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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Emerson College sells a false dream: A letter from a terminated resident assistant

1 week 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 week 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 week 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

2 weeks 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.

2 weeks 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.
250th anniversary of the Battle of Lexington attracts thousands of spectators

2 weeks ago | berkeleybeacon.com | Merritt Hughes |Sam Shipman

Tens of thousands of spectators circled the Lexington Battle Green at 5:15 a.m. on April 19 to witness the start of the American Revolution. Silence fell over the crowd in anticipation of the reenactment of “the shot heard round the world.” As the first signs of dusk lightened the sky, many people stood on their tiptoes to catch a glimpse of the Battle of Lexington unfold. People from all over the country traveled to honor this moment in history.
Emerson restricts access to 2B Alley amid planned SJP protest

2 weeks ago | berkeleybeacon.com | Adri Pray

The 2 Boylston Place Alleyway is closed “effective immediately” for all non-residents of the 2 Boylston Place dormitory in anticipation of a planned protest action on Friday night. The Emerson College Police Department sent the advisory to all community members shortly before 7 p.m., one hour before the scheduled protest by Students for Justice in Palestine, and set up a tap desk at the entrance to the alleyway to track students coming in and out of the area.
Editorial: What happened to the alley happened to all of us

3 weeks ago | berkeleybeacon.com | Ella Duggan

The alley is a thoroughfare. A shortcut through the block, two minutes shaved off your Dunkin’ or CVS trip, a direct route from point A to B. But it wasn’t always. Those of us who were Emerson students before spring 2024 remember what the alley meant to our campus. It was a space for gathering, community, and celebration. There were barbecues in the alley. Student organizations regularly tabled bake sales and fundraisers between classes and on weekends.
As a freshman, Emerson’s silence about the encampment is deafening

3 weeks ago | berkeleybeacon.com | Ella Duggan

It’s been a year since the Emerson encampment made national news, and it continues to haunt the college to this day. Last April, students were arrested, blood was washed off the alley walls, and a sense of trust was lost at Emerson. Without any time to process any of these events, students went home for the summer and returned in the fall to a whole new environment, one that new freshmen now consider normal. Turns out, it’s far from it.
There are no online spaces for kids anymore

3 weeks ago | berkeleybeacon.com | Ella Duggan

Lately, I have been reflecting on my relationship with the internet: From fandoms to reaction videos and subsequently trying to get offline, but I really haven’t gone back to my roots. As a member of Gen Z, the last generation to know life before the internet, being online would turn into an addiction. My parents did their best to keep me off the internet. The term “iPad kid” didn’t even exist then. Because infantile screen addiction wasn’t normal then.