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

Lifestyle

EAGLE hosts Queer History Month

By Noel Gasca / October 19, 2017

Even though October is officially known as LGBT History Month, Emerson’s Alliance for Gays, Lesbians, and Everyone decided to relabel it as Queer History...

EAGLE hosts Queer History Month

By Noel Gasca / October 19, 2017

Even though October is officially known as LGBT History Month, Emerson’s Alliance for Gays, Lesbians, and Everyone decided to relabel it as Queer History...

SheCult collective plans to publish magazine

SheCult collective plans to publish magazine

October 18, 2017

In fall 2016, SheCult was founded to create a network for queer artists. This year, the collective is publishing its first full-length magazine, to be...

Love Column: An online dating recipe for disaster

October 18, 2017

I don’t do online dating. I wish I did, but I just don’t. I would rather ruin a relationship with someone I know in real life, you know? I’m...

Students take to the Freedom Trail for Survivor Boston

Students take to the Freedom Trail for Survivor Boston

October 18, 2017

Survivor Boston is not your typical reality show. Instead of competing with complete strangers, you contend with the person two rows in front of you in...

Preparing meals on the weekend provide a week’s worth of home-cooked comfort.
REBECCA SZKUTAK / BEACON STAFF

Bites with Becca: A lesson in loving leftovers

By Rebecca Szkutak / October 18, 2017

There's only one thing better than a home-cooked meal. I'm talking about the hero of brown bag lunches and impromptu sandwiches. It’s a blessing,...

Freshmen Rashona Kumar and Bethany Knickerbocker are working together to start the first Camp Kesem at Emerson.
CASSANDRA MARTINEZ / BEACON STAFF

Freshmen aim to start summer camp

By Grace Griffin / October 18, 2017

When she was 10, Rishona Kumar went to Camp Kesem, a weeklong summer program led by college-student counselors for children with parents who have...

Natalie Harper, the vice president of SheCult, is helping lead the charge to publish a magazine.
BETHANY HAMLIN / BEACON STAFF

SheCult collective plans to publish magazine

By Emily Mason / October 12, 2017

In fall 2016, SheCult was founded to create a network for queer artists. This year, the collective is publishing its first full-length magazine, to be...

Love Column: An online dating recipe for disaster

By Kelly Vernon / October 12, 2017

I don’t do online dating. I wish I did, but I just don’t. I would rather ruin a relationship with someone I know in real life, you know? I’m into...

Hidden Lantern festival to shine light on mental health

Hidden Lantern festival to shine light on mental health

October 11, 2017

Last April, over 200 students packed into a Walker classroom for the one-night event Project WOW, an art fair promoting mental health. The festival will...

Style column: Body before bra

October 11, 2017

When I finally got my first bra, it was immediately uncomfortable and hard to wear. Upon clasping it together, I asked my mom if this was how they always...

Members of season two of Survivor Boston on Boston Common.
CASSANDRA MARTINEZ / BEACON STAFF

Students take to the Freedom Trail for Survivor Boston

By Noel Gasca / October 11, 2017

Survivor Boston is not your typical reality show. Instead of competing with complete strangers, you contend with the person two rows in front of...

Style column: Body before bra

October 5, 2017

When I finally got my first bra, it was immediately uncomfortable and hard to wear. Upon clasping it together, I asked my mom if this was how they always...

Real Talk creates conversations, supports students

October 4, 2017

It’s time to put the phone away—and talk for real. REAL Talk is a new support group on campus intended to teach students how to communicate...

Seniors Suzie Hicks and Ellie Penfield-Cyr are expanding Project WOW into a five-day Hidden Lantern festival.
Lindsey Toomer / Beacon Correspondent

Hidden Lantern festival to shine light on mental health

By Grace Griffin / October 4, 2017

Last April, over 200 students packed into a Walker classroom for the one-night event Project WOW, an art fair promoting mental health. The festival...

Real Talk creates conversations, supports students

By Gabriella Leonel / September 28, 2017

It’s time to put the phone away—and talk for real. REAL Talk is a new support group on campus intended to teach students how to communicate with each...

College hires Pulitzer winner

College hires Pulitzer winner

September 28, 2017

After 30 years working as a photographer for the Miami Herald, Patrick Farrell is taking a year-long leave—he joined Emerson this year as a Distinguished...

Mindfulness course moves students to meditate

Mindfulness course moves students to meditate

September 27, 2017

Overwhelmed students seeking tranquility can turn to the Mindfulness Practitioner Program, a new initiative focused on mindfulness meditation. Harrison...

Freshman brings menstrual movement to campus

Freshman brings menstrual movement to campus

September 27, 2017

With over 100 high school, university, and community chapters established around the world, PERIOD is the largest and fastest growing youth-run nongovernmental...

Patrick Farrell
CASSANDRA MARTINEZ / BEACON STAFF

College hires Pulitzer winner

By Emily Mason / September 27, 2017

After 30 years working as a photographer for the Miami Herald, Patrick Farrell is taking a year-long leave—he joined Emerson this year as a Distinguished...