![A protestor holds up a sign with the word “fascism” crossed out in front of the Massachusetts State House on Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025. (Arthur Mansavage/ Beacon Staff)](https://berkeleybeacon.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/MG_9308-1200x800.jpg)
At noon on Wednesday, protesters wearing keffiyehs and carrying pink and blue transgender pride and rainbow flags gathered at the Massachusetts...
![Boston City Hall Plaza in the evening on Monday, October 28, 2024. (Nick Peace/ Beacon Staff, File)](https://berkeleybeacon.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/DSC_2613-2-1200x800.jpg)
After nearly 90 minutes of debate Wednesday, Jan. 29, city councilors remained deadlocked on a resolution calling for an “immediate pause”...
![Boston City Hall Plaza in the evening on Monday, October 28, 2024.(Nick Peace/ For the Beacon, File)](https://berkeleybeacon.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/DSC_2628-1200x800.jpg)
Just a few months after a contentious presidential election, Bostonians are beginning to prepare for another—this time, for mayor. On...
![Dancers perform a “Lotus Dance”, which originates from 1600’s Vietnam. The Lotus flower in Vietnamese culture symbolizes purity, commitment and optimism for the future on Jan. 30, 2025. (Rian Nelson/ Beacon Staff)](https://berkeleybeacon.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/MFALunarNewYearJan25-5-1200x800.jpg)
Vibrant colors of lion dancers and echoes of traditional music filled the halls of the Museum of Fine Arts on Jan. 30 for a special event to...
![Signage for the 2025 Teach-In on Race outside of the Bordy Theatre in the Union Bank Building on Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025. (Arthur Mansavage/ Beacon Staff)](https://berkeleybeacon.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/MG_9001-1200x800.jpg)
The Teach-in on Race is an annual series of guest speaker panels and interactive audience discussions hosted by Emerson that aims to provide...
![The Max Cafe and Market after it's renovations in 2023. (Ashlyn Wang/Beacon Staff, File Photo)](https://berkeleybeacon.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/DSC_6967-1-e1695476597564-1200x814.jpg)
Emerson’s dining facilities’ nutritional value and hours trouble their student-athletes. Because they need good food to sustain them in...
![Emerson women's basketball players huddle in a timeout against Clark University on Feb. 1, 2024 (Courtesy of Nate Gardner).](https://berkeleybeacon.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/N8G02615-Enhanced-NR-1200x800.jpg)
Emerson College women’s basketball’s five-game win streak ended with a 75-72 loss to Clark University on Saturday, Feb 1. It was the first...
![Søren Lind (left) and Larissa Sansour (middle) discuss “Entire Nations Are Built on Fairy Tales” with Dr. Leonie Bradbury (right). (Nick Peace/ Beacon Staff)](https://berkeleybeacon.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/DSC_1365-1200x800.jpg)
On Feb. 4, Emerson’s Media Art Gallery opened a new multi-media exhibition: “Entire Nations are Built on Fairy Tales.” The exhibition features...
![Playwright Kate Hamill and Director Shana Cooper hug during a workshop of "The Odyssey." (Bryan Liu/ For The Beacon)](https://berkeleybeacon.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/250107_OdysseyFirstRehearsal_MH_PRINT_116-1200x800.jpg)
Actor and Playwright Kate Hamill’s latest production, “The Odyssey,” will have its world premiere on Feb. 9 at the American Repertory Theater...
![Max Kondziolka at a special screening of "The Brutalist" in L.A. (Courtesy of Max Kondziolka)](https://berkeleybeacon.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/gettyimages-2188462042-2048x2048-3.jpeg)
Max Kondziolka ‘16 has been working in international film production for almost a decade, and even co-founded a production company, Pierce...
![The Max Cafe and Market after it's renovations in 2023. (Ashlyn Wang/Beacon Staff, File Photo)](https://berkeleybeacon.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/DSC_6967-1-e1695476597564-1200x814.jpg)
Emerson’s dining facilities’ nutritional value and hours trouble their student-athletes. Because they need good food to sustain them in...
![Emerson women's basketball players huddle in a timeout against Clark University on Feb. 1, 2024 (Courtesy of Nate Gardner).](https://berkeleybeacon.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/N8G02615-Enhanced-NR-1200x800.jpg)
Emerson College women’s basketball’s five-game win streak ended with a 75-72 loss to Clark University on Saturday, Feb 1. It was the first...
