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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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Makeup of student body still falls short of advocates’ 1969 goal

January 29, 2015

In 1969, Emerson’s Black Organization with Natural Interests, or EBONI, petitioned the college to, among other things, change the way the college...

Emerson ranked for highest cost of living

January 29, 2015

Emerson was named seventh on U.S. News’ list of colleges with the most expensive room and board fees. The average room and board cost is $15,096...

For top administrators, increasing diversity a lifelong aspiration

For top administrators, increasing diversity a lifelong aspiration

January 29, 2015

In high school, Sylvia Spears requested only two college catalogs: one for the University of Rhode Island—the public institution in her home state—and...

Tenure for few nonwhite professors historically hard to gain

January 29, 2015

Emerson’s present-day pursuit for diversity contrasts a history tainted with allegations of institutional racism. The first time a black professor...

Students join MLK protest

By Christina Jedra / January 21, 2015

Emerson students were among hundreds who protesting in the streets of Boston on Monday afternoon to honor victims of police violence and raise awareness...

Emerson mourns dining hall worker

Emerson mourns dining hall worker

By Jack Adams, The Berkeley Beacon / December 5, 2014

Every time Emerson alumnus Tom Carroll went to the home cooking station in the dining hall, he said he knew he could count on Westley Johnson to put a...

Isis Magazine to change name

November 20, 2014

Update (Nov. 19, 11:33 p.m.): Isis Magazine, an on-campus publication, will officially change its name to Lash Magazine.  “Part of what...

Community honors Straus with Dia de los Muertos

Community honors Straus with Dia de los Muertos

November 13, 2014

Students, faculty, and artists gathered in the Iwasaki Library Halloween morning to decorate an altar honoring Jocelyn Amelia Straus, a freshman student...

Active Minds offers dinner with President Pelton

November 13, 2014

Emerson Active Minds is offering Emerson students an opportunity to eat dinner with President M. Lee Pelton at his Beacon Hill home. Active Minds, a mental...

Emerson LA Center wins architecture award

November 13, 2014

With its walls of windows and distinctive design, Emerson Los Angeles was named a “presidential honoree” by the American Institute of Architects,...

Crime Log, Nov. 6

November 13, 2014

Monday, October 27  Securitas stopped a man trying to go to the sixth floor of Colonial without an ID.   Tuesday, October 28 Emerson College...

SGA grants Atlas appeal

November 13, 2014

The Student Government Association granted Atlas Magazine $2,347 for the production of its publication during Tuesday’s meeting.  Caroline...

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Emerson disputes voluntary municipal payment sum

November 13, 2014

Emerson’s voluntary payments for Boston’s municipal services have fallen short of the requested amount since 2011, according to city data.  But...

Dining hall petition addresses sanitation, food quality

Dining hall petition addresses sanitation, food quality

November 13, 2014

Even though Brigitte Bakalar is an on-campus student at Emerson College, she said she has refused to eat the food at the dining hall ever since her friend...

VMA department eliminates specializations and PIN registration

November 13, 2014

As of this semester, visual and media arts students on the production track do not choose specializations, according to Brooke Knight, the head of the...

Harvard students study Emerson’s liberal arts

November 13, 2014

A recent focus group offering students pizza for their opinions was just one slice of a much bigger pie. The focus groups, conducted on Oct. 30 and Nov....

New Little Building fire alarm system decreasing evacuations

New Little Building fire alarm system decreasing evacuations

November 13, 2014

Students may have noticed fewer evacuations from the Little Building after the building’s fire alarm system was updated over the summer.  The...

Focus Group

Focus Group

November 13, 2014

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Fisher College building haunted, report says

November 6, 2014

The Fisher College brownstone located at 118 Beacon St. doesn’t need decorations to be considered a haunted house this Halloween, according to CBS...