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1 week ago | 
berkeleybeacon.com | Iselin Bratz |Bryan Hecht |Sam Shipman
On Monday, the Living Learning Community at Kasteel Well hosted students, politicians, artists, academics, and scientists for the first-ever Kasteel Well Forum in the final days of the spring 2025 semester. An all-day event attended by a crowd of roughly 150, the forum marked the first time in the Kasteel program’s 40-year history that stakeholders from the community of Well and surrounding local areas were invited onto campus to see how students are learning and interacting with Dutch culture.
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2 weeks ago | 
berkeleybeacon.com | Bryan Hecht |Sam Shipman
For Anna Bigelow, traveling to Barcelona has been a long-time dream. Bigelow and her younger brother, both fluent Spanish speakers, had once planned a mock trip to the Spanish city for a project in grade school. Their dream was finally realized while Anna was on a travel break from studying at Emerson’s Kasteel Well campus in the Netherlands this semester.
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1 month ago | 
berkeleybeacon.com | Bryan Hecht |Sam Shipman
A grenade was found by facilities workers at Kasteel Well while working in the gardens in front of the Voorburcht, a residence building for students, late Thursday morning. The device was from World War II and of English origin, Emerson College European Center officials confirmed in an incident report shared with the Boston campus.
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Jan 22, 2025 | 
berkeleybeacon.com | Bryan Hecht |Sam Shipman |Annie Sarlin |Danielle N. Bartholet
Last November, late into the night, Kasteel Well students watched with bated breath as Donald Trump won the 2024 election. This semester, many said they chose to skip the 47th president’s inauguration ceremony altogether. Trump was inaugurated on Monday in the Capitol Rotunda, ceremonially recognizing his political comeback four years in the making.
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Dec 21, 2024 | 
berkeleybeacon.com | Bryan Hecht
Hundreds of people bundled up in thick scarves and fuzzy hats traversed bitter winds and near-freezing temperatures to gather around the 45-foot-tall Christmas tree, standing on the Boston Common Thursday night.
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Nov 20, 2024 | 
berkeleybeacon.com | Bryan Hecht |Piper Greene
After closing in late September, the Boston Parks and Recreation Department is seeking a vendor to re-open the concession pavilion in the Boston Common.
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Nov 6, 2024 | 
berkeleybeacon.com | Bryan Hecht |Annie Sarlin
After the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022 and ended the constitutional right to abortion, 10 states posed ballot questions in this year’s general election asking voters about amending state reproductive rights. Those states are Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Maryland, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New York, and South Dakota. Here are the results.
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Nov 5, 2024 | 
berkeleybeacon.com | Hannah Nguyen |DJ Mara |Rylie Burns |Bryan Hecht
President Joe Biden spoke from the Oval Office in July to address why he decided to drop out of the presidential race and endorse Vice President Kamala Harris. In his first public address since his announcement Sunday, Biden, 81, said while his record as president could afford him a second term, nothing could come in the way of “protecting American democracy,” including personal ambition. “This sacred task of perfecting our Union is not about me, but about you, your families, your futures.
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Nov 3, 2024 | 
berkeleybeacon.com | Bryan Hecht |Yogev Toby
Archbishop Richard Henning was installed as the seventh archbishop of the Archdiocese of Boston on Thursday. It was a bittersweet ceremony, shadowed by the church’s dark past. More than 1,400 people, including clergy, religious figures, and prominent Boston community members, gathered at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross to celebrate what some called a surprising appointment. Henning obtained the role after serving only a little over a year as Providence bishop, to a significantly smaller laity.
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Oct 26, 2024 | 
berkeleybeacon.com | Bryan Hecht |Yogev Toby
Hundreds leaped out of their seats as former speaker of the House, Rep. Nancy Pelosi, entered the First Parish Church in Cambridge for an intimate conversation on politics, the future of democracy, and unity. Pelosi appeared alongside Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey for a panel discussion organized by Harvard Book Store to promote Pelosi’s new book “The Art of Power” on Wednesday. The event was delayed by over 20 minutes, as the sold-out crowd of 600 stretched down the block waiting to enter.
