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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

Class of 2022 President Cassie Shelley speaks with VMA Department students and faculty at Tuesday's Academic Town Hall. Xinyi Xu / Beacon Staff

SGA Academic Town Hall highlights prevailing college issues

By Andrew Brinker / November 19, 2019

Hundreds of students and faculty crammed into the Lion’s Den Tuesday at the second annual Student Government Association Academic Town Hall to air grievances...

Theater and Performance Major Maya McClain said it took her a year to declare her dance minor before the program's changes / Courtesy of Maya McClain

Students express concern over dance department director’s removal

By Sydney Havens / November 6, 2019

The college restructured the dance program in fall 2019, leaving it without a director, which several students and an SGA senator claim negatively impacts...