The Berkeley Beacon

The Berkeley Beacon, established in 1947, is the student-operated newspaper of Emerson College. It is released every Thursday throughout the fall and spring semesters of the college year.

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The People’s Party packs Church Street in Cambridge with Fashion, Music, and colossal clothing piles

1 week ago | berkeleybeacon.com | Jordan Pagkalinawan

Crowded around a multi-colored mountain of shirts and pants, thrifters of all ages, each with their own unique style, sifted through piles of clothes at The People’s Party block party. Drawn by the promise of $5 clothing piles, food vendors, and live music, thousands of thrifters took over Church Street in Harvard Square on May 17, 2025, for a block party featuring over 100 vendors in collaboration with Select Markets.
Cost of attendance and financial aid assistance will increase for upcoming year

1 week ago | berkeleybeacon.com | Sam Shipman

In an email communication from President Jay Bernhardt on Tuesday, he announced that Emerson College’s tuition and financial aid are expected to rise in the upcoming year. Current students have been told to expect to see a rise in their cost of attendance for the upcoming academic year, along with an increase in their financial aid packages, according to the email.
Why won’t movie studios make movies?

2 weeks ago | berkeleybeacon.com | Ella Duggan

“We’re saving Hollywood,” said Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos in an interview with Variety, speaking on Netflix’s impact on movies. “Folks grew up thinking, ‘I want to make movies on a gigantic screen and have strangers watch them [and to have them] play in the theater for two months, and people cry, and sold-out shows’ … It’s an outdated concept.” There is no doubt that filmmaking can be a commodity.
Softball falls to Coast Guard Academy in NEWMAC Tournament play-in game

3 weeks ago | berkeleybeacon.com | Jordan Pagkalinawan

After a six-year drought, the Emerson softball team stormed back into the playoffs as a No. 6 seed, battling the No. 7 Coast Guard Academy Bears in a play-in game on May 5. The postseason berth came after a historic season for the Lions, who finished with a program-record ten NEWMAC wins. Despite various opportunities with runners in scoring position, the Lions fell to the Bears, 7-0.
Emerson softball celebrates senior day with playoff-clinching victory

3 weeks ago | berkeleybeacon.com | Jordan Pagkalinawan

While most Emerson seniors were prepping for senior week and graduation, the Emerson softball team celebrated with a split against Wheaton College on May 3, locking in their spot in the New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference playoffs. Emerson opened the game hitting hard, loading the bases in the bottom half of the first inning and stranding all three runners. In Game 1, Wheaton jumped to an early 2-0 lead in the top of the first on a hard-hit RBI single to left field.
Emerson College sells a false dream: A letter from a terminated resident assistant

1 month ago | berkeleybeacon.com | Adri Pray

In less than two weeks, I will cross the Agganis Arena stage and officially become a graduate of Emerson College. For many seniors, this transition to postgraduate life is filled with conflicting emotions—sadness that this chapter is closed, pride in coming this far, and excitement for the future. Many spend these last few weeks cramming in assignments, hanging out with friends, and creating the final memories of college that’ll last a lifetime. My experience hasn’t been the same.
Emerson students celebrate Passover with traditional Seder and Shabbat dinner

1 month ago | berkeleybeacon.com | Adri Pray

On April 12, around 35 students gathered in the Beard Room in Piano Row for Emerson Hillel’s Passover Seder, a traditional meal held on the first night of the week-long holiday. Passover commemorates the Hebrew Exodus from Egypt and the Jewish liberation from slavery. Jewish students gathered to celebrate the holiday that symbolizes freedom, and the birth of a Jewish nation. Passover is a Jewish holiday celebrated over eight days with traditions like Seder, and the retelling of the Exodus story.
Emerson softball drops a pair to conference-leading MIT

1 month ago | berkeleybeacon.com | Jordan Pagkalinawan

Emerson softball fell to 0-20 all-time against conference-leading MIT, dropping both games in their doubleheader on April 25. MIT came out hot in game one, putting up two runs in the first inning, assisted by an error and manufactured with aggressive base running by the Engineers. They continued this electric start, adding two more runs in the second inning to go up 4-0 on the Lions.
Baseball swept by nationally ranked Salve Regina

1 month ago | berkeleybeacon.com | Jordan Pagkalinawan

The Emerson baseball team battled the No. 13 nationally ranked and NEWMAC-leading Salve Regina University Seahawks in a Sunday doubleheader in Rhode Island. The Lions fell to the Seahawks on the home team’s senior day, losing 13-1 in Game 1 and 10-0 in Game 2. The Lions began scoring in the top of the second inning.
Emerson gave me an award for protest. Now they’re punishing it.

1 month ago | berkeleybeacon.com | Ella Duggan

In 2019, my final year of undergrad, I was honored with the Spirit of Emerson Award in recognition of advocacy, leadership, and commitment to social justice. Emerson then-President Lee Pelton described me as “a radiant example” of student leadership through my work with Protesting Oppression With Educational Reform, or POWER. There, I engaged in activism, protest, and difficult dialogues that frequently drew criticism from peers, faculty, and administrators alike.