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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

Letters

Illustration Rachel Choi & Kellyn Taylor

Letter: Looking back and moving forward

By Merritt Hughes, Opinion co-Editor / December 11, 2024
The Berkeley Beacon was the first student organization I joined when I stepped on campus in August 2023.
Illustration Rachel Choi

Letter from the SGA President: reflecting on the Fall 2024 semester

By Nandan Nair, Guest Author / December 11, 2024

When I started telling people that I was the incoming Student Government Association (SGA) President, the first thing a lot of people asked me was “What’s...

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Letter: Emerson: why create programs you don’t want to nurture?

By Avanika Lefcowitz, Guest Author / November 13, 2024
Emerson College announced two new majors in Spring 2022: one of them titled Health and Social Change.
Illustration Kellyn Taylor

Letter from the editors: living in Trump’s America

By Merritt Hughes and Ella Duggan / November 7, 2024
Donald Trump was elected the 47th president of the United States. What comes next?
The Emerson College visitor center on Boylston street. (Arthur Mansavage/ Beacon Staff, File)

Letter to the Editor: Please pause the blame game!

By Rich West, Guest Author / October 30, 2024
Faculty teach—and even implore—students to think critically and to avoid sweeping claims that are unwarranted, based on premature information, or rooted in personal animus.
Anna Feder at the Bright Lights Film Series in 2019.

Letter: My termination shows the hypocrisy at the heart of Emerson

By Anna Feder, Guest Author / October 23, 2024
A big weapon they’re depending upon is shame. They want to make dissidents feel ashamed. At universities around the country, administrators want us to feel guilt
Protesters march into the Boylston Place Alley to chant and protest, on Wednesday, May 1, 2024 (Nick Peace for the Beacon).

Letter: It’s time for Jay to go

Last month, the president of Brandeis University resigned following declining enrollment, mishandling of student protests, and a vote of no confidence by the faculty. We have the same ingredients at Emerson.
A Emerson College sign above the colleges' visitor center on Boylston street. (Arthur Mansavage/ Beacon Staff, File)

Letter from the Editor: Amid campus turmoil, The Beacon is committed to its readers

By Hannah Nguyen, Editor-in-Chief / September 18, 2024
I spent almost every day during the final two weeks of last spring reporting on the Emerson encampment, from the moment tents were set up to when Boston police forcibly cleared it, and nearly every single event that unfolded in its aftermath.
A Emerson College logo on the Ansin Building on Tremont street. (Arthur Mansavage/ Beacon Staff, File)

Letter to the Editor: In response to recent Beacon opinion pieces

By Emersonians Against Campus Antisemitism, Guest Author / September 5, 2024
We write as a group of faculty and staff concerned about the tenor of Beacon opinion pieces in recent weeks. The regulations of specific time, place, and manner of demonstrations, for any cause, do not violate but actually support freedom of speech.
Emerson College Student Union demands more financial aid

A parental response to ‘Some students turn to crowdfunding to pay for Emerson education’

By Pamela Felder-Small, Guest Author / May 15, 2024

First and foremost, many thanks to The Berkeley Beacon for its advocacy to lift the voices of the Emerson College community. This is a response to...

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Letter from the Editor: By the students, for the students

By Sophia Pargas / April 26, 2024
Witnessing such violence and force on my own campus—just two weeks away from leaving it forever—has truly shaken me to the core.
Students entering 2 Boylston Place

Letter to the Editor: In response to Cal Mazumder’s ‘All burn, no heart’

By Emerson Staff Member / April 4, 2024

Your passion and concern for the suffering in Israel and Palestine is laudable.  There is tremendous suffering that you can help alleviate by volunteering...

Who are the core leaders behind EmersonTogether?

Letter from the Editor: On breaking news and intentional reporting

By Sophia Pargas, editor in chief / March 27, 2024

So often as journalists, we are told there is “a way things have always been.”  We set our deadlines and work towards them diligently to remain...

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Letter to the Editor: Faculty and Staff for Justice in Palestine stands in solidarity

By Faculty and Staff for Justice in Palestine, Guest Author / March 6, 2024

On Feb. 28, the Berkeley Beacon published a “Letter to the Editor” from Anna Feder, Emerson’s head of Film Exhibition and Festival Programs,...

Why is it so hard to talk about Palestine?

Letter to the Editor: Why is it so hard to talk about Palestine?

By Anna Feder, Guest Author / February 28, 2024
To my Emerson College community,  I want to frame this editorial by saying that I am a proud Jew.
Students entering 2 Boylston Place

Letter to the Editor: Letter to the President and Provost

December 14, 2023

Dear Jay Bernhardt and Jan Roberts-Breslin, We write to you as members of the Emerson College faculty who approach our duties with civic mindedness...

Letter to the editor

By Shaw Israel Izikson / October 30, 2023

To the editor, In a recent article in The Chronicle of Higher Learning, former Marlboro College Trustee Dena S. Davis wrote in her article "When Your...

Letter from the editor

By Shannon Garrido, Editor-In-Chief / October 18, 2023

On Wednesday, The Berkeley Beacon published an article titled 'Hamas’ Attack: A Tragedy for Israel and a Death Knell for Palestine,' written by Staff...

Who are the core leaders behind EmersonTogether?

Letter from the Editor: On the insensitive coverage of campus tragedies

By Mariyam Quaisar / February 10, 2023

The Berkeley Beacon failed you on Friday when we hastily published a story about the passing of Brooks Walker without consideration and proper context....

An Open Letter to Emerson’s Social Media Manager

An Open Letter to Emerson’s Social Media Manager

By Hadera McKay, Opinion Editor / January 25, 2023

Dear Emerson College Social Media Manager,  Did your finger slip on the post button? Were you only half-awake? Were you in a rush to get to the labor-free...