Student Government Association Executive Treasurer Thomas Coughlin is not running for a second term, presumably leaving one of the organization’s most crucial positions vacant for the spring as no candidates...
The Financial Advisory Board has not met in four weeks, due in part to a lack of appeals for additional funding from student organizations.
The gap in meetings, Executive Treasurer Thomas Coughlin...
The Student Government Association faces a slew of vacancies in its first semester under a newly established structure, despite filling several positions across its legislative branch in the last month.
As...
By Diana Bravo, Copyeditor/Photographer September 3, 2020
In the first Student Assembly meeting of the new semester, the Student Government Association made a series of appointments to fill vacancies across different areas of the organization, including the newly...
The Financial Advisory Board, in a meeting that lasted approximately 15 minutes, voted Thursday to approve a spring annual budget request from Theyta, an on-campus multicultural organization for gender...
The Financial Advisory Board voted at their weekly meeting Thursday to appoint two new voting members and delayed a vote on a $2,900 appeal request from Sigma Pi Theta after Sigma failed to provide specific...
The Financial Advisory Board unanimously approved two appeals requests and one budget request totaling over $30,000 in their meeting Thursday afternoon.If both requests are officially approved by Joint...
The Student Government Association's Financial Advisory Board unanimously approved two organization appeal requests totaling over $55,000 at their weekly meeting Thursday.The Emerson Recognition and Achievement...
By Andrew Brinker, Senior Investigative Reporter January 29, 2020
Following a somewhat tumultuous semester at the college, the Student Government Association is proceeding with unprecedented adaptations to the organization’s fundamental executive structure, which are...
By Andrew Brinker, Senior Investigative Reporter November 8, 2019
The Financial Advisory Board met on Thursday for their weekly meeting, but did not address any official business as they did not have the required number of voting members.
The Student Government Association...
By Andrew Brinker, Senior Investigative Reporter October 31, 2019
The Financial Advisory Board unanimously approved an appeals request from the class of 2021 on Wednesday that will bring “The Haze,” a one-woman production about survivors of sexual assault, to the...
By Andrew Brinker, Senior Investigative Reporter October 27, 2019
The Financial Advisory Board unanimously approved two appeals requests worth just over $3,500 on Thursday, while two additional requests were dismissed.
XeCult, an organization dedicated to promoting...
By Andrew Brinker, Senior Investigative Reporter October 17, 2019
The Financial Advisory Board unanimously approved three student organization appeals requests on Thursday that totaled over $12,000.
The largest of the three requests came from the Emerson Cheerleading...
By Andrew Brinker, Senior Investigative Reporter October 13, 2019
The Financial Advisory Board, in a rare decision, denied part of one of the first appeal requests of the year on Thursday from Emerson’s Esports team.
The request, which totaled $2,111.19, was brought...
By Andrew Brinker, Senior Investigative Reporter October 4, 2019
The Financial Advisory Board met in a closed executive session on Thursday to discuss a late Annual Budget Request from the Emerson Skunks, the college’s newly affiliated ultimate frisbee team.
The...
By Andrew Brinker, Senior Investigative Reporter October 2, 2019
The Office of Student Engagement and Leadership spoke with Student Government Association members about the progress of EmConnect, the college’s website for student organizations, during their weekly...
By Andrew Brinker, Senior Investigative Reporter September 25, 2019
The Student Government Association clashed on Tuesday over Executive Treasurer Abigail Semple’s funding proposal that would prohibit student organizations from charging admissions or submissions fees...
By Andrew Brinker, Senior Investigative Reporter September 20, 2019
The Financial Advisory Board on Thursday postponed a scheduled vote on a controversial amendment that would impact future funding for the EVVYs and other campus organizations.
The policy, proposed by...
The Student Government Association could prohibit organizations from charging admission fees for events after Executive Treasurer Abby Semple proposed the idea at the first Financial Advisory Board meeting...
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