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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

A class picture in a school yard in the 1990's in Israel.

Two stories about growing up in Israel

By Illona Yosefov, Guest Author / May 8, 2024

Content warning: this article contains bloody imagery. I was in grade school when Yigal Amir, a Zionist who objected to the Oslo Accords, assassinated...

Op-Ed: On shared governance

Op-Ed: On shared governance

By Gian Lombardo, Guest Author / May 2, 2024

May Day marks the last day I will enter the classroom as a full-time teacher at Emerson. The part of teaching I will miss most is standing in front of...

Emerson encampment: A look at connection and chaos

A letter to Howie Carr

By Ella Mordarski, Guest Author / April 29, 2024

Dear Howie Carr,  The horrifying screams echoing up from the alley will forever be ingrained in my mind.  On April 25, 2024, I watched from...

Courtesy of Bradley Bird

To my fellow adults in the classrooms

By Bradley Bird, Guest Author / April 27, 2024

Dear fellow Emerson faculty,  Like many of us, I have much I'd like to say in regards to the genocide in Gaza, the college's handling of that issue,...

These Jews say there's nothing scary about anti-Zionism

Op-Ed: These Jews say there’s nothing scary about anti-Zionism

By Jews Against Zionism, Guest Author / April 26, 2024

“You shall not oppress a stranger, for you know the feelings of the stranger, having yourselves been strangers in the land of Egypt” (Exodus 22:20,...

Emerson Hillel is here to stay

Op-Ed: Hillel is here to stay

By Ari Willis, Guest Author / April 18, 2024

This past Monday, April 15, I embarked on a long journey from my Paramount dorm to Piano Row for what was meant to be a relaxing trip to The...

Emerson's downtown Boston campus.

Op-Ed: The weapons of the weak

By Tulasi Srinivas, Guest Author / April 10, 2024

The arrests that happened a few weeks ago at the Presidential Inauguration were a failure of leadership of monumental proportions: it was not just...

Op-Ed: All burn, no heart

Op-Ed: All burn, no heart

By Cal Mazumder / April 4, 2024

On the verge of a good night’s rest after nearly a week of stressing over legal proceedings, academic discipline, and classes, I saw Jay Bernhardt’s...