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A Spring 2020 Student Government Association meeting. Photo by Yongze Wang.

Vacancy issues in SGA persist under new model

By Charlie McKenna / September 21, 2020

The Student Government Association faces a slew of vacancies in its first semester under a newly established structure, despite filling several positions...

SGA at a Fall 2019 Joint Session meeting.

SGA appoints three students to new Student Experience Senate

By Diana Bravo, Former 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...

A spring 2020 Student Government Association meeting

SGA appoints Coughlin executive treasurer, ending months-long vacancy

By Diana Bravo, Former Copyeditor/Photographer / August 31, 2020

The Student Government Association appointed former Visual and Media Arts Senator Thomas Coughlin to fill their long-vacant executive treasurer position...

Student Government Association Executive Vice President Jehan Ayesha.

Former SGA presidential candidate Ayesha takes over VP, completing quiet shakeup of top leadership

By Charlie McKenna / August 17, 2020

The Student Government Association appointed rising sophomore Jehan Ayesha to its executive vice presidency Monday after a sudden shake up of the organization's...

Debrosse, pictured middle right, in a Spring  Student Government Association meeting.

Elected VP Debrosse takes over SGA executive presidency after Rodenbush resigns

By Charlie McKenna / July 22, 2020

Lindsay Debrosse is the Student Government Association’s new executive president, she confirmed to The Beacon Wednesday, filling the vacancy left...

Claire Rodenbush had promised to bring sweeping change to SGA.

SGA executive president resigns

By Charlie McKenna and Andrew Brinker / July 19, 2020

Student Government Association Executive President Claire Rodenbush has resigned from her position, she confirmed to The Beacon Sunday. “I'm in the...

SGA appointed a new chief justice Tuesday after Joseph Johnson resigned from the position.

New chief justice will lead SGA under overhauled constitution

By Charlie McKenna / May 11, 2020

The Student Government Association unanimously appointed a new chief justice Tuesday in their final Joint Session of the spring 2020 semester, after current...

An SGA meeting at the beginning of the 2019-20 academic year.

Almost four hundred students elect 13 SGA candidates for next fall

By Charlie McKenna / May 8, 2020

The Student Government Association released its spring general election results Monday, revealing an extremely close race for the organization’s executive...

Claire Rodenbush, the outsider candidate promising radical change, has won SGA's executive presidency.

Rodenbush, activist outsider wins SGA executive presidency

By Andrew Brinker, Former Senior Investigative Reporter / May 2, 2020

Claire Rodenbush, an outsider candidate who centered her campaign on bringing radical change to student government at Emerson, has won a highly contested...

Claire Rodenbush had promised to bring sweeping change to SGA.

Editorial Board: Claire Rodenbush is the outside change SGA needs

By Editorial Board / April 27, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has decimated every facet of life at Emerson College, making the Student Government Association's spring election more important...

SGA at a Fall 2019 Joint Session meeting.

SGA Elections preview of senate and class council candidates

By Charlie McKenna / April 26, 2020

The Student Government Association's spring 2020 election features 19 students running for political office against the backdrop of a pandemic and a brand...

Emerson candidates have campaigned entirely online for the first time in known SGA history.

SGA candidates look to overcome digital campaign hurdles amid pandemic life

By Charlie McKenna / April 26, 2020

Candidates for the Student Government Association's spring 2020 elections are facing the challenge of campaigning from afar after the coronavirus forced...

A spring 2020 Student Government Association meeting

Students vote to approve new, wide-ranging SGA constitution

By Andrew Brinker, Former Senior Investigative Reporter / April 23, 2020

A new constitution for the Student Government Association was officially ratified Tuesday, drastically altering the fundamental operations and direction...

SGA

SGA expands senate and class council positions ahead of spring 2020 elections

By Charlie McKenna / April 18, 2020

The Student Government Association restructured the way the organization conducts business within its class councils and academic senate ahead of the upcoming...

Joint Session passes resolution to support students in first online meeting

Joint Session passes resolution to support students in first online meeting

By Charlie McKenna / April 5, 2020

The Student Government Association held two Joint Session meetings via Zoom this week where they discussed and passed a resolution to support students...

Students moving out of their dorms in March 2020

COVID-19 at Emerson: The Story So Far

By Dana Gerber, Former News Editor / March 17, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has left little of Emerson College unscathed as the quickly growing public health crisis ignites action from national, state, and...

Marlboro Institute professor Nancy Allen.

Full-time faculty prepare to boycott unpaid directed studies

By Dana Gerber, Former News Editor / March 10, 2020

Emerson's full-time faculty union has recommended that its members stop advising directed study courses beginning fall 2020 semester unless the college...

An SGA meeting. Photo credit: Yongze Wang

FAB approves over $4,500 in appeal requests

By Charlie McKenna / February 28, 2020

The Financial Advisory Board, in a meeting that lasted approximately 15 minutes, voted Thursday to approve a spring annual budget request from Theyta,...

Joint Session appointed two new members Tuesday for the positions of Class of 2021 President and Transfer Student Commissioner.

SGA passes resolution in support of faculty union and appoints two new members

By Charlie McKenna / February 26, 2020

Members of the Student Government Association voted unanimously Tuesday to approve a resolution in support of the Emerson College Chapter of the American...

FAB delayed appointed new voting members and delayed an appeal at their Thursday meeting Photo credit: Yongze Wang

FAB appoints new members, declines to vote on appeal

By Charlie Mckenna / February 23, 2020

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...