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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

Vermont Fall Foliage. (Kai Etringer/ For The Beacon)

New England’s fall foliage is arriving early—and fading fast

By Hannah Goeke and Kai Etringer / October 15, 2025

Fall in New England is filled with tradition, from apple orchards and pumpkin patches, to hikes through air that grows cooler by the day. It’s also...

Boylston Street was blanketed in snow on Saturday.

Boston ‘warm and welcoming’ amid record-breaking blizzard

By Bailey Allen, Former news editor / February 3, 2022

Emerson students witnessed a winter storm of a magnitude not seen in New England in years, dropping nearly two feet of snow over the weekend and enveloping...

Snow engulfing Boston Common.

Nor’easter envelops Emerson’s Boston campus

By Alec Klusza, Assistant News Editor / February 1, 2021

A nor'easter pummeling Massachusetts is estimated to engulf some areas of the state in up to 18 inches of snow, accompanied by upward of 45 miles per hour...