After a long, brutal summer, Boston felt like a much-needed clean slate. After all, I was moving into the dorm I wanted with my best friends, taking classes...
By Tess Gleason, Senior Opinion Columnist
/ October 1, 2025
If your social media algorithm mainly consists of breaking news stories, book reviews, and cute dog videos, then chances are, like me, you probably use...
Walking down Boylston Street in between classes, the last thing you expect to see is a gun on someone’s hip. In Massachusetts, we benefit from gun restrictions...
By Tyler Gelman, Beacon Contributor
/ September 24, 2025
In a country where free speech is enshrined in our Constitution and has been fiercely protected for almost 250 years, we have reached an impasse that will...
By Bethany Storey, Beacon Contributor
/ September 24, 2025
If you're chronically online, you may have heard a newly coined term circulating on TikTok and Instagram: the “Gen Z stare.” It refers to a blank or...
Some time ago, a professor told me not to waste my time with writing opinion pieces for The Berkeley Beacon. So here I am… writing this opinion piece…...
By Adelaide Brown, Beacon Contributor
/ September 17, 2025
The sexiest thing about a new relationship is the mystery. Nothing beats the anticipation and inability to predict your partner's thoughts or their next...
By Tess Gleason, Senior Opinion Columnist
/ September 17, 2025
College move-in has come and gone with the start of the new semester, and students across the country have settled into their new classes, dorms, and campus...
By Richard West, Guest Author
/ September 10, 2025
The fall semester has arrived as sure as the stench of weed from the Common! But unlike the smell, your time at Emerson is more than a temporary high. Whether...
By Mer Hughes, Multimedia Managing Editor
/ September 10, 2025
How does a bastard, orphan, son of a whore sell out theaters after being on streaming for five years? Why did former President Barack Obama record a remix...
By Madalyn Jimiera, Dept. Campus Editor
/ September 10, 2025
With the stress of schoolwork off my shoulders over the summer, I was able to dive back into one of my lifelong pleasures: theater. While I tend to stay...
The alley is a thoroughfare. A shortcut through the block, two minutes shaved off your Dunkin’ or CVS trip, a direct route from point A to B. But it...
It’s been a year since the Emerson encampment made national news, and it continues to haunt the college to this day. Last April, students were arrested,...
By Bella Nordman, Senior Opinion Columnist
/ April 23, 2025
Lately, I have been reflecting on my relationship with the internet: From fandoms to reaction videos and subsequently trying to get offline, but I really...