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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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Students film Barcelona

April 3, 2014

It was a typical basketball game in Barcelona, said junior Briana Jennings—complete with an assembly of people clad entirely in yellow, waving gold,...

CPLA gets $3,860 in SGA appeal

April 3, 2014

The Emerson Communication, Politics, and Law Association, or CPLA, received $3,860 to go to New York from an appeal to the Student Government Association...

Emerson’s LA Center will offer new summer courses

April 3, 2014

Emerson Los Angeles is expanding its current course offerings for undergraduate, graduate, and continuing education students, according to Michaele Whelan,...

Flooding from sprinkler damages rooms, displaces residents

Flooding from sprinkler damages rooms, displaces residents

April 1, 2014

Several rooms in the Little Building suffered water damage after a sprinkler erupted on the eighth floor, forcing some students to vacate their rooms indefinitely,...

Five full-time faculty hired

Five full-time faculty hired

March 27, 2014

A search that began in fall 2013 for seven new faculty members yielded five hires in the visual and media arts, performing arts, and communication studies...

After racial profiling allegations, college removes guard

After racial profiling allegations, college removes guard

March 27, 2014

A series of incidents in the Little Building left two African-American professors believing they were racially profiled and led to the removal of a Securitas...

New OHRL director to be hired

New OHRL director to be hired

March 27, 2014

Emerson College opened a job search March 5  for a new director of the office of housing and residence life. David Haden is currently both the OHRL...

Public Safety Log - March 27, 2014

Public Safety Log – March 27, 2014

March 27, 2014

Monday, March 17 At 12:13 p.m., a faculty member reported her laptop was stolen from her office in the Walker Building. At 1:52 p.m., a Sodexo employee...

Business major in the works

Business major in the works

March 27, 2014

Emerson faculty and administrators are working on a proposal for a new business major — one that planners say would be unlike other...

SGA grants appeal money to EVVYs and ASIA

SGA grants appeal money to EVVYs and ASIA

March 27, 2014

The Student Government Association unanimously approved appeals by the EVVY Awards, and Asian Students for Intercultural Awareness, or ASIA. The EVVY...

Low candidate turnout at SGA’s Press Night

March 27, 2014

The Student Government Association held its annual Press Night on Tuesday, March 25, with only nine of the 17 candidates in attendance. All but one seat,...

Five new full-time faculty members hired by the college

March 27, 2014

A search that began in fall 2013 for seven new faculty members yielded five hires in the visual and media arts, performing arts, and communication studies...

Media, technology, and race addresed at National Communication Association event

March 27, 2014

A National Communication Association program entitled Clarifying Conversations was held on March 20 in the Bill Bordy Theater, where five panelists from...

Man attempts to set fire to Masonic Lodge, a building next to Ansin

March 20, 2014

A man was arrested Monday night after allegedly attempting to set fire to the Grand Masonic Lodge of Massachusetts at the corner of Boylston and Tremont...

Opera singer leads entrepreneurship class

Opera singer leads entrepreneurship class

March 20, 2014

Ja-Nae Duane said she finally has a way to put her big mouth to use.  Growing up in West Haven, Conn., she was inspired by her Italian language teacher...

College launches new opportunity for students to pursue startups

College launches new opportunity for students to pursue startups

March 20, 2014

Emerson’s new Accelerator program will teach aspiring business starters to be a new kind of triple threat — entrepreneurs who...

Emerson College Police Department Door (Beacon Archives/ File Photo)

Public Safety Log – March 20, 2014

March 20, 2014

Thursday, Feb. 27 At 11:03 a.m., Emerson College Police Department removed a person loitering inside the Barnes & Noble bookstore.   Friday,...

‘Scooter’ fired by college from police role

‘Scooter’ fired by college from police role

March 20, 2014

Hands in the pockets of his protruding zipped-up jacket of his police uniform, Scott Baisley offered a friendly look behind the gilded-rimmed glasses to...

Greek life, or at least a few months

Greek life, or at least a few months

March 13, 2014

Over the course of eight weeks in the fall of 2010, Ernesto Bustillos dedicated on average 15 hours a week to pledge Sigma Alpha Epsilon. But by the spring...

New summer program in Greece offers intensive screenwriting course

New summer program in Greece offers intensive screenwriting course

March 13, 2014

This summer, 10 students will have shot at a real Greek life opportunity—no hazing involved. Rising juniors and seniors in the visual and media...