One of my most vivid memories from late-middle and early high school is riding the bus, headphones in, listening to Kendrick Lamar’s “good kid, m.A.A.d...
Social media exploded with the news of the YouTube star’s pregnancy on Monday, and opinions could not be more divided. In the aftermath of the announcement,...
For weeks, college students have felt the distant-but-steady drumbeat of war, on the brink of what could be the bloodiest conflict since the 1940s. Yet,...
There’s a confusing and irritating dichotomy when a student wearing tattered clothing and corded earbuds pulls a $2,000 laptop and a $500 pair of studio...
As of this year, spike, metal, and concrete will occupy the Dominican-Haitian border, as a wall is currently being constructed where the countries meet....
I was freshly 17 when the pandemic started. I witnessed a global recession, the first-ever second impeachment of a United States president, numerous climate...
By Hadera McKay, Content Managing Editor
/ February 17, 2022
Barring Eminem—this year’s Super Bowl halftime show was an unequivocal celebration of the Black experience, from the tactful location of SoFi Stadium...
By Sophia Pargas, Editor-in-Chief
/ February 11, 2022
When I first started college amidst a seemingly unrelenting pandemic, there was little in my life which remained untouched by the effects of COVID. For...
By Frankie Rowley, Content Managing Editor
/ February 10, 2022
If you, like me, flex your Spotify subscription and get excited when your Spotify Wrapped comes out every year, well, your rude awakening is upon you....
By Kaitlyn Fehr, Chief Copyeditor
/ February 10, 2022
Everyone needs to stop griping and moaning, there’s no way Charli D’Amelio is coming to Emerson next fall. I know what the rumors are saying, but TikTok’s...
William Gilligan, our interim president, has recently claimed that The Beacon has fallen victim to the “media environment where many…..pick and choose...
By Campbell Parish, Operations Managing editor and Magazine Editor
/ February 4, 2022
After a long year filled with jaw-dropping events and unforgettable memories, it’s now time to ring in 2022. In honor of New Year’s, the theme of our...
With The Beacon celebrating its 75th anniversary, we wanted to share our thoughts on the paper. This paper has given us a lot. It has given us a fucked...
It is well into the spring semester of the 2021-22 academic year, and Emerson College still lacks permanent leadership.
Former President M. Lee Pelton,...
Justice Stephen Breyer announced his retirement on Jan. 27, 2022.
In a letter addressed to President Biden, Breyer says that he will retire during the...
The American Red Cross, an organization that collects and distributes nearly 40 percent of the nation’s blood supply, is pleading with the public to...
By Frankie Rowley, Content Managing Editor
/ February 3, 2022
“Everyone has made personal sacrifices, some the most profound, having been unable to see loved ones in their last moments or care for vulnerable family...
