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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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The Big E Sept 13. 2025. (Sam Shipman / Beacon Staff)

From fried cheese to farm chicks: Inside the Big E

By Jack Silver and Birdi Diehl / September 17, 2025

The first sounds you hear are horse hooves on a cracked road and Creed’s “Higher” blaring from a speaker as someone stuffs a quarter-pound of fried...

Revere Beach

Patriotism swells in the heart of the American bear

By Jack Silver, Magazine Contributor / April 16, 2025

The morning after the election, I went to Wonderland. It was a quiet, inaptly named transit station at the end of the Blue Line and a short walk to Revere...

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The Comfort Room

By Jack Silver, Guest Author / December 3, 2024

“Do you remember the mountains, Dane?” The room was vacant save for the white chair on which he sat, and the thin slot on the wall where her words...