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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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Yoga gives students time to relax

December 31, 2012

The number of participants in yoga classes at the Emerson College Fitness Center (ECFC) has increased this year from a handful of practitioners to full...

Deconstructing natural remedies

December 31, 2012

While Advil, Nyquil or other pharmaceuticals are all options for tending to these symptoms, some students on campus are also using alternative methods,...

Decision oh-ate: local, organic or both?

December 31, 2012

You look up the nearest supermarket: Outside of specialty stores or 7-Eleven, you find a Shaw's next to the Prudential Center, a Whole Foods tucked behind...

A raw deal: vegan Grezzo serves it cold

December 31, 2012

by the temptations of chocolate-covered pastries and other comfort foods, Grezzo employs a different philosophy.,Grezzo is the last restaurant you would...

Great escape to ice cream mountain

December 31, 2012

Eating a pint of Ben Jerry's during stressful times is clicheacute;. The over-extended student, knee-deep in papers, finals and film shoots eats his or...

Likin#039; Mike#039;s City Diner

December 31, 2012

of home-cooked turkey onto a hot plate with all the accoutrements: green beans, gravy and the buttery goodness of mashed potatoes.,Hands deftly flip and...

Commonwealth books it to Downtown Crossing

December 31, 2012

It was a fairy tale land of books, the mind's eye image of a magical bookstore complete with a coy house cat.,In between classes or on a lazy Sunday afternoon,...

Required Spring Break Reading

December 31, 2012

James JoyceFirst published in the early twenties, Joyce's novels Ulysses and Finnegan's Wake are the most commonly known of his work. The Dublin-based...

Bro Like Me

December 31, 2012

"Yeah," other Orientation Leaders agreed. "Did you see all the bros?"True, few Emersonians are known for their overbearing masculinity, but everyone is...

Roses are red, T rides are blue

December 31, 2012

In so many ways, the Blue Line is a weird place. Sometimes it ends at Government Center, because Bowdoin station keeps strange hours. (Has anyone ever...