Content Warning: This article contains mentions of sexual assault.
Phi Alpha Tau will return to action this semester, marking the end of the fraternity’s 18-month hiatus in response to a series...
Jefferson Fietek, a convicted sex offender who briefly served as a professor in Emerson’s Performing Arts Department, was sentenced to 30 years in prison Wednesday for assaulting a number of underage...
Trigger Warning: This article contains mentions of sexual assault and rape.
On Friday, Oct. 8, a female student at the University of Delaware was kidnapped, strangled to the point of unconsciousness,...
By Frankie Rowley, Content Managing Editor September 2, 2021
For the victims of former Emerson professor, Jefferson Fietek, his arrest was a bittersweet moment. They expressed relief seeing their childhood abuser locked behind bars, away from harming any other...
Through recent Instagram posts, I found out the state of Minnesota does not fairly investigate a sexual assault case if the victim was voluntarily intoxicated. I was repulsed by this fact.
The Minnesota...
Boston Police arrested a man Wednesday in connection to an alleged assault in the Public Garden last week.
Francisco Romero, 38, was charged with aggravated rape, assault by means of a dangerous weapon,...
A woman reported an alleged assault with attempt to rape in the Public Garden early Monday morning, Boston Police said.
The woman said a man put his hand over her mouth and made sexually explicit threats...
A college committee of administrators, faculty, and students released an updated Title IX policy establishing the college’s altered process for handling allegations of sexual misconduct and violence,...
By Andrew Brinker, Senior Investigative Reporter June 30, 2020
The Anoka County Sheriff’s Office is investigating former Assistant Professor Jefferson Fietek for multiple reports of sexual assault, according to a press release obtained by The Beacon. Emerson...
A slew of sexual misconduct allegations against Jackson Davis ‘17 posted on Twitter prompted NowThis News to suspend him from his position, days before the college asserted its commitment to investigating...
Last week, the school released its presidential working group draft findings, which sought to detail the sexual misconduct climate at the college through a year of review by 10 members of the Emerson community.
In...
The two-year vacancy in the Title IX office is finally being filled. But the hiring process for the Deputy Title IX Coordinator has brought its own shortcomings.
The position has remained vacant...
The Emerson College Police Department released the college’s annual Clery Report on Wednesday, which a college official said provides an incomplete picture of the college’s crime statistics.
Vice...
On Wednesday, the college disseminated its annual Clery Report through a campus-wide email. The 57-page-long report details both the criminal offenses brought forth on all three Emerson campuses in the...
*Content Warning: This article discusses themes of violence, trauma, and sexual assault.
The first time I heard a musical artist sing openly about sexual assault was in the song “Innocent Party”...
At Issue: The Beacon’s story on the removal of the list of alleged abusers
Our Take: Reporting with the Emerson community in mind
CW/TW: This editorial addresses issues and events surrounding...
At issue: Proposed Changes to Title IX regulations
Our take: Talk won’t combat new Title IX policies
Last week, we published a Beacon Breakdown on the Title IX changes proposed by Secretary...