Loud music and purple balloons filled the Little Building lobby Friday afternoon as Emerson’s Student Government Association promoted the upcoming arrival of a sustainable laundry detergent refill station.
The...
By Mike McHugh, Staff Writer, News October 1, 2022
Emerson Student Government Association members discussed plans to install a laundry detergent sheet refill station near the tap-desk in the Little Building on Friday, Oct. 14th.
The machine will dispense...
By Maeve Lawler, Kasteel Well Bureau Chief September 7, 2022
Emerson’s Student Government Association onboards a new president and vice president following its spring semester election cycle. Pranit Chand, a senior data science and economics major, and Neiko Pittman,...
On April 1, Dylan Young, a then first-year visual media arts major, attended a student protest in the 2 Boylston Place alleyway. About 50 students gathered that Friday afternoon, a small but loud assembly...
Students, staff, and faculty voiced their concerns about the college’s virtual attendance policies and discussed the college’s spring reopening plans at the Student Government Association’s annual...
The Student Government Association met with Associate Dean and Director of Counseling, Health and Wellness Brandin Dear on Nov. 5 to discuss the integration of the college’s Center for Health and Wellness...
The Student Government Association moved to join over 75 colleges across the country in signing a letter to President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday calling for the cancellation of...
The Student Government Association discussed a fight for mental health breaks at colleges in the Boston area at its meeting on Oct. 8.
Executive Vice President Pranit Chand met with the Boston Intercollegiate...
Access: Student Disability Union unveiled The Access Advocacy Project on Tuesday, an initiative that includes a list of action steps they are calling on Emerson to take to improve accessibility and equity...
By Alec Klusza, Assistant News Editor April 1, 2021
Emerson’s “Flexibility Week”—meant to provide students with a reduced work load for the week—was received poorly by many students, who cited ineffectiveness, and in some cases, an inadvertently...
By Frankie Rowley, Content Managing Editor March 25, 2021
Emerson’s Faculty Assembly voted to approve two spring break alternatives, wellness passes and a “flexibility week” on Friday, meant to alleviate stress and burnout for students in light of the October...
By Frankie Rowley, Content Managing Editor March 15, 2021
The Student Government Association approved its spring elections timeline in the Student Assembly on Friday, finalizing procedures for the elections which will see every position in SGA open.
An intent...
After living through a pandemic for the past year, most of us are exhausted. The extended hours of screen time, lack of contact with friends and family, and looming fear of the virus has taken a toll on...
By Frankie Rowley, Content Managing Editor March 11, 2021
The Student Government Association passed its first piece of spring semester legislation, “An Act To Advocate For The Community’s Well-Being” Monday night after students expressed burnout as a result...
By Frankie Rowley, Content Managing Editor March 6, 2021
Students are championing the Student Government Association’s “Week of Rest” initiative, which calls for an alternative spring break in response to student complaints of burnout after seven straight...
By Frankie Rowley, Content Managing Editor March 2, 2021
The Student Government Association approved a series of new bylaws in a wide-ranging meeting where they added new members to the organization’s academic senate and approved an appeal.
The bylaws,...
By Frankie Rowley, Content Managing 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...
By Frankie Rowley, Content Managing 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 Frankie Rowley, Content Managing Editor February 1, 2021
The Student Government Association appointed four new members and approved an appeal during their first student assembly meeting of the spring semester on Friday.
First-year students Hannah Flayhan,...
By Frankie Rowley, Content Managing Editor January 12, 2021
The Fall 2020 semester saw the Student Government Association struggle to adapt its day-to-day functioning to its new legislative model passed in the spring, a difficulty further complicated by the limitations...