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The Berkeley Beacon

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

The Berkeley Beacon

Arthur Mansavage

Arthur Mansavage, Photo Editor & Audience Development Editor

Arthur Mansavage (he/him) is a junior Journalism student from Carmel, Indiana. He is the Photo Editor and Audience Development Editor at The Berkeley Beacon. He oversees all photo content and manages reader experience and engagement online and in print. In February of 2024, he fully redesigned the Beacon’s website layout to model the current industry standards. Mansavage is also a member of the National Press Photographers Association (NPPA) and in November of 2023 received an NPPA Monthly News Clip award for his coverage of the protests during Vice President Kamala Harris’ visit to Boston. His protest coverage was also given an honorable mention by the 2024 International Photography Awards. In April of 2024 the Emerson College department of Journalism awarded him the Photojournalism Excellence Award. You can find more of his creative and journalistic works on his website at www.arthurmansavage.com.

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Two new vending machine on the second floor of the Little Building. (Arthur Mansavage/ Beacon Staff)

[Photo] New vending machines installed in Little Building, Piano Row, and 2 Boylston Place residence halls

By Rylie Burns, Operations Managing Editor, Layout Editor & Newsletter Editor / April 9, 2025

Two new vending machine on the second floor of the Little Building. (Arthur Mansavage/ Beacon Staff)

Thousands gather in City Hall Plaza in Boston at the Hands Off 2025 protest on Saturday, April, 5, 2025. (Arthur Mansavage/ Beacon Staff)

Photos: Tens of thousands take to the streets to protest the Trump administration

By Arthur Mansavage and Madla Walsh / April 5, 2025

Tens of thousands of protesters filled the streets of Downtown Boston on Saturday afternoon as part of a nationwide demonstration against the Trump Administration...

Maria Corrigan (left), Thomas Vogel (middle), and Randy Harrison (Right) pose for a photo with their teaching award certificates in the Semel Theatre on Wednesday, April 2nd, 2025. (Arthur Mansavage/ Beacon Staff).

[Photo] Emerson College recognizes three educators for teaching excellence

April 2, 2025

Maria Corrigan (left), Thomas Vogel (middle), and Randy Harrison (Right) pose for a photo with their teaching award certificates in the Semel Theatre on...

A Penske rental truck flipped on it's side on a Chinatown sidewalk on Tuesday, April, 1, 2025. (Arthur Mansavage/ Beacon Staff)

Truck crashed in downtown Boston, hospitalizing several

By Merritt Hughes and Arthur Mansavage / April 2, 2025

A Penske delivery truck crashed in Chinatown yesterday, hospitalizing multiple people involved in the accident. The truck was overturned on the corner...

A sign posted next to a tent at the pro-Palestine encampment in the 2B Alley in April 2024. (Arthur Mansavage/Beacon Staff, File Photo)

[Photo] Jewish Emerson faculty, staff sign letter denouncing arrests of student activists nationally, reject ‘cynical’ antisemitism claims

By Yogev Toby, Projects Editor / March 26, 2025

A sign posted next to a tent at the pro-Palestine encampment in the 2B Alley in April 2024. (Arthur Mansavage/Beacon Staff, File Photo)

Emerson College buildings in Downtown Boston on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. (Arthur Mansavage/ Beacon Staff, File)

[Photo] Despite Emerson’s promise to provide meaningful financial support, students feel neglected and ignored

By Avary Amaral, Hannah Brueske and Sage Jezierski / March 6, 2025

Emerson College buildings in Downtown Boston on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. (Arthur Mansavage/ Beacon Staff, File)

Emerson College signage outside of the WERS studios in Downtown Boston on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. (Arthur Mansavage/ Beacon Staff, File)

[Photo] Letter: Faculty who demand a blanket student disciplinary pardon must remember the harm that has been done

February 26, 2025

Emerson College signage outside of the WERS studios in Downtown Boston on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. (Arthur Mansavage/ Beacon Staff, File)

Estefania Galvis, one of the organizers of the rally, shouting and leading the crowd of over a thousand people through the streets outside of Boston city hall plaza on Friday, Feb. 14, 2025. (Arthur Mansavage/ Beacon Staff)

[Photo] ‘Our love is resistance’: Anti-Trump protesters march through downtown on Valentine's Day

February 18, 2025

Estefania Galvis, one of the organizers of the rally, shouting and leading the crowd of over a thousand people through the streets outside of Boston city...

Yellow caution barriers block the entrance to the Massachusetts Transportation Building in the 2 Boylston Place alley on Thursday Feb. 13, 2025. ECPD sent a community advisory telling students and staff to stay away from the area. (Arthur Mansavage/ Beacon Staff)

[Photo] Police investigation concludes at State Transportation Building

By Yogev Toby and Iselin Bratz / February 13, 2025

Privacy barriers and caution gates were set up closing the majority of the lobby of the Massachusetts Transportation Building on Thursday Feb. 13, 2025....

