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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 | Jordan Pagkalinawan |Sam Shipman
The moment Neal Francis began his interview with The Beacon, he said hello before taking a moment to light incense. Dressed in a slick jumpsuit that could have been pulled right out of Disco 45, Francis leaned back in the chair and crossed one leg over the other. Radiating a soothing warmth, Francis mirrored the intimate burn of the incense freshly lit in front of him.
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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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1 month ago | 
berkeleybeacon.com | Bryan Liu |Sam Shipman
As frontman for The Revivalists, David Shaw has been crushing live shows for over fifteen years, selling out large venues with their unforgettable indie hit “Wish I Knew You,” and solidifying the band’s status as a modern rock force. Shaw, now 41 and a father of a 14-month-old, hasn’t lost a single drop of swagger—beyond being a seasoned leader of his band he’s also a riveting solo act.
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2 months ago | 
berkeleybeacon.com | Iselin Bratz |Sam Shipman
Between their respective rooms, brothers Jack and Charlie Silver have been crafting and refining songs for years. Jack paces back and forth between Charlie’s room and his own, testing his latest revelations in lyrical form, to pair with Charlie’s flashy guitar riffs.
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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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Jan 8, 2025 | 
berkeleybeacon.com | Adri Pray |Sam Shipman
Emerson students finishing their meal in the dining hall often throw the remains of their scraps into the compost bin, but where do the seemingly endless pans of uneaten food go? Enter: Food For Free. On the morning of Dec. 18, after residential halls closed for winter break, Food For Free and Emerson Dining Services conducted a large-scale end-of-semester pick-up where roughly 350 pounds of fresh produce and pre-cooked meats were boxed up to be donated.
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Dec 4, 2024 | 
berkeleybeacon.com | Sam Shipman
Christie Anglade will become the college’s next vice president of Student Affairs beginning Dec. 15, after temporarily serving the position for six months, President Jay Bernhardt announced Tuesday. Anglade was selected by members of the search committee, led by Provost Alex Socarides and supported by executive search firm Witt/Kieffer. As vice president, Anglade will continue to oversee staff and a portfolio focused on “supporting students’ experience, growth, and wellbeing,” Bernhardt said.
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Dec 3, 2024 | 
berkeleybeacon.com | Maddie Barron |Sam Shipman
I always felt the whole “it sounds better on vinyl” notion was bullshit. Why would I stop my day to listen to your music when I can just put it on my phone, in its mixed and mastered glory? One day, I picked up a busted-up pressing from the 1970s of Emerson, Lake and Palmer’s “Brain Salad Surgery.” When I listened to it, I got it.
