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

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

The Berkeley Beacon

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Union members negotiating their collective bargaining agreement last semester. Photo: Beacon Archive.

College hires known union-busting law firm

By Riane Roldan / October 11, 2018

The college retained a new law firm for outside counsel this summer, according to college officials.   Jackson Lewis, a national law firm which specializes...

Emerson's Title IX office.

Title IX office takes down job posting, position remains vacant

By Riane Roldan / October 10, 2018

The Title IX Office removed the job posting for the lead investigator position after two potential candidates for the position took jobs elsewhere, according...

Emerson's Title IX office.

Lead Title IX position remains vacant

By Riane Roldan / September 6, 2018

The lead investigator position in The Office of Title IX Equity and Access remains vacant despite an eight-month  search. The position opened when...

Sophomore Kathryn Garelli found insects in her lunch from the Dining Center on Wednesday afternoon. Courtesy of Kathryn Garelli.

Eat up, kids. Insects found in Dining Center lunch

By Riane Roldan / April 4, 2018

A student found what appeared to be an insect in their lunch at the Dining Center on Wednesday afternoon. The upstairs station, which serves hot meals,...

Molli Freeman-Lynde explains DACA to students at a teach-in sponsored by UNITE and The Elma Lewis Center. Photo: Brooke Northup / Beacon Staff

Teach-in on immigration explores policy and personal experience

By Riane Roldan / April 4, 2018

Student activists hosted a teach-in to educate the Emerson community on the complexities of the immigration system and the difficulties of leading an undocumented...

As classes get cancelled due to inclement weather, the college is dealing with ways to make up for lost time. Photo: Chris Van Buskirk // Berkeley Beacon

Passover makeup day sparks controversy

By Riane Roldan / March 22, 2018

The college registrar sent out an email Friday afternoon announcing the makeup days for the classes canceled due to last week’s nor’easter—one of...

Only four students enrolled in the Cuba global pathways program for 2019 so the program was canceled . Photo courtesy of Cathleen Cusachs

Cuba Global Pathway cancelled

By Riane Roldan / February 15, 2018

The Education Abroad and Domestic Programs office canceled the Cuba Global Pathway study abroad program for the summer of 2018. Visualizing Cuba...

Vice President for the Social Justice Center Sylvia Spears formed a research group to find data on representation of different demographics at the college. Photo: Beacon Archives

Diversity and Inclusion renamed, to focus on equity

By Riane Roldan / January 25, 2018

The Office of Diversity and Inclusion’s change to the Social Justice Center reflects an ideological shift within the office, a college official said. “The...

Title IX office searches for new lead investigator

Title IX office searches for new lead investigator

By Riane Roldan / January 18, 2018

The Office of Title IX Equity and Access is looking to replace the college’s lead Title IX Investigator, Pamela Ring, who left the college to pursue...

East Boston is the second most popular neighborhood for off-campus and transfer students.
RIANE ROLDAN / BEACON CORRESPONDENT

Student surge to Eastie raised gentrification concerns

By Riane Roldan / November 1, 2017

An influx of students, from Emerson and elsewhere, are moving to East Boston as rent in other neighborhoods continues to rise and on-campus housing remains...

Valentina Amaro holds up a #ThisIsEmerson sign during the walk out.

Hundreds protest against racism, present demands

By Riane Roldan / October 25, 2017

 More than 300 Emerson students marched into the college's monthly faculty assembly meeting Tuesday, protesting college complacency toward discrimination...

Craig Steven Wilder spoke to the community about systemic oppression at the EPI launch event.
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Emerson Prison Initiative launch pushes for “democratization of education” for prisoners

By Riane Roldan / September 27, 2017

Across the country, states are spending over a million dollars a year on incarceration fees—and sometimes, that’s just for the inmates living within...