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The Berkeley Beacon (founded 1947) is Emerson College's student-run newspaper. The paper is published weekly each Thursdays during the fall and spring semesters of Emerson College's school year. Source
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| Scope | Local, Student/Alumni |
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| Language | English |
| Country | United States of America |
| Media Market | Boston-Manchester |
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| Frequency | Weekly |
| Days Published | Thu |
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Search ArticlesThe Red Sox face rival New York Yankees in Yankee Stadium Wildcard tonight. Follow along for live updates.
The Red Sox will face off against their rival, the New York Yankees, at Yankee Stadium at 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday on NBC for their first playoff game this postseason. This year's Wildcard matchup is a rematch of last year, where the Yankee's beat the Red Sox 2-1 to advance to the American League Division Series.
Comic: ‘Fake IDs only’
About the Contributor Lila Reimels is a Staff Writer and Deputy Projects Editor for The Berkeley Beacon from Rhode Island. She is a sophomore Journalism major with a minor in Political Science and enjoys writing across the news, sports, and projects sections. Lila’s love for journalism can also be seen through her work as an illustrator and political cartoonist for The Beacon.
‘The Kissing Booth’ and how bad boy rom-coms are hurting your love life
Spoilers ahead for “The Kissing Booth.” While it may seem harmless, the classic trope of teen rom-coms — the good girl falls for the bad boy after struggling to balance a love triangle with the nice guy — is actually teaching women to accept less than what they deserve and shows men it’s okay to mistreat romantic partners depending on their level of status.
Letter from the Editor: The Beacon stands with the White House press pool
Categories: In the early hours of Thursday morning, U.S. District Court Judge Timothy Kelly ruled the Trump administration must restore CNN, MS Now, and Politico’s access to the White House, days after their press passes were seized in an attempt to ban the outlets from covering the administration. In response to the attack on the press, Emerson College journalism faculty convened an event Wednesday, Sept.
The Kasteel Well program turned forty this year. What kind of legacy is it leaving?
Many college students are told that a semester abroad will change their life, but for Hailey Forman, her life-changing trip to Emerson College’s Kasteel Well program ended on an abrupt and painful note last April. During her final weeks in the Netherlands, where the program is housed at a 14th-century medieval castle, Forman, a then-sophomore media psychology major, recalled suddenly feeling nausea and fever, like a flu or stomach bug.
Emerson Study Abroad Fair highlights global opportunities for students
Last Friday, Sept. 18, the Bill Bordy Theater became a one-stop destination for foreign places, as students attended Emerson’s annual Study Abroad Fair. Fanning out across the room, tables offered a glimpse into study-abroad programs in countries such as France and Japan, with colorful fliers, flags, and stickers on display for each program.
Judge blocks Trump’s historic media ban as Emerson journalists gather in solidarity
Editor’s Note: The Berkeley Beacon was a co-sponsor of this event, and Editor-In-Chief Katie Cressman gave brief remarks expressing support for the news organizations banned from the White House press pool. Emerson College journalism faculty convened an emergency meeting in the Bill Bordy Theatre Wednesday to address bans from the White House on multiple media publications enforced by President Donald Trump last week.
There’s a portal in the Media Art Gallery
If you enter at the right moment, a starry night sky will span across two walls, and although you’re in Emerson College’s Media Art Gallery, not Scotland, the power of the “thin place” and its ability to transport is unmistakable. “That feeling, and that idea of being able to go through a portal to travel in two different places in time is called a ‘thin place’ in ancient Celtic.
Improvement Movement’s new record feels like a Flock camera scanning each cell of your face
When you wake up in the morning, you reach for your phone and look at your “social oracle that makes you feel shame and humiliation.” Then, you strut with your head held high and back straight to your local coffee shop to “be surveilled by any number of Flock or Axios cameras.” When you get to the coffee shop, you realize that “you have to buy something to use the Wi-Fi to do your digital perfect real job.” “There are no bathrooms at the real coffee shop,” adds Marshall Ruffin, bassist and...
What to know about Emerson’s partnership with controversial architecture firm HDR Inc.
Emerson College is partnering with a multi-billion-dollar architecture services firm embroiled in controversy for its role in building more than 275 prisons and other developments to “guide the work” of its Campus Master Plan. HDR Inc., a Nebraska-based company hired over the summer, has previously been accused of conducting social listening on multiple social activist groups who oppose their developments.