Peirce Eldredge playing for the Emerson men's lacrosse team (Arthur Mansavage/ Beacon File).

[Photo] ‘Not a team of friends, but a family of brothers’: ‘Six Years to May’ recounts men’s lacrosse 2024 season

By Merritt Hughes, Dept. Campus Editor / February 12, 2025

Peirce Eldredge playing for the Emerson men's lacrosse team (Arthur Mansavage/ Beacon File).

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)

[Photo] Country wide movement to protest President Trump reaches Mass. State House

By Avary Amaral, Beacon Correspondent / February 9, 2025

A protestor hitting a drum surrounded by hundreds of protestors outside of the Massachusetts State House on Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025. (Arthur Mansavage/...

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)

[Photo] Annual Teach-in on Race explores future of DEI, liberation struggles, art as resistance

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)

Dan Crocker and Amy Rinaldo leaflet on Boylston Street outside of the Emerson College Dining Hall on Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025. Crocker and Rinaldo are both leaders in the Emerson College Staff Union. (Arthur Mansavage/ Beacon Staff)

[Photo] Financial aid, student accounts demand entry into staff union’s contract nine months after joining

January 30, 2025

Dan Crocker and Amy Rinaldo leaflet on Boylston Street outside of the Emerson College Dining Hall on Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025. Crocker and Rinaldo are both...

Dan Crocker and Amy Rinaldo leaflet on Boylston Street outside of the Emerson College Dining Hall on Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025. Crocker and Rinaldo are both leaders in the Emerson College Staff Union. (Arthur Mansavage/ Beacon Staff)

[Photo] Financial aid, student accounts demand entry into staff union’s contract nine months after joining

By Adri Pray, Editor-in-Chief / January 30, 2025

Dan Crocker, Amy Rinaldo, and staff members passing out leaflets to passerbyers on Boylston Street outside of the Emerson College Dining Hall on Thursday,...

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)

[Photo] Discipline News argues it’s ‘reasserting Emerson’s values.’ The college calls it an ‘anonymous propaganda campaign.’

By Hannah Brueske, Dept. Projects Editor / January 29, 2025

Doug Struck holds the latest issue of Discipline News on Boylston Street outside of Emerson College on Monday, Jan. 27, 2024. (Arthur Mansavage/ Beacon...

The Boston chapter of the Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL) holds a rally against the Trump administration outside the JFK Federal Building Monday afternoon. (Arthur Mansavage/ Beacon Staff)

[Photo] In the freezing weather, a ‘heated struggle.’ Boston social justice groups rally on inauguration day.

By Meg Richards, Iselin Bratz and Hannah Brueske / January 21, 2025

A crowd protesting Trump's second term outside of the Massachusetts State House on Monday, Jan. 20, 2025. (Arthur Mansavage/ Beacon Staff)

John McCarrick brushes snow off his car on Commonwealth Avenue. in Boston on Monday, Jan. 20, 2025. (Arthur Mansavage/Beacon Staff)

Photos: Overnight winter storm blankets Downtown Boston with nearly half a foot of snow

A quick but strong winter storm swept across the East Coast Sunday night bringing nearly five inches of snow to Downtown Boston.  Overnight, between...

100 of the best photos from Beacon photographers in 2024

100 of the best photos from Beacon photographers in 2024

By Arthur Mansavage, Photo Editor & Audience Development Editor / December 28, 2024

From on-campus protests to the 2024 presidential election, Beacon photographers told stories when words could not, gave unique perspectives into the...

Paul Dworkis poses for a photo inside of the newly completed fitness center on Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024. (Arthur Mansavage/ Beacon Staff)

[Photo] Always ‘an Emersonian,’ Paul Dworkis, CFO, departs Emerson after five years

December 12, 2024

Paul Dworkis poses for a photo inside of the newly completed fitness center on Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024. (Arthur Mansavage/ Beacon Staff)

The Snowport holiday market in December, 2023. (Arthur Mansavage/ Beacon Staff, File)

[Photo] Seaport’s Holiday Market at Snowport opens its gates

By Leonidas Margil, Beacon Correspondent / December 6, 2024

The Snowport holiday market in December, 2023. (Arthur Mansavage/ Beacon Staff, File)

A family poses with The Grinch during the tree lighting event in the Boston Common on Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024. (Arthur Mansavage/ Beacon Staff)

Photos: 83rd annual Tree Lighting ceremony brings holiday lights back to the Boston Common

