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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

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People crossing the street outside the Little Building at the corner of Boylston and Tremont streets. (Arthur Mansavage/ Beacon Staff, File)

As students move out, Emerson Sustainability helps unwanted items find a new home

By Rina Laby, Dept. City Editor / May 17, 2025

As the spring semester ended and move-out season commenced during the first week of May, Emerson students had the option to donate unwanted items to Griff...

Senior pitcher Jessica Gomez (#18) on the mound against Wheaton College on May 3, 2025 (Riley Goldman/ Beacon Staff/ File).

Softball falls to Coast Guard Academy in NEWMAC Tournament play-in game

By Jordan Pagkalinawan, Sports Editor & Website Editor / May 14, 2025

After a six-year drought, the Emerson softball team stormed back into the playoffs as a No. 6 seed, battling the No. 7 Coast Guard Academy Bears in a play-in...

The Emerson softball class of 2025 (Riey Goldman/ Beacon Staff).

Emerson softball celebrates senior day with playoff-clinching victory

By Riley Goldman, Staff Photographer / May 14, 2025

While most Emerson seniors were prepping for senior week and graduation, the Emerson softball team celebrated with a split against Wheaton College on May...

An Emerson College banner on Boylston Street on May 1st, 2025. (Arthur Mansavage/ Beacon Staff, File Photo)

‘Enough is enough’: Emerson faculty convene emergency assembly over protest policy, RA firings, and campus climate

By Iselin Bratz, Content Managing Editor / May 13, 2025

Emerson College faculty convened a last-minute special assembly on Monday, May 5, in response to two recent articles published by The Berkeley Beacon....

2 Boylston Place resident assistant Christian Jones folds paper cranes in the residence hall lobby alongside other students (Courtesy / Sid Timmons).

2B Residents fold 1,000 paper cranes for cancer awareness

By Bryan Hecht, News Editor / May 12, 2025

Throughout April, dozens of students in 2B worked together to collectively fold 1,000 cranes for cancer awareness. According to organizers, the goal was...

Emerson Hillel holds Seder for Jewish students to begin Passover

Emerson students celebrate Passover with traditional Seder and Shabbat dinner

By Sage Jezierski, Senior Reporter / May 2, 2025

On April 12, around 35 students gathered in the Beard Room in Piano Row for Emerson Hillel’s Passover Seder, a traditional meal held on the first night...

The Emerson softball team in a huddle during a doubleheader vs. MIT on April 25 (Riley Goldman/ Beacon Staff).

Emerson softball drops a pair to conference-leading MIT

By Riley Goldman, Staff Photographer / May 1, 2025

Emerson softball fell to 0-20 all-time against conference-leading MIT, dropping both games in their doubleheader on April 25.  MIT came out hot in...

Emerson College Walker Building in Boston on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. (Arthur Mansavage/ Beacon Staff, File)

Journalism faculty Paul Mihailidis named interim dean of School of Communication

By Bryan Hecht, News Editor / May 1, 2025

Journalism faculty member Paul Mihailidis was named the interim dean of the School of Communication, the provost announced in an email to the Emerson community...

Students wrote birthday messages on a picture frame for Truman during his birthday celebration on April 25, 2025 (Madalyn Jimiera / Beacon Staff)

Truman turns 10: Emerson celebrates the beloved campus beagle’s birthday

By Madalyn Jimiera, Dept. Campus Editor / May 1, 2025

Amid a busy finals season, Emerson students took the time to relax, give back, and celebrate Truman, the beloved campus therapy beagle, on his tenth birthday. While...

The Emerson baseball team following their doubleheader losses against Salve Regina on April 27, 2025 (Jordan Pagkalinawan/ Beacon Staff).

Baseball swept by nationally ranked Salve Regina

By Jordan Pagkalinawan, Sports Editor & Website Editor / April 29, 2025

The Emerson baseball team battled the No. 13 nationally ranked and NEWMAC-leading Salve Regina University Seahawks in a Sunday doubleheader in Rhode Island....

