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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

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Welcome to the NEWMAC: Lions leave GNAC

Welcome to the NEWMAC: Lions leave GNAC
September 26, 2013

After 18 years of competition, charter member Emerson College has left the Great Northeast Athletic Conference and joined the New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference.  In 1995,...

Search for permanent Emerson AD on the horizon

Search for permanent Emerson AD on the horizon
September 26, 2013

Emerson College went the full 2012-13 academic year without a permanent athletic director, but now, some 15 months after former Emerson Athletic Director Kristin Parnell resigned, the administration’s...

Gold and Suvak promoted to full-time

Gold and Suvak promoted to full-time
September 26, 2013

For the first time in the school’s history, Emerson College has hired full-time head coaches exclusively for the women’s soccer and men’s lacrosse teams, promoting David Suvak and Dan...

Tennis stars set Emerson standard

Tennis stars set Emerson standard
September 26, 2013

As a doubles tennis pairing, Savannah Mosser and Lacey Russell have racked up 37 wins and only 2 losses, but Emerson’s standout seniors have also provided a pair of singles stalwarts for the Lions. “We...

Athletic department gets funding increase

Athletic department gets funding increase
September 26, 2013

In an effort to further improve conditions for student-athletes, Interim Athletic Director Stanford Nance and the Emerson College Athletic Department made several key changes this summer as the Lions transition...

Men’s tennis team remains undefeated in GNAC

Mens tennis team remains undefeated in GNAC
April 25, 2013

Emerson College: 9 Norwich University: 8 On Tuesday, the men’s tennis team swept Norwich University 9-0 to open the Great Northeast Athletic Conference playoffs, continuing a season that has...

Lions lose heartbreaking game in double overtime

Lions lose heartbreaking game in double overtime
April 25, 2013

Norwich University: 9 Emerson College: 8 Yesterday, it took 13 seconds for the women’s lacrosse season to come to an abrupt end in the first round of the Great Northeast Athletic Conference playoffs.  Norwich...

Softball rallies in extra innings past Albertus Magnus

March 28, 2013

Alicia Daniele stepped up to the plate in the bottom of the eighth inning and hit a line drive straight into left field, with runners in scoring position.  But the cheers of the home crowd at Rotch...

Former player now head coach of men’s lacrosse team

Former player now head coach of mens lacrosse team
March 28, 2013

Daniel Gold came to Emerson hoping to write screenplays and direct films. Now, less than a year after graduation, he is writing game plans and directing plays on the lacrosse field.  Gold, a 2012...

Lions persevere in double overtime win

Lions persevere in double overtime win
March 28, 2013

On Saturday, the men’s lacrosse team overcame an early 3-0 deficit and rallied to take its first victory of the year in double overtime against Regis College, proving to be a possible turning point...

Women’s lacrosse team wins game in final minutes

Womens lacrosse team wins game in final minutes
March 28, 2013

With two minutes left in the final period of the women’s lacrosse game, Tracie Lombardo passed to Chelsea Phillips. Phillips then made a quick dash toward the net, spun around a defender, and flung...

Freshman guard leads Lions in scoring

Freshman guard leads Lions in scoring
January 17, 2013

Freshman men’s basketball player Michael Thorpe may be new to Emerson, but there is always one constant at every game: his mom, the point guard’s biggest fan. “I was raised by a single...

Balanced offense pushes Emerson past Norwich

Balanced offense pushes Emerson past Norwich
January 17, 2013

Senior Shannon Norton opened up Tuesday’s game with two quick three-pointers getting the Lions offense off to a quick leading start, and they never looked back. The Emerson women’s basketball...

Lions get served

December 31, 2012

Halloween night turned out to be more trick than treat for the Emerson women's volleyball team. Instead of getting candy, the Lions saw their season end after an uninspired loss in the first round of the...

Lions top Newbury

December 31, 2012

After the Lions won the first game 30-8, they struggled, letting the Nighthawks steal the following game, 24-30.,The Emerson women's volleyball team briefly lost focus Monday night as they allowed Newbury...

Piano Row gets Heated

December 31, 2012

The Miami Heat descended upon Emerson's Brown-Plofker gymnasium on March 17 in preparation for their March 18 game against the Boston Celtics.Forward-Center Jermaine O'Neal, who has practiced in the gym...

Twirl batons, bang a gong, get it on

December 31, 2012

Evan MacDonald

Lauren Vassallo goes inside the Lions den

December 31, 2012

The adjustment I had to go through was cruel; the atmosphere, the classes, and the team were all changes I had to deal with. And coming into basketball season not knowing what to expect, I was nervous.,Let's...

Basketball Tourney

December 31, 2012

This time around, however, a number of rule changes have been made to the format.,The Emerson Athletics Department will be sponsoring a co-ed intramural basketball tournament in the Piano Row Gymansium...