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Emerson College’s only independent, student-run newspaper since 1947

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Emerson College’s only independent, student-run newspaper since 1947

The Berkeley Beacon

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...

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...

Letter: It is Us Versus Them

Letter: It is Us Versus Them

By Claire Rodenbush, Assistant Opinion Editor / May 6, 2020

Claire Rodenbush is a rising junior at Emerson College who was recently elected as SGA's executive president for the 2020-2021 academic year. My initial...

Left to right: Jehan Ayesha, Claire Rodenbush, and Diego Torres are the three candidates competing for the executive presidency.

Three SGA executive president candidates compete to lead organization into a new era

By Andrew Brinker, Former Senior Investigative Reporter / April 26, 2020

highly contested race for the Student Government Association’s executive presidency has taken shape this week, with three candidates vying to be the...

A Financial Advisory Board meeting from the spring of 2019.

As SGA elections approach, no one is campaigning for executive treasurer

By Andrew Brinker and Charlie McKenna / April 26, 2020

The Student Government Association is set to proceed with their spring general elections Monday with no balloted or write-in candidates for the position...

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...

Letter: Elections Shenanigans unacceptable

Letter: Elections Shenanigans unacceptable

By Brad Dye / March 9, 2020

Brad Dye graduated from Emerson College in 2006 and served as the Student Government Association's elections commissioner for three years.  As the...

A Spring 2020 Student Government Association meeting.

SGA finalizes election timeline, eliminates requirements

By Charlie Mckenna / February 20, 2020

The Student Government Association unanimously voted to eliminate several constitutional elections bylaws at their weekly Joint Session meeting Tuesday...

The Student Government Association in a joint session meeting in February 2020.

What does the SGA executive treasurer do?

By Chris Van Buskirk, Former Editor-in-Chief / February 8, 2020

The Student Government Association is the cornerstone of organizational structure for student groups at the college—they decide the policies and...

Beacon News Hour

The Berkeley Beacon News Hour: Hand Off, SGA Structural Changes

By Ryan Ribeiro, Radio Host / February 3, 2020

Berkeley Beacon editors went live on WECB.fm with the latest episode of The Berkeley Beacon News Hour—an afternoon radio program dedicated to discussing...

FAB appoints new member, prepares for upcoming FEB vote

By Charlie McKenna / February 1, 2020

The Financial Advisory Board unanimously voted to appoint Marketing Communications Senator Talia Aiges to the board in their weekly meeting Thursday. Prior...

The Student Government Association appointed the first four of out five members of the Executive Cabinet. Photo credit: Yongze Wang

SGA appoints four executive cabinet members in wide-ranging meeting

By Charlie Mckenna / January 30, 2020

The Student Government Association unanimously voted to appoint the first four members of the newly established Executive Cabinet along with two new commissioners...

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

Structural changes reshaping student government following rocky semester

By Andrew Brinker, Former 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...

SGA at a Fall 2019 Joint Session meeting.

SGA condemns swastikas in Piano Row stairwell

By Jacob Seitz, Former Staff Writer / January 23, 2020

The Student Government Association, in a statement released Thursday morning, condemned antisemitic graffiti found in the stairwells of Piano Row this...

SGA Executive Treasurer Abigail Semple.

SGA Executive Treasurer to introduce new financial advocacy board

By Tomas Gonzalez, Former Staff Writer/Photographer / January 16, 2020

Student Government Association Executive Treasurer Abigail Semple is poised to unveil the new Financial Equity Board at Tuesday’s joint session meeting...

Letter: Abigail Semple advocates community members to donate to the college's endowment

Letter: Abigail Semple advocates community members to donate to the college’s endowment

By Letter to the editor / October 30, 2019

Abigail Semple is the executive treasurer for the Emerson College Student Government Association. To the editor: At Emerson College, we have a problem....