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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

Gabriel Borges

Gabriel Borges, Staff Writer

Gabriel Borges is a first-year journalism student who currently serves as a Staff Writer for The Beacon’s News section. He grew up in Recife, Brazil, and moved to the United States in 2017. Borges is currently working on his first novel and hoping to pursue a criminal law and fiction writing career.

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Tara Jenkins and Quionna Allen. Courtesy / Jenkins, Allen

Beyond Racial Equity and its role at Emerson College

By Gabriel Borges / March 16, 2022

A consulting firm will release a report on student accessibility and racial equity next month, bringing renewed attention to a year-long, student-driven...

Photo: Lucia Thorne

The Do’s and Don’t’s of celebrating Black History Month as an ally

By Gabriel Borges / February 14, 2022

Black History Month celebrates and acknowledges the contributions that Black People have made in shaping the United States. The national celebration spawned...

Amy Rinaldo, the college's new Associate Director of English Language Learning. (Photo courtesy of Amy Rinaldo)

Emerson hires new Associate Director of English Language Learning

By Gabriel Borges / February 9, 2022

In her new role with the Office of International Student Affairs, Amy Rinaldo will work with international students to help them celebrate their multilingual...

Emerson's Office of International Student Affairs.

Global rise in COVID-19 cases poses difficulty for international students

By Adri Pray and Gabriel Borges / January 27, 2022

Kevin Wang hasn’t visited his family in China since August. If he wants to return, he’ll have to first endure three weeks in quarantine before spending...

Boston's new Chick-fil-a location.

Boston’s first Chick-fil-A garners mixed reaction from Emersonians

By Gabriel Borges / January 21, 2022

Weeks after its grand opening, Boston's first Chick-fil-A restaurant is still drawing crowds to its Boylston Street location—yet some Emerson community...

Emerson's COVID-19 testing center at the corner of Kneeland Street and Harrison Ave.

Unprecedented end-of-semester COVID surge brings highest case levels since onset of pandemic

By Adri Pray and Gabriel Borges / December 23, 2021

Emerson has undergone an unprecedented surge in positive COVID-19 tests over the course of the past two weeks, racking up nearly 100 positives as statewide...

Firefighters put away the water hose.

Tufts refrigerator fire closes testing center amid hazmat concerns

By Frankie Rowley, Gabriel Borges and Henrique Rocha / November 2, 2021

Emerson’s testing center was abruptly shuttered Tuesday afternoon after a fire forced the evacuation of the surrounding Tufts Medical Center complex,...

Marla Kirban in 1970, her senior year at Emerson

Marla Kirban, Emerson alum and Hollywood voiceover coach, dies at 72

By Gabriel Borges, Beacon Correspondent / October 31, 2021

A long list of celebrity clients have walked through the doors of Marla Kirban Voiceover, a full service voiceover school run by the late Marla Kirban...

Andrea Popa (center), director of the Office of International Student Affairs, with international students in 2019.

International students face limited prospects after graduation

By Gabriel Borges, correspondent / September 30, 2021

Most recent Emerson graduates have their job prospects at the front of their minds, but for international students, the question of what to do with their...

Sigma Pi Theta at the Org Fair

Clubs enjoy heightened recruitment from in-person organization fair

By Gabriel Borges and Jonathan Yao / September 9, 2021

Venues around Emerson, including the Little Building and Piano Row, livened up on Friday afternoon as an in-person “org fair” got underway for...