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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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Theater and Performance Major Maya McClain said it took her a year to declare her dance minor before the program's changes / Courtesy of Maya McClain

Students express concern over dance department director’s removal

By Sydney Havens / November 6, 2019

The college restructured the dance program in fall 2019, leaving it without a director, which several students and an SGA senator claim negatively impacts...

Alumus David Wade '95, winner of 23 Emmy awards, is back at Emerson as a professor. Shiyu Pan / Beacon Correspondent

Award winning journalist and alum returns to Emerson as professor

By Sydney Havens / September 25, 2019

When working for local TV station WBZ in 2013, David Wade ‘95 received a call in the middle of the night telling him to go straight to Watertown—the...

ECPD set up the drop box for students to dispose of prescription or over the counter medications. Jakob Menendez / Beacon Staff

ECPD introduces medication disposal box

By Sydney Havens / September 9, 2019

The Emerson College Police Department installed a drop off box during the summer intended for the safe disposal of prescription and over the counter medications. ECPD...