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

College games help feed the hungry

College games help feed the hungry

November 21, 2013

The sky was a cloudless pale blue and everything was quiet. The city was calm, except for the softball fields on Boston Common, where a group of nearly...

One Month, 50,000 Words

One Month, 50,000 Words

November 21, 2013

Keyboards are clacking all through these November nights as writers race to complete National Novel Writing Month, affectionately known as NaNoWriMo. With...

Fraternity hosts professional summit for networking newbies

Fraternity hosts professional summit for networking newbies

November 21, 2013

Throughout college, students can mix and mingle, strike up a conversation, and trade resumes with alumni from many fields. During Zeta Phi Eta’s...

Photographs shed light on Emerson students stories

Photographs shed light on Emerson students’ stories

November 14, 2013

Boylston Street’s hustle and bustle is crawling with individuals eagerly rushing from classes to internships. Among the busyness, two students might...

Across the pond: Hidden Inspirations

November 14, 2013

Cities are often synonymous with their biggest attractions: Paris is to the Eiffel Tower, as Rome is to the Coliseum, as London is to the palace guards....

Students take action with community service event

Students take action with community service event

November 14, 2013

From serving spaghetti to the needy to playing Family Feud with the elderly, for many students, Veteran’s Day was spent lending a helping hand throughout...

Art motivates campus social change

Art motivates campus social change

November 14, 2013

With their bodies sprawled across the floor, eight Emerson students climb over one another, desperately struggling to follow each other’s lead. The...

Love Notes: Cuffing Season

November 7, 2013

Have you ever noticed that, once it starts getting cold out, even some of the wildest partygoers trade in skin-tight pants for sweatpants, and one-night...

On poetry and Pulitzers

On poetry and Pulitzers

November 7, 2013

It was nothing but a man and his words, but it visibly moved the audience.   The world-renowned poet Philip Levine is 85 years old, with a bristling...

First Transgender Awareness Week promotes the authentic me

First Transgender Awareness Week promotes “the authentic me”

November 7, 2013

As October’s Queer Awareness Month came to a close, some on-campus organizations, with help from the college, decided to continue the theme by hosting...

Students assist media lab aimed to aid nonprofits

Students assist media lab aimed to aid nonprofits

November 7, 2013

At Emerson, it is nearly impossible to come across unmotivated students. Everywhere you turn, there are eager students searching for new opportunities...

Foundation on the Margins: Liberal arts profs try to offer value at a specialized school

Foundation on the Margins: Liberal arts profs try to offer value at a specialized school

November 1, 2013

Jon Honea does not have the type of office you might expect for a professor in Emerson’s communication sciences and disorders department. Books about...

Across the Pond: Forsaking the clichés

October 31, 2013

When I got to Europe, my overly romanticized notion of what I was getting into had me sipping wine in Paris, experiencing the nightlife in Amsterdam, visiting...

Americas Funniest Home Videos creator returns home

America’s Funniest Home Videos creator returns home

October 31, 2013

When Vin Di Bona’s friend Henry Winkler sent him a script, he passed up a $100,000 job to take a chance on it.  The script eventually became...

Bringing legends to life  in the Cabaret

Bringing legends to life in the Cabaret

October 31, 2013

From ninjas, to luchadores, to Che Guevara, Emerson’s Legends Ball was an intercultural rendezvous of many characters. The four multicultural groups ...

Families conquer campus activites

Families conquer campus activites

October 24, 2013

The campus crawled with a strange demographic — a mix of college students and parents adorned with Welcome Center swag bags, brochures,...

Pelton embraces Emersons Halloween spirit

Pelton embraces Emerson’s Halloween spirit

October 24, 2013

Halloween is a holiday of traditions. Whether it’s decorating the house, dressing up in a costume, or going to a Halloween party, the day is marked...

Health Matters

October 24, 2013

These days, you can’t enter a grocery store without seeing the words “gluten-free” plastered all over various products. Gluten-free breads,...

Student’s show hopes to thrill and  terrify

Student’s show hopes to thrill and terrify

October 24, 2013

Areana is obsessed with herself.  Evan physically cannot make his own decisions.  Phoebe and Mikki are two roommates on the wrong end of revenge. ...

Ups and Downs: Surviving — and embracing —  a vertical campus

Ups and Downs: Surviving — and embracing —  a vertical campus

October 24, 2013

Any prospective Emerson student is bound to hear an overly excited tour guide say something along the lines of, “We’re a very vertical campus....