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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

Graphic Rina Laby

Is woke really back?

By Rina Laby, Deputy Arts & Lifestyle Editor / November 12, 2025

Is woke really back? It sure seems like it, as Zohran Mamdani begins his transition period in New York City and Democrats elsewhere won their races decisively.  Those...

Illustration Mia McDermott

Loneliness is your best friend

By Olivia Hintlian, Staff Writer / November 12, 2025

I’ll never forget crying in my bedroom after a boy in high school told me nobody wanted to be my friend, that everyone found me annoying, and that it...

Illustration Mia McDermott

Am I attractive?

By Bella Nordman, Kasteel Well Bureau Chief, Opinion / November 12, 2025

Would you think I am attractive based on the way I write? Maybe based on the language I use, or my niches? Not to break the fourth wall, but I wonder this...

Illustration Mia McDermott

Just post your boyfriend, it’s ok

By Josie Arteaga, Deputy Kasteel Well Bureau Chief, Opinion / November 6, 2025

A couple of weeks ago, a friend of mine posted a suspicious picture of what was undoubtedly the back of a man's head to her Instagram story. At the bottom...

Illustration Takara Bayley-Gale

Homesickness isn’t terminal

By Josie Arteaga, Deputy Kasteel Well Bureau Chief, Opinion / October 22, 2025

Over the weekend, major presidential elections took place in Bolivia, my home country. For the first time in almost 20 years, the long-reigning political...

Graphic Mia McDermott

My English isn’t your English

By Soham Gupta, Beacon Contributor / October 22, 2025

I have just moved to the United States. The English here is not what I learnt at home. As an international student from India attending a liberal arts...

Graphic Josie Arteaga

Blaming the pandemic is so 2020

By Tess Gleason, Deputy Kasteel Well Bureau Chief, News / October 15, 2025

In my sociology class last semester, one of my classmates attributed the increased aggression and fighting among middle school and high school students...

Illustration Molly Boyke

Fizz gets a downvote from me

By Ella Duggan, Magazine Editor / October 8, 2025

Delete Fizz.  Right now. I’m serious. If you close whatever browser you use, delete Fizz, and never open this article again, I will be happier than...