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Thank You, MCLA
Thank You, MCLA
Owen Brown, Editor in Chief • December 12, 2024

To Whoever is Reading This, Three-and-a-half years ago in August of 2021, I left my hometown of Sandy Hook, Connecticut, and stepped onto...

One of the images shown at in the Gender and Sexuality Center during the Day of Remembrance and Resilience Vigil.
Transgender Day of Remembrance and Resilience
Mariposa Ribon, Feature Editor • December 12, 2024

  November 20th marked the Transgender Remembrance Day, an annual day to commemorate and remember those who have been affected by or...

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The Beacon December 8, 2024

BWN brings you their end-of-semester news. This week on BWN, our reporters got inside scoop on all the happenings at MCLA and in the local Berkshire...

One of the images shown at in the Gender and Sexuality Center during the Day of Remembrance and Resilience Vigil.
Transgender Day of Remembrance and Resilience
Mariposa Ribon, Feature Editor • December 12, 2024

  November 20th marked the Transgender Remembrance Day, an annual day to commemorate and remember those who have been affected by or...

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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
Trailblazer Brandon Balcazar '19 clinched a win for MCLA in the final home game of the season for the Men's Soccer team.
A Last-Minute Masterpiece: Men’s Soccer Seals a Home Win with a Final-Second Goal
Ainslie Lafko, Copy Editor • November 14, 2024
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GSC’s Gents Collaborate with Television and Film Society to View Fight Club
Traizen Griffith, Staff Writer • December 10, 2024

Despite its name, “Don’t Talk About Fight Club," a recent event here at MCLA, left attendees empowered to discuss it. The "Fight Club" movie...

MCLA Theater's cast of "Measure for Measure" in action.
Medieval to Modern Politics: MCLA’s Measure for Measure production
Fallon Maloney, Staff Writer • December 9, 2024

While preparing for their premiere of Measure for Measure, a classic from William Shakespeare, MCLA’s theater students found the medieval context...

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