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The Beacon and Beacon Web News editors Fallon Maloney, left, Kate Zelkowitz, top center, Ainslie Lafko, bottom center, and Anna Najimy, right, in The Beacon office, Thursday, April 3, 2025, in Freel Library.
A Fading Light, Extinguished: A Letter from the Editors
The Beacon May 2, 2025

To our readers, As journalists, it is our duty to keep ourselves out of the stories we write as much as possible. We have done our best work...

Cynthia August, right, held by her mother Ginny, in 1971.
The Passing Grades: Navigating Loss and Grief in College
Kate Zelkowitz, Copy Editor • May 2, 2025

It’s an unfortunate reality that the ages during which most people attend college are often also when our loved ones begin to leave us. Nearly...

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BWN 4/24/25
BWN 4/24/25
The Beacon April 24, 2025

BWN returns with our last episode of the '24-'25 academic year. This week on BWN, stories include funding cuts for Pittsfield Public Schools,...

Cynthia August, right, held by her mother Ginny, in 1971.
The Passing Grades: Navigating Loss and Grief in College
Kate Zelkowitz, Copy Editor • May 2, 2025

It’s an unfortunate reality that the ages during which most people attend college are often also when our loved ones begin to leave us. Nearly...

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Sophomore forward Addam Brunner (#19) on the ice at Peter W. Foote Vietnam Veterans Memorial Skating Rink in North Adams.
MCLA Athletics: The Start of a Cinderella Story?
Dylan Schenck, Staff Photographer • April 3, 2025
A team photo of the 2023-24 MCLA Women's Basketball team. The 2024-25 season would be cancelled in large part due to a lack of players on the roster this year.
No Season on the Court: MCLA Announces Cancellation of 2024-25 Women’s Basketball Season
Owen Brown, Editor in Chief • November 17, 2024
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Get Inspired by Mya Linsky, Student Editor with Spires
Get Inspired by Mya Linsky, Student Editor with Spires
Ainslie Lafko, Editor-in-Chief • April 25, 2025

A pencil rests against a notebook page. A camera lens is adjusted for the perfect shot. No matter what form of art a person is creating, it always...

Jack Black stars in "A Minecraft Movie".
“A Minecraft Movie”: A Mindless Fun Block-Buster
Kyle Manzolini, Staff Writer • April 15, 2025

There was a time in Hollywood when any time a studio tried to adapt a beloved video game into a movie, it would be cursed, ending up up unanimously...

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