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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

Graduate guard Trevor Arico drives against the Springfield College Pride on Feb. 25, 2025 (Riley Goldman/ Beacon Staff).

‘You [have] to beat the best to get there anyway’: Men’s basketball defeats Springfield in first round of NEWMAC playoffs

By Jordan Pagkalinawan, Dept. Sports Editor / February 26, 2025

In their sixth straight playoff appearance, the no. 4-seeded Emerson men’s basketball team triumphed over the Springfield College Pride, 67-50, in the...

SGA discusses endowment survey results

SGA discusses endowment survey results

By Hannah Woods, Staff Writer / February 26, 2025

The Student Government Association gauged a range of reactions and discussed the data they gathered from the Emerson community at its Feb. 21 meeting after...

‘It’s a way that people came together and found community’: Black Greek Life Luncheon highlights major sector of Black culture

‘It’s a way that people came together and found community’: Black Greek Life Luncheon highlights major sector of Black culture

By Madalyn Jimiera, Staff Writer / February 26, 2025

During midday on Tuesday in the dining hall, Black Greek Letter Organizations, a collection of Greek life chapters targeted towards Black individuals,...

EBONI’s ‘Blackout Block Party’ brings food, cards, community, and music to Piano Row

EBONI’s ‘Blackout Block Party’ brings food, cards, community, and music to Piano Row

By Izzy Bryars, Staff Writer / February 26, 2025

The “Blackout Block Party” inside the Piano Row Skybox and the Bobbi Brown and Steven Plofker Gym was filled with friends, faculty, family,...

(Rina Laby/ Staff Writer)

ArtsEmerson hosts former New Zealand prime minister in climate conversation

By Rina Laby, Staff Writer / February 26, 2025

Audience members crowded Emerson’s Semel Theater Tuesday night, ready to take notes and ask questions to the former Prime Minister of New Zealand where...

Around 20 protesters gather outside of Ansin building, glueing flyers listing their demands and hand-drawn stickers on the side of the building. (Madalyn Jimiera/ Beacon Staff)

‘Administration is forcing us to escalate.’ Boylston SJP demands revitalized protest policies, financial transparency, and divestment.

By Iselin Bratz, Madalyn Jimiera and Adri Pray / February 21, 2025

Dozens of protesters affiliated with Boylston Students for Justice in Palestine, a group of students advocating for a free Palestine, demonstrated in front...

Emerson College to integrate AI into classrooms

‘A passing of the torch’: SGA opens elections for next academic year

By Hannah Woods, Staff Writer / February 19, 2025

Elections for the next academic year are now open for the Student Government Association, SGA, as announced at its latest meeting on Feb. 14. Those interested...

A drone view of Kasteel Well between 1920 and 1940 from the Netherlands Institute for Military History / Courtesy Archief Well

From noble house to Nazi occupation to Emerson dormitory: The many lives of Kasteel Well

By Bryan Hecht, Kasteel Well Bureau Chief / February 19, 2025

Emerson will celebrate its 40th anniversary of sending students to its Kasteel Well campus in Well, Netherlands, next year. While this is a big milestone...

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...

Signage for the 2025 Teach-In on Race outside of the Bordy Theatre in the Union Bank Building on Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025. (Arthur Mansavage/ Beacon Staff)

Annual Teach-in on Race explores future of DEI, liberation struggles, art as resistance

The Teach-in on Race is an annual series of guest speaker panels and interactive audience discussions hosted by Emerson that aims to provide a space where...

The Max Cafe and Market after it's renovations in 2023. (Ashlyn Wang/Beacon Staff, File Photo)

Food for fuel: how does Emerson feed its athletes?

By Stella Huberlie, Beacon Correspondent / February 8, 2025

Emerson’s dining facilities’ nutritional value and hours trouble their student-athletes. Because they need good food to sustain them in their academics...

The alley entrance to the Walker building casts a beacon of light on the campus.

‘My dream would be a refund’: Unfulfilled promises, under-enrollment, and an uncertain future for health and social change students

By Adri Pray and Merritt Hughes / February 5, 2025
A year and a half after its integration into Emerson’s curriculum, the future of the health and social change major remains in limbo as it confronts low enrollment and staffing shortages.
Screengrab of the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion page on the Emerson College Website.

How safe is diversity, equity, and inclusion at Emerson College?

By Iselin Bratz and Meg Richards / February 5, 2025

“Emotional terrorism.” “Censorship.” “Hyper-nationalism.” A period of tumult likened to “the late 1960s.” These are the words and phrases...

(Abigail Hoyt/ For The Beacon)

Cooking up community: Emerson celebrates the Lunar New Year in the Dining Center

By Madalyn Jimiera and Adam Nuñez / February 4, 2025

Chatter and laughter filled the Dining Hall on Jan. 29 as aromas of vegetable dumplings, Taiwanese noodle soup, char siu pork ribs, and more echoed celebrations...

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.
A Emerson College sign above the colleges' visitor center on Boylston street. (Arthur Mansavage/ Beacon Staff, File)

Faculty argue over potential motion to end disciplinary action related to protest on campus

By Iselin Bratz, News Editor / January 29, 2025
Most of the excitement during the Jan. 28 faculty assembly came in the last half hour when a motion aimed at standing against disciplinary actions taken against community members who participate in on-campus protests hit the floor.
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.
Brand new gym equipment in what was the previous entrance to Piano Row on Boylston Street on Oct. 4, 2024. (Arthur Mansavage/ Beacon Staff, File Photo)

New Fitness Center in Piano Row off to busy start due to new location, upgrades, students say

By Izzy Bryars, Staff Writer / January 29, 2025

The number of people using the new fitness center has doubled at the start of the spring semester, according to athletic staff. Many students, staff,...

SGA member Angus Abercrombie at a Friday, April 26, 2024 Emerson town hall. (Rian Nelson/Beacon Staff)

SGA considers investing unused ‘Student Impact’ funds into Emerson’s endowment

By Hannah Woods, Staff Writer / January 29, 2025
Executive Vice Treasurer Angus Abercrombie said SGA wants to convert the funds into recurring revenue, where “we’d expect around 4% of whatever we put in to be available every year, forever,” he wrote in a December statement to The Beacon.
Cars passing in front of a Boston Architectural College building in the Back Bay neighborhood in Boston on Monday, Jan. 27, 2025. (Nick Peace/ Beacon Staff)

‘A happy dorm is a peaceful dorm’: BAC students share reflections and hopes about living at Emerson

By Madalyn Jimiera, Staff Writer / January 29, 2025

As below-freezing temperatures blow through Boston this January, the tensions described by the Boston Architectural College (BAC) students living in Emerson...