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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

All quiet on the Western front: the shortage of civic students

February 23, 2011

Amidst the united cheers following the removal of Hosni Mubarak from his seat of power in Egypt, a thought crossed my mind. The image of tens of thousands...

Regarding President Liebergott#039;s response

By Roger House and Pierre Desir / April 15, 2009

We are writing in response to President Liebergott's recent statement to The Beacon on the tenure controversy. We felt compelled to take exception to her...

Bylaws? Just get it done

By Chris Girard, Opinion Editor / April 1, 2009

In spite of its name, the Student Government Association rarely governs. The body passes non-binding resolutions, not hard and fast legislation. Their...

Beacon typos let reader down

By Billy Palumbo / March 18, 2009

It's hard to pick up The Beacon these days and not be embarrassed by the amount of blatant spelling, grammatical and typographical errors. I don't for...

Crash-n-burn Clinton

April 2, 2008

Traditionally, when politicians realize that they no longer have a chance at winning a race-in this case, a presidential nomination-they exit gracefully....

Focus of fire RA story off-the-mark

By Brent Baughman / October 10, 2007

Well, Beacon. You really blew it. You had one opportunity to lend your 9/27 issue's juicy story about the fired RAs at least a semblance of journalistic...

Bias against RAs was evident in article

By Jennie Palluzzi / April 4, 2007

staff should have caught such a biased statement.,Dear Editor, As an Emerson student, a print and multimedia journalism major, and a Resident Assistant,...

Raising the Dean’s List requirement is not welcome by all

By Max Goldberg / February 7, 2007

Simply raising academic standards doesn't necessarily provide a more "rigorous" or "challenging" environment.,I don't know how "welcome" higher academic...

Setting the record straight on Snelgrove

By Andy Michaels, SGA Vice President / November 8, 2006

The front page of your Nov. 2 issue featured an article titled "SGA denies Snelgrove Scholarship funding." Both this title and article are incredibly misleading. The...

Off-campus lounge story was botched

By Kathryn Reiter, Junior Audio/Radio major / November 8, 2006

Dear Editor, In "Students: Bring in the noise" Associate Dean of Students Sharon Duffy suggests that an active off-campus community "takes effort on...

New detainee bill is torturous

October 11, 2006

It seeks to strip people of rights our founding fathers deemed inalienable. It comes not from a foreign country or from Islamic extremists. It comes from...

Letters to the editor

By Kate McDonough Senior, Film/Political Communication / October 4, 2006

As someone who was president of EAGLE for two years and has been highly active within the Emerson GLBT community, I stand strongly behind EAGLE's efforts...

Being bookstore savvy

February 15, 2006

The bill, proposed by Representative Steven M. Walsh (D-Lynn), would help cut the cost of textbooks by requiring companies to provide professors with more...

Muslims in Europe need a chance to succeed

November 30, 2005

,France has returned to normal. After three weeks of nightly rioting and nearly 3,000 arrests, French Ambassador Jean-David Levitte announced on Nov. 21...

Fair-weather fans frustrate

October 19, 2005

There is an illness spreading around Boston, the outlying areas of the city and even across the nation. Everywhere you look, girls are decked out...

No Strain Here

By The Berkeley Beacon Archives / February 1, 1947

Well, here we are, one semester past—along with everyone’s marks. There were only a couple of worryin’ wonders at the half and they seem to have...

President Green Sends Letter to the Editor of THE BERKELEY BEACON

By Boylston Green / February 1, 1947

Dear Mr. Mundt, Certainly no member of Emerson College welcomes the establishment of a newspaper more than J. With its ability to feel the pulse of...