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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

Opinion

Homelessness can#039;t be ignored

December 31, 2012

It was sometime in the late evening and I was walking up Boylston Street from Piano Row. Only a few steps past the roadside scaffolding beside Gypsy Bar,...

The misguided graduate bribe

December 31, 2012

As March approaches, Emerson's seniors are in a state of hyperactivity: completing portraits, editing resumes, polishing cover letters and making final...

Menino in the wrong

December 31, 2012

On Jan. 9, the Massachusetts Public Health Council approved a plan that will allow some retailers and nonprofit organizations to operate medical clinics...

The dream of democracy

December 31, 2012

At a recent business conference, I witnessed all that Arab-Muslims are "incapable" of.Just a few weekends ago, I participated in the annual conference...

Obama leads in polls, McCain#039;s shoes tied

December 31, 2012

Matt Tempesta

Hell, no! We won#039;t go (because we#039;re rich)

December 31, 2012

However, it's time to put all the rhetoric aside and realize that reinstating the draft is the only moral and practical thing to do, given the circumstances...

Christians and Lions

December 31, 2012

This bumper sticker, slapped onto an LB dorm room door, was my disturbing introduction to Emerson theology.A few weeks later, when asked what the biggest...

Hey SGA, what do you do?

December 31, 2012

Can I be honest for a moment? Okay.I really have no idea what you people do.It's not that I don't care-but listen: I'm really busy. And for the most part,...

Apologizing is the correct course of action

December 31, 2012

staff, I feel compelled to write a public letter to my colleagues and to members of the Emerson community after the Feb. 28 forum hosted by the Society...

What#039;s Your Point: How is the poor economy affecting your spring break plans?

December 31, 2012

"It's really affecting my spring break. I was supposed to go on vacation with my family, but because of the economy, it's not in our budget. I'm spending...

America is not the world

December 31, 2012

In his resignation letter to the Harvard community, President Lawrence Summers said, "I have reluctantly concluded that the rifts between me and segments...

Religion does not have a monopoly on values

December 31, 2012

Thomas Jefferson, one of our founding fathers and the third president of this country, once insisted that we should "Question with boldness even the existence...

Inside the Massachusetts governor#039;s race

December 31, 2012

While their Republican counterparts are passing legislation and getting things done, the minority party can't do much but sit back and complain.,In Washington,...

Unsafe at any age: three threats to America#039;s youth

December 31, 2012

With the recent allegations against Mark Foley (R-Fla.) regarding explicit e-mails he sent to underage male pages, the slew of school shootings this fall...

The future of the Democratic Party

December 31, 2012

When Thompson uttered those words, the conservative movement was just getting started on what would be a 30-year-long push to the right.,e 1972 presidential...

Debunking the scandal: In defense of Foley

December 31, 2012

Speaker Dennis Hastert is pressing for a full criminal investigation. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi suggests immediate action in the Ethics Committee.What...

Iraq is getting worse? Well, duh

December 31, 2012

The four pages of intelligence reports they released last week did just that.At the beginning of the war in Iraq, US soldiers sailed down empty highways...

Let#039;s get Wal-Smart

December 31, 2012

The toilets have been heralding anti-Wal-Mart proclamations: the decree "Give Wal-Mart Employees a Break" alongside an unhappy Wal-Mart logo.,If you are...

An afternoon with Charlie: one T rider#039;s experience

December 31, 2012

About a man who is one nickel short of exiting a subway train bound for Jamaica Plain (and thus is destined to ride the T forevermore), " Charlie on the...

Beyond partisan politics

December 31, 2012

This is the intended goal of any school, as least. Since the time of Ancient Greece, teachers such as Socrates have taught their pupils through...