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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...

Candidates to run unopposed in SGA special election

Candidates to run unopposed in SGA special election

By Dylan Rossiter / September 28, 2017

The Student Government Association set a special election for Oct. 11 to fill six empty seats within the organization. "We had a great number of vacant...

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...

"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...

SGA presents plans for academic improvement

SGA presents plans for academic improvement

By Shafaq Patel / April 20, 2017

The Student Government Association approved an initiative that calls for improvements in the college’s academic departments and changes across the campus...

Song Park said he was injured by closing elevator doors.BRIANNA O'SHAUGHNESSY / BEACON CORRESPONDENT

Inaccessible infrastructure limits students with disabilities

By Max Reyes / April 19, 2017

Song Park said he knew Boston wasn’t the most accessible city before coming to Emerson. A Palo Alto native, he said he wanted to get out of California....

Students in the dark on tuition hike specifics

By Bret Hauff / April 5, 2017

Emerson’s Board of Trustees has approved another tuition increase for the next academic year. If you didn’t know this already, it’s no fault of your...

Vice President of Enrollment Management Ruthanne Madsen.

Emerson to drop SAT/ACT requirement

By Isha Marathe / April 5, 2017

Emerson Admission Office has confirmed that it will no longer require standardized test scores for undergraduate applicants starting fall 2018. “We...