By Frankie Rowley, Assistant News Editor February 24, 2021
The Emerson College Police Department provides the Incident Journal to The Beacon every week. Beacon staff edit the Incident Journal for style and clarity but not for content.
Tuesday, Feb. 16
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By Charlie McKenna, Content Managing Editor February 24, 2021
Emerson reported four new positive COVID-19 test results Wednesday out of 727 new tests administered on Tuesday, bringing the college’s cumulative positive tests to 144. Emerson’s cumulative testing...
By Charlie McKenna, Content Managing Editor February 23, 2021
Massachusetts reported 1,114 new coronavirus cases Tuesday, a decline from the 1,150 new infections reported Monday. The death toll rose by 30.
Tuesday marks the eleventh day in a row cases have fallen...
Emerson will continue its “flex learning” program through the Fall 2021 semester, President M. Lee Pelton announced in a Monday morning email.
Fall 2021 will mark the third consecutive term students...
By Camilo Fonseca, Assistant News Editor February 18, 2021
Nearly 3,500 miles away from Boston, a towering castle is quiet. Thanks to the coronavirus pandemic, the dorms at Kasteel Well have sat empty for nearly a year—and the neighboring Dutch village lies...
By Frankie Rowley, Assistant News Editor February 18, 2021
The Office of Student Accessibility Services has seen an increase in students requesting accommodations since the pandemic began, as some students with learning disabilities continue to navigate unique...
By Charlie McKenna, Content Managing Editor February 18, 2021
Despite administrator predictions of a dip in positive COVID-19 tests amongst community members, positives continue to roll in at a significantly higher rate than they did in the fall.
Emerson reported...
By Ann E. Matica, Deputy News Editor February 18, 2021
Brandin Dear, who filled the newly minted position of associate dean and director of counseling, health, and wellness earlier this month, will spearhead the college’s merger of the physical and mental...
By Frankie Rowley, Assistant News Editor February 16, 2021
The Student Government Association approved nearly $5,000 in appeals from Sigma Pi Theta and Emcomm, in Friday’s student assembly meeting.
Sigma Pi Theta requested $3,184, $1,500 of the funds will...
Emerson administrators said they would meet with students of color virtually in an effort to create a more equitable environment in an email sent on Feb. 5, the deadline set by student activist organization...
By Frankie Rowley, Assistant News Editor February 14, 2021
The Emerson College Police Department provides the Incident Journal to The Beacon every week. Beacon staff edit the Incident Journal for style and clarity but not for content.
Monday, Feb. 8
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The Emerson College Police Department issued a public apology Wednesday for intermittently displaying a “Thin Blue Line” flag—a common symbol of Blue Lives Matter, a loose, pro-police countermovement...
Five students in quarantine and isolation housing in the Paramount residence hall, cut off from many of the college’s services and completely dependent on twice-a-day meal delivery to their door to eat,...
As the COVID-19 vaccine rollout continues to plod along in the state and nation, some members of the Emerson community have gotten one or both of the doses of the two authorized U.S. vaccines, marking...
By Ann E. Matica, Deputy News Editor February 10, 2021
The Emerson College Police Department provides the Incident Journal to The Beacon every week. Beacon staff edit the Incident Journal for style and clarity but not for content.
Monday, Feb. 1
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By Alec Klusza, Assistant News Editor February 10, 2021
With less than a week of warning, students living on the 12th floor at the W Hotel packed their belongings last week and moved to a new room assignment on floors five through 11.
Emerson announced they...
Top Emerson officials pinned the recent surge of positive COVID-19 tests on students’ lax behaviors Saturday, despite repeatedly touting the strength of the safety measures they have in place to keep...
By Frankie Rowley, Assistant News Editor February 4, 2021
The class of 2021’s commencement ceremony will be held virtually on May 9, Emerson announced in an email Thursday.
The announcement comes amid statewide continuing capacity limits on all indoor...
By Frankie Rowley, Assistant News Editor February 4, 2021
With the spring semester underway, the Student Government Association is staring down a vacancy in one of its most crucial positions—the executive treasurer—for the first time at the start of a semester...
By Charlie McKenna, Content Managing Editor February 4, 2021
With in-person courses officially underway this week, the pandemic appears to have taken a firmer grip on the Boston campus in less than a month than it did over the course of the entire fall semester.
As...