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The Berkeley Beacon

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

The Berkeley Beacon

Students, faculty, and alumni listened to panelists discuss the future of LGBT publishing in the Bill Bordy Theater.
Mariana Apestegui Carazo / Beacon Correspondent

Publishing panel marches “Gayly Forward”

By Kyle Labe / October 4, 2017

Benoit Denizet-Lewis was 21, living in San Francisco, and just figuring out his sexual orientation when he had his first tastes of queer literature at...

LGBTQ column: Out of the closet, into a box

By Andrew Stanton / September 28, 2017

I have a confession—I think Buzzfeed quizzes are fun. A few weeks ago, I found myself searching the site. One quiz titled, “You Won’t Get 100% on...

Real Talk creates conversations, supports students

By Gabriella Leonel / September 28, 2017

It’s time to put the phone away—and talk for real. REAL Talk is a new support group on campus intended to teach students how to communicate with each...

Writer-director Jim Cummings stars as police officer Jimmy Arnaud in his award-winning short film Thunder Road. He raised funds on Kickstarter to turn it into a feature film of the same name.
Courtesy of Jim Cummings

Alum’s Sundance short to become feature film

By Ian Sloan / September 27, 2017

Jim Cummings’ ‘09 Thunder Road began as lines of dialogue recorded on the Voice Memos app during his daily commute. Last year, it won the Short Film...

Casey Piscura is a documentary subject and a seedsman for Wild Mountain Seeds.
Courtesy of Tomas Zuccareno

Alumna’s documentary supports local food

By Ian Sloan / September 20, 2017

Bite into an apple from the closest grocery store and it has probably travelled hundreds of miles in the days since it was picked. Haley Thompson ‘04...

Professor John Craig Freeman is the artist behind augmented and virtual reality exhibit Portal to an Alternative Reality.
Spencer Brown / Beacon Correspondent

Professor’s art explores global issues with virtual reality

By Aidan Mohan / September 20, 2017

Emerson professor John Craig Freeman wants to use technology and art to bring global issues to the forefront of everyday lives. Freeman’s project...

Center Stage features a performance space, seating area, cafe, and store
Chloe Kerwin / Beacon Correspondent

Bites and open mics at Center Stage

By Ally Rzesa / September 13, 2017

The Emerson Poetry Project used to meet weekly in any space they could find: classrooms, the dining hall, the Parkman Bandstand on Boston Common. This...

David Klotz ‘94 won an Emmy as a music editor for Stranger Things
Courtesy of David Klotz

Alumni win big at Creative Arts Emmys

By Natalie Busch / September 13, 2017

Art director Joe Celli ‘91 said he makes a concerted effort not to get his hopes up at awards shows, since he has lost more than he has won. But over...

"We need to make room for spontaneity without falling into apathy."
Bethany Hamlin / Beacon Staff

Op-Ed: College daze: The pitfalls of introspection

By Joseph Boudreau / September 7, 2017

This summer, I found myself in Paris staying with a friend of a friend, a person I had never met. Yet the oddity of that never surfaced—we had other...

Editorial: Underwhelmed by overcommitment

By Editorial Board / September 7, 2017

At issue: Emerson's culture of overcommitment Our take: Failure is an essential learning experience Orientation leaders have, at the direction of orientation...

Isabel Thottam self-publishes her first children's book.
Courtesy of Isabel Thottam

Alum pens a mixed-breed read for children

By Kyle Labe / September 6, 2017

Isabel Thottam ‘13 was first published in the seventh grade when Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul selected one of her poems. Now, the visual and media...

Claire Alexandra Doyle
Courtesy of Claire Doyle

Q&A: Claire Alexandra Doyle ‘00

By Natalie Busch / September 6, 2017

As a visual and media arts major, and a typical Emerson student, Claire Alexandra Doyle ‘00  explored many different opportunities. She produced and...