Emerson College to integrate AI into classrooms

SGA approves student organization’s budgets and discusses potential cuts in funding

By Hannah Woods, Senior Kasteel Well Reporter / April 27, 2025

The Student Government Association wrapped the 2024-25 academic year with a review of all proposed budgets for Emerson’s student organizations at its...

Boylston SJP Protesters gather on the sidewalk in front of Boylston Place Alley, following a police restriction of the alleyway on Friday, April 25, 2025 (Bryan Hecht / Beacon Staff).

Boylston SJP calls for ‘end to scholasticide’ in Gaza on one-year anniversary of encampment arrests

By Adri Pray, Meg Richards, Iselin Bratz and Bryan Hecht / April 25, 2025

Dozens of people affiliated with Boylston Students for Justice in Palestine rallied in front of the 2 Boylston Place Alleyway Friday evening after Emerson...

Emerson College buildings in Downtown Boston on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. (Arthur Mansavage/ Beacon Staff, File)

College warns against planned SJP protest in 2B Alley one year after the encampment

By Iselin Bratz, Content Managing Editor / April 24, 2025

Emerson College issued a statement acknowledging an upcoming protest action on Friday by Boylston Students for Justice in Palestine and discouraged the...

Emerson College 2 Boylston Place Encampment

Police body camera footage shows use of force against protesters, phone call from Bernhardt to police

By Adri Pray and Yogev Toby / April 24, 2025
In an extensive public records request, The Beacon obtained nearly 10 hours of footage documenting the night of the arrests from 36 body cameras worn by state troopers and cruiser-mounted cameras from the Massachusetts State Police.
Linda Gayle ‘69 and Moonyene Jackson-Amis ‘69 raise their fists on the steps of the former Emerson College administration building at 130 Beacon Street. (Image Courtesy Moonyne Jackson-Amis, Expression Magazine)

More than 55 years later, EBONI co-founder reflects on activism and civil rights on Emerson’s campus

By DJ Mara, Senior Political Reporter / April 23, 2025

Over the years, Emerson College has had a significant history of student-led activism on its campus. From fighting for racial justice on campus to protesting...

Emerson College to integrate AI into classrooms

SGA discusses Back to Boylston Week expansion, continues the ABR

By Hannah Woods, Senior Kasteel Well Reporter / April 23, 2025

With only one general assembly meeting left in this academic year, Executive Treasurer Oliver Katz presented a new resolution at the April 18 Student Government...

Chalked expressions on the 2b alleyway walls. (Photo courtesy Margaux Jubin)

‘I no longer felt safe on campus:’ Jewish students who left Emerson recount their experiences

By Hannah Brueske, Dept. Projects Editor / April 23, 2025

Mia Blachman began her journey at her dream school, Emerson College, in the fall of 2023. It was exactly what she hoped for—a new city, interesting...

Students in Prof. Gregory Payne's seminar course perform excerpts of a reader's theater piece on the Kent State shootings during a retrospective event on Tuesday, April 22, 2025 (Bryan Hecht / Beacon Staff).

Half a century later, Kent State massacre echoes life under Trump, witnesses say at Emerson retrospective

By Bryan Hecht, News Editor / April 23, 2025

Dozens filled the Bill Bordy Theater on Tuesday night as the incongruous sounds of bouncy retro music played over documentary footage of students running...

‘Students are scared to be outwardly Jewish’: Jewish students contemplate transferring following reported antisemitism on campus

Emerson Jewish students divided on claims of antisemitism on campus

By Iselin Bratz, Content Managing Editor / April 23, 2025

As federal crackdowns on higher education intensify, Emerson College, like many other schools, finds itself contending with how best to balance claims...

Emerson College buildings in Downtown Boston on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. (Arthur Mansavage/ Beacon Staff, File)

Faculty elect officers, representatives, committees for next academic year, award Nelli Sargsyan with Faculty Service Award

By Adri Pray, Editor-in-Chief / April 23, 2025

At its final meeting of the academic year, the faculty assembly on Tuesday voted in a slate of candidates to serve as the body’s officers and committee...