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The Berkeley Beacon News Hour on WECB 11/25: Massachusetts bans plastic bags and Marlboro merger updates

By Kyle Bray / November 25, 2019
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Emerson President M. Lee Pelton and Marlboro President Kevin Quigley walk together on Peltons first visit since the merger announcement. Cho Yin Rachel Lo / Beacon Staff

Listen to “The Berkeley Beacon News Hour on WECB 11/25: Massachusetts bans plastic bags and Marlboro merger updates” on Spreaker.

Berkeley Beacon editors went live on WECB with the latest episode of The Berkeley Beacon News Hour—a morning radio program dedicated to discussing both campus and city news with a splice of music in between.

The show airs on WECB at 8 a.m. on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday and is hosted by Visual Managing Editor Kyle Bray, Copy Managing Editor Abigail Hadfield, News Editor Stephanie Purifoy, and Editor-in-Chief Chris Van Buskirk.

On the Nov. 25 episode, Deputy Express Editor Tomas Gonzalez joins the show to talk about Massachusetts passing a bill to ban plastic bags and the latest news on the merger between Emerson and Marlboro college.

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Kyle Bray is a former Visual Managing Editor for The Berkeley Beacon. He worked for the paper from Fall 2017-Fall 2019. He also served as the Sports Editor and Music Columnist.
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