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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

Jeff Freeman and Nikki Werner played Philly and Annie in Dane Shubert's student film.
SCREENSHOT OF LOVE. BACARDI. BOSTON.

The story of campus cult classic, Love. Bacardi. Boston.

By Ally Rzesa / November 29, 2017

Dane Shubert ‘13 could have made a one-to-four minute movie for his Visual and Media Arts Production class freshman year. Instead, he brought a 32 minute...

Senior Arden Jurskis created Signs of Life, a parody talk show that will air on Sommerville Community Access Television.
COURTESY OF ARDEN JURSKIS

Senior brings supernatural sci-fi series to Somerville

By Ally Rzesa / October 18, 2017

Combine Live with Kelly and Ryan with The X-Files and you get Signs of Life, a parody talk show created by senior Arden Jurskis. Signs...

Affiliated faculty member and performing arts graduate MJ Halberstadt ‘10 was chosen as a 2017 Huntington Theatre Playwriting Fellow.
CASSANDRA MARTINEZ / BEACON STAFF

Persevering professor earns playwriting fellowship

By Ally Rzesa / October 11, 2017

MJ Halberstadt ‘10 applied to The Huntington Theatre Company Fellows program for 10 years straight. This time, the affiliated faculty member was finally...

Professor edits book on heaven, hell, and horror

By Ally Rzesa / October 5, 2017

Cynthia Miller began as an editor of western essays and films, but when she stumbled upon the zombie-western It Came From The West, her focus shifted from...