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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

The new mainstream quot;mediaquot;

December 31, 2012

That's the gist of what Katie Couric had to say after she jetted back from Iraq a few weeks ago.In 1968, Walter Cronkite returned from Vietnam and commented...

Lansdowne Street Superclub

December 31, 2012

Two Lansdowne Street music staples-Axis and Avalon-are being torn down for a larger, higher end, corporate behemoth. This new club, which will be known...

Changing course in Iraq

December 31, 2012

Meanwhile, here in the U.,Early last month, Bessam Ali, my Iraqi penpal, wrote me a letter, which said that his Baghdad home had become collateral damage...

A free market for the quot;final frontierquot;

December 31, 2012

Near the beginning of the Chuck Palahniuk novel-turned-David-Fincher film Fight Club, the narrator dryly comments that when people get serious about space...

It#039;s unfare: rising costs on the T

December 31, 2012

As 2006 turns into 2007, many more Bostonians may choose saving money as a New Year's resolution. This is not so they can have some extra cash to buy groceries...

The governor#039;s expensive taste

December 31, 2012

In the Oct. 19 issue of The Beacon, the editorial board praised Patrick as the candidate with the best platform for college students in Massachusetts....

The value of the religious litmus test

December 31, 2012

and Mitt Romney-the word interview is misleading because it implies some level of journalistic scrutiny rather than the friendly chat that actuallytook...

Facing the new Facebook

December 31, 2012

Meena Ganesan

NFL players deserve tougher rules

December 31, 2012

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell is standing firm in his tough philosophy, which penalizes players whose behavior off the gridiron reflects poorly on the...

Shut up, Sharpton

December 31, 2012

He also cost millions of CNN-watching Americans a solid week of legitimate news, but it wasn't without pressure from perennial media hog Al Sharpton.,Shock...

Requiem for a generation: On Virginia Tech

December 31, 2012

It is not an aberration. It is not even a surprise. Blood no different from that shed in Virginia has fallen in corridors and in classrooms throughout...

It#039;s the economy, Emerson!

December 31, 2012

But are we actually politically active and aware? Not really.Although Emersonians are passionate, the scope of our political knowledge is narrow. We usually...

quot;Support our troopsquot; is more than a platitude

December 31, 2012

If coverage of the Iraq War is overshadowing the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan, where The New York Times reports al-Qaeda is being rejuvenated...

BU#039;s game of Russian roulette

December 31, 2012

The facility is called a National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratory, or a Biosafety Level 4 (BSL4).,With construction having already started on a...

Looking for a leader: who#039;s it for 2008?

December 31, 2012

staff:Former Sen. Fred Thompson (R-Tenn.) Fred Thompson is the man our country needs in 2008. He has yet to announce, but it now seems certain that he...

The Israeli influence

December 31, 2012

Which is why when Stephen Walt, academic dean of Harvard's John F.,While the United States has laws protecting our freedom of speech, people do not always...

Students hate the hate

December 31, 2012

It was a wrestling match, and I had a ringside seat. The Student Government Association hosted a "Speeches and Snacks" event Monday, where candidates running...

A broken city experiences victory in defeat

December 31, 2012

Such is the case with the city of Detroit, which, despite feeling the sting from the Tigers' World Series loss, can stand tall and be proud. Detroit is...

Emerson cares? Think again

December 31, 2012

I am not, nor will I ever be just a number, yet that is how I felt today when I received a letter in my mailbox from Emerson's Office of Housing and Residence...

Death of habeas corpus

December 31, 2012

On Feb. 20, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled that foreign detainees at Guantanamo Bay do not have this right.,Fundamental...