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The Berkeley Beacon

Emerson encampment: A look at connection and chaos

A letter to Howie Carr

By Ella Mordarski, Guest Author / April 29, 2024

Dear Howie Carr,  The horrifying screams echoing up from the alley will forever be ingrained in my mind.  On April 25, 2024, I watched from...

Courtesy of Bradley Bird

To my fellow adults in the classrooms

By Bradley Bird, Guest Author / April 27, 2024

Dear fellow Emerson faculty,  Like many of us, I have much I'd like to say in regards to the genocide in Gaza, the college's handling of that issue,...

Emerson Hillel is here to stay

Op-Ed: Hillel is here to stay

By Ari Willis, Guest Author / April 18, 2024

This past Monday, April 15, I embarked on a long journey from my Paramount dorm to Piano Row for what was meant to be a relaxing trip to The...

Emerson's downtown Boston campus.

Op-Ed: The weapons of the weak

By Tulasi Srinivas, Guest Author / April 10, 2024

The arrests that happened a few weeks ago at the Presidential Inauguration were a failure of leadership of monumental proportions: it was not just...

Letter to the editor

By Shaw Israel Izikson / October 30, 2023

To the editor, In a recent article in The Chronicle of Higher Learning, former Marlboro College Trustee Dena S. Davis wrote in her article "When Your...

The Emerson College staff union logo.

Letter to the Editor: Open Letter to the Emerson Community

By The Emerson Staff Union / October 26, 2022

Last week we reached out to the Board of Trustees and asked to meet. Our prolonged contract negotiation with management has hit a wall and we’re heading...

The Emerson College staff union logo.

Letter to the Editor: Letter to the Board of Trustees

By The Emerson Staff Union / October 23, 2022

Dear Members of the Board of Trustees, We, the Emerson Staff Union, would like to request a meeting with Board members next week to address the College’s...

Letter to the Editor: A Blue Valentine’s Day at Emerson

Letter to the Editor: A Blue Valentine’s Day at Emerson

It is easy to love Emerson. Talented students, brilliant faculty, committed staff: great people. We see individuals learn and grow on our campus, but we...

Bill Giligan, the interim president of Emerson College.

Letter to the Editor: Response to ‘Emerson’s next president should serve students, not their pockets’

By William Gilligan, Interim President of Emerson College / February 5, 2022

I write today in response to an opinion piece, “Emerson’s next president should serve students, not their pockets,” in order to clarify information...

Students cross the intersection of Boylston St. and Tremont St.

Professor faces outcry over antisemitism allegations

By Bailey Allen and Abigail Lee / January 13, 2022

Mired in controversy, an Emerson professor is facing accusations of antisemitic behavior in the classroom last semester—while acknowledging that his...

Letter: Advice for students about to graduate? Join a union

Letter: Advice for students about to graduate? Join a union

By Illona Yosefov / April 27, 2021

Illona Yosefov ([email protected]) is an Instructional Technologist at Emerson. When she's not busy helping faculty build their Canvas courses,...

Letter: Ruthanne Madsen, VP of Enrollment, responds to Gina Martin article

Letter: Ruthanne Madsen, VP of Enrollment, responds to Gina Martin article

By Ruthanne Madsen / September 4, 2020

The Office of Financial Aid at Emerson College is devoted to providing access to education for all students with financial need. Unfortunately, inaccurate...

Letter: What will we do with our fear?

Letter: What will we do with our fear?

By Kim McLarin, Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director / July 30, 2020

Kim McLarin is a writing, literature, and publishing associate professor and a graduate program director. Dear Emerson Community, These are frightening...

Letter: Sylvia Spears Responds to "Title IX hiring process failed to involve students enough"

Letter: Sylvia Spears Responds to “Title IX hiring process failed to involve students enough”

By Letter to the editor / October 23, 2019

To the editor: Re “Title IX hiring process failed to involve students enough” (Editorial, Oct. 17) While the editorial makes a valid point about...

Letter: Students respond to "Person of Color Column: I am from Hong Kong, not China"

Letter: Students respond to “Person of Color Column: I am from Hong Kong, not China”

By Xinyan Fu, Jiachen Liu and Xinyi Tu / April 24, 2019

To the Editor: Re “Person of Color Column: I am from Hong Kong, not China” (Column, April 21) The Living Arts Section recently published a Person...

LETTER: Healing and Advocacy Collective responds to "When 'the best course of action' isn't enough"

LETTER: Healing and Advocacy Collective responds to “When ‘the best course of action’ isn’t enough”

By Letter to the editor / October 16, 2018

For anyone who is reading this, we talk about power-based interpersonal violence, including sexual assault, the Title IX process, and reference some current...

LETTER: Elise Harrison responds to "ECAPS overwhelmed by student demand"

LETTER: Elise Harrison responds to “ECAPS overwhelmed by student demand”

By Letter to the editor / April 27, 2018

Letter to the Editor from Elise Harrison, Director of Counseling and Psychological Services I would like to clarify several things in the article about...

LETTER: SGA Executive Treasurer Ian Mandt responds to "Don't ask students to fund scholarships"

LETTER: SGA Executive Treasurer Ian Mandt responds to “Don’t ask students to fund scholarships”

By Letter to the editor / April 15, 2018

Following the release of the editorial “Don’t ask students to fund scholarships,” I wanted to provide some clarifying information that we were not...

LETTER: Henderson-West responds to criticism of SGA

LETTER: Henderson-West responds to criticism of SGA

By Christopher Henderson-West / April 5, 2018

Someone asked me what I thought about what occurred on Tuesday morning, and here's the deal: The flagging of the Multi-Purpose Room on Tuesday morning...

Letter to the Editor: Student response to “What’s in a name?”

By Letter to the editor / February 1, 2018

Last week, the Berkeley Beacon editorial board published an article titled “What’s in a name?” examining recent name changes of the Educational Equity...