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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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Burning down the house: the night America turned red

Burning down the house: the night America turned red

By Maddie Barron, Magazine Editor / December 3, 2024

Trump was always going to win.  I dragged Silas with me to a scummy bar in New Hampshire, because, truth be told, I needed a story. I needed to be...

Hacking message. (Internet Archive)

“Nuking a museum”: cyberattacks on a non-profit

By Helen Armstrong, Beacon Correspondent / December 3, 2024

What could the first online magazine have possibly looked like? Where can you find archives of ancient chatrooms or websites before revision? Look...

A Heaven Burned

A Heaven Burned

By Danielle Bartholet, Assistant Living Arts Editor / December 3, 2024

When they placed the headset on my eyes, I first saw white, and I felt like the only person alive.  “Welcome, Eve.” My name was spelled out...

Photo by Nick Peace

Experimental hip-hop

By Rumsha Siddiqui, Content Managing Editor / December 3, 2024

Experimental hip-hop is ever-evolving. For many, this is known fondly as “scaring the hoes” music—a term coined by JPEGMAFIA and Danny Brown, who...

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The Comfort Room

By Jack Silver, Guest Author / December 3, 2024

“Do you remember the mountains, Dane?” The room was vacant save for the white chair on which he sat, and the thin slot on the wall where her words...

(Nick Peace / Beacon Staff)

Let’s get physical: physical media

By Sam Shipman, Assistant News Editor / December 3, 2024

I always felt the whole “it sounds better on vinyl” notion was bullshit. Why would I stop my day to listen to your music when I can just put it on...

Repo Man. (Criterion Forum)

Death, consumerism, and UFOs: the absurd nature of 1980s comedies

By Nathaniel Ruttenberg, Beacon Correspondent / December 3, 2024

A smoking pair of police boots on the side of a highway is never a good sign. It usually indicates that the officer has just been turned to dust by a...

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Curated

By Maggie Kaprielian, Beacon Correspondent / December 3, 2024

According to the National Institute of Health, adolescents who regularly use social media are at double the risk of experiencing poor mental health.   She...

Photos: Choose your own character

Photos: Choose your own character

By Helen Armstrong, Beacon Correspondent / December 3, 2024

Photoshoot concept: Helen Armstrong Modeled by: Nuala Dougherty, Rachel Blackman, Seanalei Nishimura

Terry (Edited by Maddie Barron)

The man, the myth, the Terry: the wacky world of third party candidates

By Kaitlyn Smitten, Beacon Correspondent / December 3, 2024

The U.S. political system operates under two main political parties: the Democratic Party and the Republican Party—but what about candidates who go...

End Martian Law

End Martian Law

By Adam Nuñez, Guest Author / December 3, 2024

Do Aliens Feel Pain? Leaked Document Reveals Extent of U.S. Torture Experiments on May 17th Martian Leaked documents uncovered in a hack on United...

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We want to hear those club classics

By Vivian Farris, Guest Author / December 3, 2024

It’s a Friday night, and you’re going out with your friends. You put your lipstick on in the bathroom mirror and put on the perfect outfit you picked...

Princess Exxen. (Modeled by Charlotte Pernicone)

An interview With Princess Exxen Nomuunus VI

By Sawyer Klipstein, Guest Author / December 3, 2024

The Alpha Centauri Solar System has endured much hardship in its three centuries of monarchy rule, from its unsteady founding to more recent economic...

"I shop therefore I am." (Barbara Kruger)

‘80s print: Curators of culture or boy-crazy product pushers?

By Solia Simpson, Guest Author / December 3, 2024

My mother was born in 1971. Her prime years of adolescence were spent maintaining a perm, working out to Jane Fonda, and observing hip-hop’s early...

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Found Heaven: Toxic love against a neon background

By Hannah Hughes, Beacon Correspondent / December 3, 2024

Conan Gray’s most recent album, “Found Heaven,” pays homage to the bright, chunky sound of the ‘80s with its bold instrumentation, electronic...

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The Workaround

By Jagger van Vliet, Guest Author / December 3, 2024

In a week’s time, the publishing house would have its hands on Jules’ magnum opus, and everything would be settled.  Jules had been imagining...

Don't let the world un-alive your tongue

Don’t let the world un-alive your tongue

By Rachel Choi / December 3, 2024

Technology has progressed to a point so vast that most people have the entire world at their fingertips. Collective knowledge of nearly everything that...

Letter from the Magazine Editor

By Maddie Barron, Co-Opinion Editor / April 20, 2024

Readers,  I knew I wanted this edition of The Berkeley Beacon Magazine to be about the United States, because selfishly I needed to create something...

Modeled by Paige Victoria

Photos: Cigarettes in Gen-Z

By Carson Dyer, Beacon Correspondent / April 17, 2024

Cigarettes are back. Is it the inherent uncoolness of vaping or the nihilism of a younger generation? Photos by Carson Dyer, modeled by Paige Victoria...