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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

Op-Ed

Photo Charlie Desjardins

The lost art of the album

By Scarlett Heikkila, Staff Writer / January 28, 2026

In a world where music is endlessly shuffled, skipped, and commodified, the album has become an endangered art form. As an avid album lover, it pains...

Graphic Charlie Desjardins

ICE needs body cameras now

By Charlie Desjardins, Opinion Editor / January 21, 2026

There are cameras everywhere in 2026: in doorbells, on cellphones, and embedded within eyeglasses. But that doesn’t mean they’ve illuminated the picture...

Graphic Charlie Desjardins

How I stopped scrolling and learned to unplug

By Mer Hughes, Multimedia Managing Editor & Layout Editor / January 21, 2026

When I returned back to Boston this semester, I started to notice that no one in the crammed Walker elevators on the way to class cared to start a conversation....

Demonstrators brought various homemade signs. (Nick Peace/ Beacon Staff)

Who gets remembered in white America?

By Mer Hughes, Multimedia Managing Editor & Layout Editor / January 15, 2026

You should be mad about Renee Good. But you also should’ve been mad before.  If you have somehow avoided the news for the past week, Good was a Minneapolis...

Illustration Mia McDermott

Chasing a dream on deadline

By Bella Nordman, Kasteel Well Bureau Chief, Opinion / December 10, 2025

As winter break approaches, all I can think about is the free time I will have.  Being extremely busy with finals, I can see the end in sight, and...