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The Berkeley Beacon

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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As a student with a history of suicidal thoughts, I posed a liability to the school. But when these issues arise, the college should handle them with more flexibility and compassion.

[Photo] Emerson made me fight for the mental health care I needed. But I shouldn’t have had to

By Cat Bixler / September 29, 2020

As a student with a history of suicidal thoughts, I posed a liability to the school. But when these issues arise, the college should handle them with more...

If the college chooses to have people attending classes in Boston and acknowledges its responsibility to provide testing, it must also bear the burden of the danger this puts our homeless and low-income community members in.

[Photo] Don’t ignore our “invisible” community as classes resume this fall

By Billy Brodeur / September 2, 2020

If the college chooses to have people attending classes in Boston and acknowledges its responsibility to provide testing, it must also bear the burden...

The cloud ahead of us is grim, but to spite the dark mass, I find it necessary to reach for the silver linings that are both large and small, inconsequential and momentous.

[Photo] Time to look at the silver lining

By Althea Champion / September 1, 2020

The cloud ahead of us is grim, but to spite the dark mass, I find it necessary to reach for the silver linings that are both large and small, inconsequential...

Usually, my teammates and I are able to shake off a defeat and bounce back in our next game. But the loss of our fall season to COVID-19 was like no other. It meant there was no “next time.”

[Photo] There’s a new opponent this year: COVID-19

By Jillian Kay / August 24, 2020

Usually, my teammates and I are able to shake off a defeat and bounce back in our next game. But the loss of our fall season to COVID-19 was like no other....

I, along with many people who study, work, or live in between these two countries, am balancing on a wobbly cultural bridge. And it also seems the once-strong international journalism community I used to aspire to be a part of is eroding.

[Photo] Caught in the middle of the U.S. and China conflict as a journalist

By Jocelyn Yang / August 4, 2020

I, along with many people who study, work, or live in between these two countries, am balancing on a wobbly cultural bridge. And it also seems the once-strong...

I need to know that, when the lives of people with disabilities are placed in students’ hands, students will do everything in their power to keep those of us with disabilities—visible or not—safe.

[Photo] Don’t be the reason someone gets COVID-19

By Greyson Acquaviva / July 25, 2020

I need to know that, when the lives of people with disabilities are placed in students’ hands, students will do everything in their power to keep those...

I have learned that as a white person, it is my responsibility to have these discussions no matter how uncomfortable they may feel.

[Photo] Difficult conversations are one step toward racial equity

By Sophia Speciale / July 23, 2020

I have learned that as a white person, it is my responsibility to have these discussions no matter how uncomfortable they may feel.

I did so many things to create a sense of belonging for myself in this unfamiliar country by empowering myself with knowledge and experience, only to learn that the future I wanted for so long might not even exist, and this country does not welcome people like me.

[Photo] The U.S. I wanted to study in no longer exists

By Ziqi Wang / July 8, 2020

I did so many things to create a sense of belonging for myself in this unfamiliar country by empowering myself with knowledge and experience, only to learn...

Poverty is not a two-week fix. Mission trips are not going to magically erase a community's daily struggles and overall lack of resources.

[Photo] Stop going on mission trips

By Juliet Norman, Assistant Opinion Editor / June 29, 2020

Poverty is not a two-week fix. Mission trips are not going to magically erase a community's daily struggles and overall lack of resources.

Dining out may not seem scary now that new safety precautions are in place. But staying home is the best course of action to ensure the health of both you and your server.

[Photo] Safety trumps socialization: stop putting servers at risk

By Juliet Norman, Assistant Opinion Editor / June 22, 2020

Dining out may not seem scary now that new safety precautions are in place. But staying home is the best course of action to ensure the health of both...

The ideal solution would be to decrease tuition, allowing for more applications, more students, and in the end, a more accessible Emerson.

[Photo] Emerson should work for a more affordable hybrid experience

June 16, 2020

The ideal solution would be to decrease tuition, allowing for more applications, more students, and in the end, a more accessible Emerson.

"Now, we are these 'bears' that need to stay motivated and 'feed' ourselves with skills learned remotely. "

[Photo] Maintaining normalcy in spite of drastic changes

By Jocelyn Yang / April 7, 2020

"Now, we are these 'bears' that need to stay motivated and 'feed' ourselves with skills learned remotely. "

The Berkeley Beacon announced it would be shuttering operations on Wednesday at 10 p.m.

[Photo] The Berkeley Beacon shuts down after 73 years

April 1, 2020

The Berkeley Beacon announced it would be shuttering operations on Wednesday at 10 p.m.