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At the Beacon, we report on all aspects of campus life—covering events, profiling our creative student body and its work, and breaking important news. We tell the stories at Emerson that need to be told.

To learn more about the Beacon, come to our info session on Thursday, August 28 (free pizza and lemonade!) at 12:30 pm in the Piano Row multipurpose room. Writers, photographers, filmmakers, journalists, social media mavens, and storytellers of any major are welcome. Tweet at @BeaconUpdate if you can't find it.

Here are some highlights from our coverage last year (top to bottom):

The eerie music of Anne Malin

Wayans' World | Pedaling for diabetes research, student makes and films history

Doing time with Laverne Cox

Outside the Lines: Emerson softball star brings talents to Red Sox | Busker sells hand-typed poems in Harvard Square T stop

At Town Hall meeting, community discusses sexual assault

See more at our website, berkeleybeacon.com.

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Orientation leader, Ian Gaston receives as compliment on his make-shift cape.

Erin Corrigan directs cars to pull over on Boylston Street. 

New students move-in to residence hall, Piano Row. 

Colorfully dressed Tori Loubert calls for assistance with unloading a car.

Sarah Barnhard and Daniel Begin dance in front of a residence hall to welcome arriving students. 

All photos by Jack Adams. 

For incoming students, The Berkeley Beacon will be having an information session Thursday Aug. 28 at 12:30 p.m. in the Multipurpose Room, located on the first floor of Piano Row. 

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Snow falls on the Common as a winter storm closed Emerson on Wednesday.

This week’s lead art, by assistant photography editor Nydia Hartono.

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Opinion Column Art: "Apple lacks innovation and is headed for failure." - Photo Illustration by Evan Walsh

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Kevin Bright interviewed by the Berkeley Beacon on 10/22 – Photos by Kelsey Davis

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10/22 Wax on Felt @ The Cabaret  – Photos by Andrew Harwood

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Experimental filmmaker Peter Rose recently came to campus to screen five of his short films, which focus on how powerful, yet different, language and images are.

“Language dominates our perception,” said Rose. “I want to show an image without ruining it with words.”

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A lot of the students that come to our events are seeking a little taste of home, but also a way to continue their connection with Judaism.

Hillel and Jewish advisor Karen Nahary. Religious groups on campus—including Hillel, Emerson Good News Fellowship, and Newman Club—have recently seen an increase in members.

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The baseball team will soon begin its 2013 season with a trip to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, playing seven games against different schools.

"We’ve got a lot of young talent building off last year," said sophomore Julian Rifkind, "and we also have a lot of good talent returning from last year."

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“I have always wanted to be on The Today Show. It’s always sort have been my dream,” said Christian Bergren-Aragon. "Matt Lauer has always been my idol.

Read about his Twitter campaign, #ChristianBAOnToday—which garnered over 600 original tweets—and his journey to The Today Show.

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With just hours until the Academy Awards begin, check out the films Beacon editors thought should win Oscars this year.

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The juxtaposition of Lemon’s presence against these prejudiced scribbles should highlight how regressive and underground those attitudes are in an era when students can be inspired by figures like Lemon on campus.

This week's editorial says that although Don Lemon is speaking on campus on Tuesday, his groundbreaking work is in danger of being overshadowed by the recent string of vandalism.

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Professor Gregory Payne and five Emerson students will embark on a trip to Kazakhstan for spring break, studying international communications and public diplomacy.

“For us, it’s about getting to know the people, getting to know what Kazakhstan is like, and seeing beyond Borat,” said senior Mark Rizzo, who is going on the trip.

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Today's wiffle ball game pitted President M. Lee Pelton, the baseball team, and the Beacon's own Mallory Meyer against journalism professors and the softball team. After the hourlong match filled with some collisions…

… (Pelton was out), and also some great hits by faculty members …

… Pelton and the baseball team triumphed, winning 5-4.

By Ryan Catalani / Beacon Staff.

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For their Film II production, Chris Macken, Zack Bernstein, and Courtland Noble have decided to tackle a serious subject: the Holocaust.

The group plans to follow a young boy’s journey through a horrific series of events, combined with a Dr. Seuss-type storybook narration.

“Our film is narration-based, rather than dialogue, and we are aiming to make it very surreal-looking, like a hyper-reality,” Macken said. “We wanted to take these two mediums of historical fiction and storybook narration and put them together to make something that has not been seen before.”

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Culture is my drug, and I just love learning about it. And I think that’s what makes me want to come back, not only because it’s my job to be here, but seeing different people who you don’t generally meet.

Junior journalism major Aakruti Jagmohan, talking about Emerson's International Coffee Hour—a biweekly event where students can have discussions about different cultures and free cups of Joe.

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With five freshmen players, the softball team has one goal for the season: winning the conference championship.

"We’re going into this saying we’re going to win the GNAC," said Brianna Bigelow, a freshman outfielder.

“We have to want it more than anyone else,” added freshman Courtney Fee, a second baseman. “Having that kind of intensity always is something we need to turn up a little bit.”