![The alley entrance to the Walker building casts a beacon of light on the campus.](https://berkeleybeacon.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Jin-Ko-outside-Walker-900x600.jpg)
![Lu Ann Reeb looks at Emerson's Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion web page. (Rian Nelson/ Beacon Staff)](https://berkeleybeacon.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/20250205-_H0A6510-e1738891573184-1200x470.jpg)
“Emotional terrorism.” “Censorship.” “Hyper-nationalism.” A period of tumult likened to “the late 1960s.” These are the words...
![Doug Struck holds the latest issue of Discipline News on Boylston Street outside of Emerson College on Monday, Jan. 27, 2025. (Arthur Mansavage/ Beacon Staff)](https://berkeleybeacon.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/MG_3191-1200x800.jpg)
![Boston City Hall Plaza in the evening on Monday, October 28, 2024. (Nick Peace/ Beacon Staff, File)](https://berkeleybeacon.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/DSC_2613-2-1200x800.jpg)
After nearly 90 minutes of debate Wednesday, Jan. 29, city councilors remained deadlocked on a resolution calling for an “immediate pause” on the White Stadium...
![Signage for the 2025 Teach-In on Race outside of the Bordy Theatre in the Union Bank Building on Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025. (Arthur Mansavage/ Beacon Staff)](https://berkeleybeacon.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/MG_9001-1200x800.jpg)
The Teach-in on Race is an annual series of guest speaker panels and interactive audience discussions hosted by Emerson that aims to provide a space where students,...
![The Max Cafe and Market after it's renovations in 2023. (Ashlyn Wang/Beacon Staff, File Photo)](https://berkeleybeacon.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/DSC_6967-1-e1695476597564-1200x814.jpg)
Emerson’s dining facilities’ nutritional value and hours trouble their student-athletes. Because they need good food to sustain them in their academics and...
![Senior Missionary Elder Butt and Assistant to the Bishop Stephen Patterson catch up over holiday fanfare in the Latter-day Saints' chapel gymnasium. (Bryan Liu/ For The Beacon)](https://berkeleybeacon.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/LIU05921-copy-1200x676.jpg)
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints held a Lunar New Year party celebrating Chinese culture in their Cambridge chapel last Friday night. Latter-day...
![A protestor holds up a sign with the word “fascism” crossed out in front of the Massachusetts State House on Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025. (Arthur Mansavage/ Beacon Staff)](https://berkeleybeacon.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/MG_9308-1200x800.jpg)
At noon on Wednesday, protesters wearing keffiyehs and carrying pink and blue transgender pride and rainbow flags gathered at the Massachusetts State House in protest of President Donald...
![Column: How political is the NFL?](https://berkeleybeacon.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/caesar.jpeg)
“This is very much a political Super Bowl, and it all started with a tweet.” This is how Professor...
![Boston City Hall Plaza in the evening on Monday, October 28, 2024.(Nick Peace/ For the Beacon, File)](https://berkeleybeacon.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/DSC_2628-1200x800.jpg)
Just a few months after a contentious presidential election, Bostonians are beginning to prepare for another—this time, for mayor. On...
![The alley entrance to the Walker building casts a beacon of light on the campus.](https://berkeleybeacon.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Jin-Ko-outside-Walker-900x600.jpg)
![Lu Ann Reeb looks at Emerson's Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion web page. (Rian Nelson/ Beacon Staff)](https://berkeleybeacon.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/20250205-_H0A6510-e1738891573184-1200x470.jpg)
![Emerson Colleges' Little Building and Colonial Building on Boylston street. (Arthur Mansavage/ Beacon Staff, File)](https://berkeleybeacon.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/MG_5961-1200x800.jpg)
![Emerson women's basketball players huddle in a timeout against Clark University on Feb. 1, 2024 (Courtesy of Nate Gardner).](https://berkeleybeacon.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/N8G02615-Enhanced-NR-1200x800.jpg)
Emerson College women’s basketball’s five-game win streak ended with a 75-72 loss to Clark University on Saturday, Feb 1. It was the first...
![Illustration by Benjamin Putney](https://berkeleybeacon.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Screenshot-2025-02-05-at-9.31.30 PM-1200x887.png)
![The Emerson men's volleyball team huddles up prior to their match against Endicott on Feb. 4, 2025 (Courtesy of Anna Schoenmann).](https://berkeleybeacon.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/204v.endicott-2-1200x798.jpg)
![Søren Lind (left) and Larissa Sansour (middle) discuss “Entire Nations Are Built on Fairy Tales” with Dr. Leonie Bradbury (right). (Nick Peace/ Beacon Staff)](https://berkeleybeacon.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/DSC_1365-1200x800.jpg)
On Feb. 4, Emerson’s Media Art Gallery opened a new multi-media exhibition: “Entire Nations are Built on Fairy Tales.” The exhibition features...