By Arthur Mansavage, Nick Peace and Bryan Hecht / December 6, 2024
Hundreds gathered in the Boston Common for the annual tree lighting event Thursday evening. See photos captured by...
The Grinch dancing to the crowd during the tree lighting event in the Boston Common on Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024. (Arthur Mansavage/ Beacon Staff)

[Photo] Boston, music stars, and Santa celebrate holiday tree lighting

By Bryan Hecht and Sam Shipman / December 6, 2024

The Grinch dancing to the crowd during the tree lighting event in the Boston Common on Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024. (Arthur Mansavage/ Beacon Staff)

Contest organizer Dilce Elisa (left) stands with the two finalist Nick Anderson (center), and Michael Carroll (right) during the final round of voting. Anderson took home first and won $50 and a bag of British candy. (Arthur Mansavage/ Beacon Staff)

Tom Holland Lookalike Contest Draws Fans to Boston Common

By Arthur Mansavage, Photo Editor & Audience Development Editor / November 25, 2024

Hundreds of fans gathered around the Parkman Bandstand in the Boston Common Sunday afternoon for a Tom Holland lookalike contest.  Around 10 Tom...

Hundreds of counterprotestors lock arms creating a blockade not allowing the Men's March to walk to their planned rally event in the the Boston Commons. (Arthur Mansavage/ Beacon Staff)

[Photo] ‘Men’s March’ clashes with counterprotesters in Boston

By Sam Shipman, Yogev Toby, Nick Peace and Max Ardrey / November 17, 2024

Hundreds of counterprotestors lock arms creating a blockade not allowing the Men's March to walk to their planned rally event in the the Boston Commons....

Boston Police officers in riot gear preparing to disperse protesters blocking and bringing the Men’s March to a halt. (Yogev Toby/ Beacon Staff)

Photos: Hundreds of counterprotesters clash with police at anti-abortion demonstration in Boston

By Arthur Mansavage, Yogev Toby, Nick Peace and Sam Shipman / November 17, 2024

Hundreds of demonstrators gathered outside the Planned Parenthood on Commonwealth Avenue Saturday afternoon for the annual Men’s March against abortion....

An attende browses the Commonwealth Books booth at the International Antiquarian Book Fair on Friday, Nov. 8. (Arthur Mansavage/ Beacon Staff)

[Photo] Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair returns to Hynes Convention Center

By Allison Po, Beacon Correspondent / November 13, 2024

An attende browses the Commonwealth Books booth at the International Antiquarian Book Fair on Friday, Nov. 8. (Arthur Mansavage/ Beacon Staff)

Graduate guard Trevor Arico shoots against Salem State University (Arthur Mansavage/ Beacon Staff, File)

[Photo] ‘David vs. Goliath’: Men’s basketball gears up for Div. I test vs. Yale

By Jordan Pagkalinawan, Dept. Sports Editor / November 12, 2024

Graduate guard Trevor Arico shoots against Salem State University (Arthur Mansavage/ Beacon Staff, File)

Members of the Christian Brothers Academy Regimental Marching Band of Brothers from Albany New York. (Arthur Mansavage/ Beacon Staff)

Photos: Boston honors veterans with annual ‘Salute to Service’ parade

By Arthur Mansavage, Photo Editor & Audience Development Editor / November 9, 2024

The parade, which lasted just over an hour, started at The Boston Public Library at Copley Square then traveled up Boylston Street past Emerson College,...

Emerson women's soccer in a game against Smith College in September 2023. (Arthur Mansavage/Beacon Staff, File)

[Photo] Women’s soccer upsets Smith in first round of playoffs, men’s falls to Coast Guard Academy in overtime

By Anna Knepley, Sports Editor / November 6, 2024

Emerson women's soccer in a game against Smith College in September 2023. (Arthur Mansavage/Beacon Staff, File)

(Arthur Mansavage/ Beacon Staff, File)

[Photo] Women’s basketball ready to take the next step

By Everest Leach / November 6, 2024

(Arthur Mansavage/ Beacon Staff, File)

The Emerson men's basketball team in a huddle against Salem State (Arthur Mansavage/ Beacon Staff, File)

[Photo] Men’s basketball aims to build on playoff success

By Jordan Pagkalinawan, Dept. Sports Editor / November 6, 2024

Graduate guard Trevor Arico grabs a rebound against Salem State (Arthur Mansavage/ Beacon Archives)

A person crosses the street in Back Bay wearing an “I voted” sticker on Tuesday, Nov. 5. (Arthur Mansavage/ Beacon Staff)

[Photo] Bostonians share concerns and hopes about a second Trump presidency

November 7, 2024

A person crosses the street in Back Bay wearing an “I voted” sticker on Tuesday, Nov. 5. (Arthur Mansavage/ Beacon Staff)