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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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As good as Gold

As good as Gold

March 20, 2014

He graduated Emerson with a film degree in May 2012, and now he’s entering his second year as the head lacrosse coach at Emerson. From player to...

Acclaimed ESPN journalist shares stories

Acclaimed ESPN journalist shares stories

March 20, 2014

Journalism professor Carole Simpson said she has been trying for six years to get her cousin to come for a visit to the Emerson campus, but he’s...

Men’s tennis coach faces tall task with  small team, new competitive conference

Men’s tennis coach faces tall task with small team, new competitive conference

March 20, 2014

The Emerson men’s tennis team was one of the school’s most successful squads in the spring of 2013. Finishing with a 10-2 overall record, the...

Patricia Nicol accepts job to become Emerson's new athletic director

Patricia Nicol accepts job to become Emerson’s new athletic director

March 18, 2014

Emerson has hired Patricia Nicol to be its new athletic director, according to Dean of Students Ronald Ludman, and a statement released by the college...

Freshman infusion has baseball looking forward

Freshman infusion has baseball looking forward

March 13, 2014

The Emerson College men’s baseball team completed its annual spring break trip to Fort Myers, Fla., and returned to Boston with a 2-7 record and...

Softball underestimated heading into NEWMAC

Softball underestimated heading into NEWMAC

March 13, 2014

Emerson softball coach Phil McElroy remembers seeing the New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference preseason coaches’ poll and...

Unconventional path takes Johnson from walk-on to star

Unconventional path takes Johnson from walk-on to star

February 27, 2014

Sometimes, the best things in life you never see coming.  That was the case with Emerson women’s basketball coach Bill Gould and one breakout...

Emerson alumnus Barboza lands at ESPN Boston

February 27, 2014

As a freshman at Bishop Connolly High School in nearby Fall River, Mass., Scott Barboza ran two weeks’ worth of sprints during the preseason for...

Women’s basketball MVP: Kristin Brice

Women’s basketball MVP: Kristin Brice

February 27, 2014

Junior forward Kristin Brice scored nearly double the number of points of any other teammate this season, starting all 25 games and racking up 346 points...

Men’s basketball loses Emerson’s first  NEWMAC playoff game at MIT

Men’s basketball loses Emerson’s first NEWMAC playoff game at MIT

February 27, 2014

One of the most noteworthy seasons in Emerson College athletic history came to a close Wednesday night in Cambridge as coach Jim O’Brien’s...

Beacon winter sports awards: For men’s basketball, Goldberg, Thorpe lead the way

February 27, 2014

Emerson’s men’s basketball team (13-12, 6-8) made an unexpected run to the New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference playoffs...

A Skype date with men's basketball great John Karalis

A Skype date with men’s basketball great John Karalis

February 21, 2014

John Karalis, 40, was the first in a string notable men’s basketball players to graduate from Emerson College during the tenure of longtime coach...

Chance of a lifetime: Journalism major interns at ESPN Boston, hooks on as Red Sox beat writer

Chance of a lifetime: Journalism major interns at ESPN Boston, hooks on as Red Sox beat writer

February 20, 2014

Most of the 250,000 college students in the Boston area saw the Red Sox’ improbable run to the World series on a television screen, enduring every...

Masked crusader takes over NEWMAC

Masked crusader takes over NEWMAC

February 20, 2014

For the past two weeks, a mysterious, masked man has been spotted practicing and playing with the playoff-bound Emerson men’s basketball team.  His...

East meets west: volleyball welcoming to California kids

East meets west: volleyball welcoming to California kids

February 20, 2014

If the state of Texas is known as the mecca of high school football, then the same can be said about California and its intensive volleyball scene. No...

AD search group decides on four finalists, Nance included

AD search group decides on four finalists, Nance included

February 20, 2014

The long process to hire a permanent athletic director at Emerson College has finally entered its final stages. On Feb. 14, an email from Dean of Students...

Lions roar: WPI win highlights historic week

Lions roar: WPI win highlights historic week

February 18, 2014

Emerson’s transition into the New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference brought with it fresh challenges that were too much to...

Gross Gains

Gross Gains

February 13, 2014

When the Emerson men’s volleyball team played nationally ranked Massachusetts Institute of Technology earlier in the year, sophomore libero Jared...

Emerson women's basketball coach Bill Gould during a game in 2016. Photo: Evan Walsh / Beacon Archive

Gould leads from his post

February 6, 2014

Bill Gould has enjoyed a lifetime of basketball from the sideline spanning 27 years, and he said it all stemmed from an early decision to give up his career...

Boston's Jim O'Brien

Boston’s Jim O’Brien

February 6, 2014

When a sports fan hears the name “Jim O’Brien, Boston basketball coach,” it conjures memories of the former Rick Pitino assistant who...