To the editor: I am writing to join the growing chorus of voices disappointed with this week’s decision to dramatically change the SGA constitution and removed the guarantee of funding for The Berkeley...

Dear President M. Lee Pelton, It's been brought to my attention that Emerson College is now the first school in Boston to give its student government control of the school's newspaper funding. As a...

Dear Editor, I was alarmed to hear about the recent amendment that your SGA passed regarding you’re your newspaper’s budget. As the Editor-in-Chief of The Suffolk Journal, I understand well the challenges...

Dear President Pelton, I'm writing to you as an Emerson alumna and a former staff member and editor of The Berkeley Beacon. I was disappointed to learn that recently, the annual funding that goes to the...

Mr. Pelton, My name is Daniel Sircar, and I'm a student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. I've also been a photojournalist for The Washington Post and The Daily Tar Heel, and I run...

At issue: Student body votes to remove the eight percent clause, which safeguarded freedom of the press at Emerson. Our take:  This is a dark day for our communications college. ________________________________________________________ Last...

Dear Editor, The amendment passed by a two to one margin, a landslide, from which we can conclude that us-versus-them arguments are extremely powerful. In the campaign, the Beacon, and its fixed eight...

Over 700 students voted this week to approve the amended Student Government Association Constitution—which alters approximately 40 percent of the text in the document—resulting in the removal of the...

Dear SGA, I am writing as an alumna (WLP, '07) to express my extreme disappointment with the new constitution, particularly in regards to the funding structure for The Berkeley Beacon. For a college...

To readers of the Beacon: It’s with heavy hearts that we learned of the end of student press freedom at our alma mater, following the approval of a new constitution that will essentially allow student...

Two years ago, I graduated when SGA was debating the Beacon's funding. I am incredibly disappointed to hear the debate is still raging. I know everyone who sits in those meetings cares. During my tenure,...

This week, you will be asked to approve or reject more than 75 changes to the Student Government Association constitution by casting a single vote. As a former three-term SGA President, I am highly disappointed...

Old New Changes Preamble Preamble We, the undergraduate students of Emerson College, in order to establish an effective student government, represent student interests, establish...

Next week, students will vote on the newly revised Student Government Association constitution, which will alter Article IV, Section Four pertaining to budget allocations for student organizations, eliminating...

Dear Emerson College Students, Faculty, Staff, and Administrators, Today at 2 p.m. the Student Government Association plans to vote on whether it should propose a constitutional amendment that will...

Members of the Student Government Association voted unanimously to confirm Corey Starbuck as treasurer at last Thursday’s joint session meeting. Starbuck accepted the position and will now take on...