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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

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

The Berkeley Beacon

Illustration by Kellyn Taylor.

Activism isn’t skin-deep

By Bryan Liu, Managing Editor / September 13, 2023

I am sitting with the wettest elbows.  My forearms are slick with water from this morning when I was bent over the sink, washing my face. They will...

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.

Stop going on mission trips

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

When I was a sophomore in high school, one of my classmates asked for donations through a GoFundMe link on her Facebook page. When I clicked on the link,...