mena, Beacon Correspondent / September 17, 2025

Starting Monday, Sept. 8, Boston commuters subway stations will be more crowded and a lot more vigilant. The MBTA’s newest staff have arrived decked...

The Maximilian Mutchnick Cafe. (Ashlyn Wang/Beacon Staff)

Business Services responds to student dining concerns with refunds, changes to meal equivalency policy

By Bryan Hecht, News Editor / September 16, 2025

After many complaints from students following over-the-summer changes to dining hours, locations, and payment plans, Business Services responded in a community-wide...

A depiction of an employee's belongings.. (Arthur Mansavage/ Beacon Staff)

Faculty and staff left reeling from 30-person layoff

By Meg Richards, Editor-in-Chief / September 10, 2025

After the layoffs of 30 staff members at Emerson College in August, Emerson IT employee Steve Bohrer took a walk on the beach with his wife, former...

Dining Center of Emerson College

New policies at various campus dining facilities leave students frustrated and confused

By Sage Jezierski, Senior Reporter / September 10, 2025

When students arrived on campus this year, their dining options were notably different. Changes included making the majority of stations self-service at...

The Emerson College Little Building dorm on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. (Arthur Mansavage/ Beacon Staff, File)

Emerson announces initiative to house Wentworth Institute of Technology students in the Little Building for upcoming year

By Madalyn Jimiera, Dept. Campus Editor / September 8, 2025

For the second academic year in a row, non-Emerson students will call the Little Building home.  This year, Emerson College will partner with Wentworth...

The Emerson College Los Angeles campus on  Sunset Boulevard on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. (Riley Goldman/ For the Beacon)

ELA Executive Director departs after nearly seven years: ‘It’s a special place’

By Meg Richards, Editor-in-Chief / July 15, 2025

Tim Chang will depart his role as Executive Director of the Emerson Los Angeles Center (ELA) effective July 15, 2025, marking the end of a nearly seven-year-long...

Big Body Kweeng performs at Outloud Boston 2025.

Queer voices share the stage at Boston’s inaugural Outloud Music Festival.

By Sam Lawrence, Video Editor / June 27, 2025

Muscular go-go dancers lined the stage as drag queen Trixie Mattel performed a DJ set well-suited towards her LA barbie doll persona. This performance...