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Emerson College’s only independent, student-run newspaper since 1947

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Emerson College’s only independent, student-run newspaper since 1947

The Berkeley Beacon

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Rachel Choi

Meditated so hard my ass cracked: Buddhism is not Islamophobic

By Bryan Liu, Staff Writer / November 9, 2022

When Siddartha Gautama went outside of his opulent palace for the first time and saw poverty, disease, and old age, he drew a central conclusion: existence...

Illustration by Rachel Choi

The Supreme Court should stay affirmative about affirmative action

By Rachel Choi, Staff Writer / November 9, 2022

On Monday, Oct. 31, the Supreme Court held a hearing regarding the legality of race-conscious admission programs, more commonly known as affirmative action,...

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Republican candidates appear soft on abortion in a Post-Roe election season. Don’t trust them.

By Meg Richards, Staff Writer / November 9, 2022

The morning Roe V. Wade was overturned, a thick silence hung in the air. Everything felt surprisingly small at the moment, but bigger than the human brain...

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Is Kyrie Irving worth keeping?

By Aidan Crooke, Beacon Correspondent / November 9, 2022

If you’re the Brooklyn Nets’ general manager Sean Marks, you’ve likely got a lot on your plate right now. You’ve fired Head Coach Steve Nash and...

Illustration by Rachel Choi

Acknowledging Black rappers goes beyond listening to their music.

By Hadera McKay / November 2, 2022

On Tuesday, Nov. 1, Kirshnik Kari Ball, better known as rapper Takeoff, was shot and killed outside of a bowling alley in Houston. As a talented technician...

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Food fights will not save the planet

By Hailey Akau, Staff Writer / November 2, 2022

Real-life food fights are rare––for good reason. In addition to wasting a perfectly good meal, throwing food in any context creates unnecessary...

Illustration by Hailey Akau

WNBA All-Star suffers misfortune as Russia’s scapegoat for power

By Mariyam Quaisar / November 2, 2022

An eight-time WNBA All-Star and two-time Olympic gold medalist has been in Russian custody since Feb. 17, and was sentenced to nine-and-a-half years in...

Illustration by Rachel Choi

Wisconsin women’s volleyball deserves your respect

By Vivi Smilgius / November 2, 2022

After a dynamic week of Big 10 play, the University of Wisconsin women’s volleyball team advanced to no. 3 in the American Volleyball Coaches Association...

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Commodifying murder cases for the sake of a Halloween costume is unethical

By Christina Horacio, Staff Writer / October 26, 2022

As suspected, Netflix series “Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story” skyrocketed, racking up 496.1 million hours of streaming, making it the ninth most...

Illustration by Hailey Akau

‘Pretty Little Liars’ set the standard for Halloween episodes

By Shannon Garrido, Multimedia Managing Editor / October 26, 2022

Picture this, it’s 2011.  Rebecca Black has just released “Friday,” Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart have won Best Kiss at the MTV Movie...

Illustration by Rachel Choi

Dracula on the streets, Frankenstein’s monster in the sheets

By Mariyam Quaisar, Content Managing Editor / October 26, 2022

Halloween brings out an aspect of peoples’ creative side that can be easily transferred to a steamy bedroom. Oct. 31 is the day to dress up in scary,...

Illustration by Meg Richards

America’s biggest haunted house: the echo chamber

By Meg Richards, Beacon Correspondent / October 26, 2022

Alt-right fringe conservatives are repackaging the same witch-hunt rhetoric that got the likes of Disney’s Sanderson Sisters hanged 400 years ago. The...

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Some friendships are disposable—and that’s okay.

By Margarita Ivanova, Beacon Correspondent / October 20, 2022

Do you ever pass by the people you once laughed through packs of Pale Ales with, and now approach them with casual gestures and seemingly meaningless small...

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Ethics aside, the death penalty is legal. Use it or lose it.

By Sophia Pargas, Living Arts Editor / October 19, 2022

On Feb. 14, 2018, the students of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School didn’t just gather for a normal day—they gathered for an extraordinary one.  Luke...

Illustration by Hailey Akau

When it comes to durian, spitters are quitters

By Bryan Liu, Beacon Correspondent / October 19, 2022

Durian is an acquired taste—a taste westerners can’t seem to acquire, so they make fun of it on the internet. The stinky “king of fruits” endemic...

Illustration by Madison Barron

Ned Fulmer, Rex Orange County, and separating the violence from the artist

By Meg Richards, Beacon Correspondent / October 13, 2022

“There’s sexual harassment over here and you shouldn’t conflate it with rape,” said Tarana Burke, founder of the #MeToo movement. “Which is true;...

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Filing for an ESA at Emerson College is overwhelming

By Riley Nemes, Beacon Correspondent / October 12, 2022

Before entering college, I knew I would never be able to make it through the stress of balancing classes and clubs without something to ground me. I needed...

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Beyond protests—ways to get involved in social movements

By Ana Sophia Garcia-Cubas Assemat, Beacon Correspondent / October 12, 2022

We all know how it goes. Something bad happens (again). A shooting. A hurricane. A new way to restrict reproductive rights. We get filled with that...

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The NFL should reevaluate its concussion protocol

By Mariyam Quaisar / October 6, 2022

There were five minutes and fifteen seconds left in the second quarter of the game between the Miami Dolphins and the Cincinnati Bengals when the Dolphins’...

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From the castle to Boston: What happens to home when you’re abroad?

By Sophia Pargas, Living Arts Editor / October 5, 2022

As I stared out at the descending Miami skyline on my first flight back to Boston since December 2022, unease rumbled in my ribcage like the engine of...