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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

School of Communications Dean Brent Smith shares his perspectives on the implications of AI on society and higher education.

School of Communication Dean Brent Smith announced as new associate vice president for executive education

By Rylie Burns, Operations Managing Editor, Layout Editor & Newsletter Editor / April 11, 2025
Smith will assume the role on July 1.
SGA

New Executive Board elected, endowment investment conversation continues

By Hannah Woods, Staff Writer / April 11, 2025

Election results are in, and junior political communications major Georgia Winn is the next executive president of the Student Government Association.  Winn...

SGA members, friends, and family seated in the Jackie Liebergott Black Box theatre for the Emerson's second ever student government oath ceremony. (Riley Goldman/ Beacon Correspondent)

‘Money taken directly from our pockets’: Emerson students voice concerns over SGA’s proposal to invest in college’s endowment

By Hannah Woods, Staff Writer / April 2, 2025

Several Emerson students present at the Student Government Association’s meeting voiced concerns about the college’s endowment during an open forum,...

Emerson College buildings in Downtown Boston on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. (Arthur Mansavage/ Beacon Staff, File)

Emerson among dozens of universities under federal investigation for ‘antisemitic discrimination and harassment’

By Adri Pray, Editor-in-Chief / March 10, 2025
The Department of Education threatened to take action against the college if it does not improve its efforts to protect Jewish students on campus.
Emerson Colleges' Little Building and Colonial Building on Boylston Street. (Arthur Mansavage/ Beacon Staff, File)

Bernhardt affirms college’s steadfast support for transgender and international students in the face of federal challenges

By Adri Pray, Editor-in-Chief / February 19, 2025

President Jay Bernhardt on Wednesday reaffirmed Emerson’s “enduring commitment to building and sustaining an inclusive and caring community” in an...

Dan Crocker and Amy Rinaldo leaflet on Boylston Street outside of the Emerson College Dining Hall on Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025. Crocker and Rinaldo are both leaders in the Emerson College Staff Union. (Arthur Mansavage/ Beacon Staff)

Financial aid, student accounts demand entry into staff union’s contract nine months after joining

By Adri Pray, Editor-in-Chief / January 30, 2025
Members of the staff union leafletted Thursday afternoon advocating for the admission of the financial aid and student accounts departments into its contract.
Doug Struck holds the latest issue of Discipline News on Boylston Street outside of Emerson College on Monday, Jan. 27, 2025. (Arthur Mansavage/ Beacon Staff)

Discipline News argues it’s ‘reasserting Emerson’s values.’ The college calls it an ‘anonymous propaganda campaign.’

By Hannah Brueske, Dept. Projects Editor / January 29, 2025
Discipline News emerged on Emerson’s campus in early December, quickly embedding itself into the Emerson community. For the first time ever, the publication’s contributors discussed its operations and why its message is necessary now.
The Emerson Staff Union is hoping to have some of their sacrificed benefits reinstated, especially for some of the at-risk staff members.

Staff Union calls for end to hiring freeze

By Bailey Allen and Vivi Smilgius / November 4, 2021

Members of Emerson’s staff union took to the streets this week amid contract negotiations with the college, demanding the college increase hiring...

If the college chooses to have people attending classes in Boston and acknowledges its responsibility to provide testing, it must also bear the burden of the danger this puts our homeless and low-income community members in.

Don’t ignore our “invisible” community as classes resume this fall

By Billy Brodeur / September 2, 2020

Billy Brodeur is a senior studying comedic arts. On a walk to Paramount my sophomore year, I turned a corner and saw my friend Paul slumped on the ground....

Students cross the intersection of Boylston St. and Tremont St.

Remote learning is different, but that’s not a bad thing

By The Editorial Board / August 17, 2020

As Emerson moves forward with its reopening plans for the fall semester, many students have raised concerns about the value of online classes. Is it comparable...

The entrance to Emerson's Walker Building on Boylston St. (Jakob Menendez/ Beacon Archives, File Photo)

A weekly email is not enough

By Editorial Board / August 10, 2020

Throughout the summer, Emerson administration has sent students sporadic emails. In June came the announcement that campus would reopen in late August....

We’re putting faculty and staff in danger

We’re putting faculty and staff in danger

By Editorial Board / July 28, 2020

In a world toppled by the COVID-19 pandemic, Emerson administration gave students a choice: return to an altered campus and participate in a mix of in-person...