As part of a public diplomacy project and cultural immersion initiative, five Emerson students who went on a four day trip to Iceland last weekend will be creating a mini-series of webisodes documenting their trip
A freshman stumbles into the lobby of Piano Row one October night, too drunk to know much of what is going on. She just wants to sleep. As she is about to pass out, a concerned resident assistant spots her and calls for help. Hours later, the student — who spoke on the condition of anonimity — woke up in the hospital with a sense of fear and little recollection of last night’s events. “Honestly, I don’t remember leaving the party. I just remember waking up in the hospital,” the student said.
Three students have united to create an Emerson chapter of Students for Educational Reform, to combat what they feel is a flawed public education system. Students for Educational Reform Co-Vice Presidents Donovan Birch Jr., Shannon Sweeny, and Chapter Head Erin Goodyear said they do not share each other’s viewpoints on public education. However, they all believe the negative repercussions hit closer to home than many Emerson students recognize.
In a town hall-style talk with local college students at Emerson on Feb. 6, Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts and U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan identified mentoring programs as a major aid in closing the education gap in high and low income communities. In the past few years, Emerson College-affiliated mentoring organizations like Teach For America, Jumpstart, and Peace First have seen an increase in the number of students eager to participate in such programs.
After students voiced concerns over rodent control in the Little Building dorm rooms, the college said it is taking the necessary steps to ensure every call to property management is handled in a timely manner.
Emerson occupiers joined more than 80 other college students at a summit at Harvard University Sunday to discuss systemic issues that do not normally receive attention at general assemblies, according to Emerson Occupies Boston member Mark Rizzo. The Feb. 12 summit brought students from 18 local colleges and other New England schools to refocus the efforts of Boston’s student occupiers.
The Emerson College Democrats were denied a $2,963.50 appeal to the Student Government Association Tuesday for funding that would have been used to host a statewide convention, drawing hundreds of area students and politicians to Emerson’s campus. Six members of the SGA voted no to the appeal, while five voted yes and three abstained, ruling that the Emerson Democrats will have to amend its appeal packet and present it to the SGA again, or continue planning the two-day convention without the needed funds.
Many students at Emerson find themselves in packed dorm rooms and small apartments to escape to the alternate realities of video games. With a joystick in hand, they are soldiers at war, drivers on a racetrack, and singers in a popular band. They become regular visitors in a virtual world. Soon, students interested in video game design will be able to create worlds of their own through Emerson College’s proposed video game curriculum in the visual and media arts department.
Richard West’s office is in a quiet corner of the communication studies department, but looking at paintings from the Dominican Republic and Mexican masks among plenty of photos and academic papers in the room, one can tell that West is nothing but.
When U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan— the first member of a presidential cabinet to take one of Emerson’s five stages —took the Jackie Liebergott Black Box Theatre stage Monday, he was met with a series of questions about education at community colleges, quality K-12 education, and college affordability. He joined Emerson College President M. Lee Pelton and U.S. Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts for a question-and-answer session with more than 100 college students.
Emerson Occupies Boston member Mark Rizzo, walked home to his Cambridge apartment Dec. 10, an hour away from Dewey Square, where he had spent the night waiting for a police eviction of the encampment. As he arrived, he said he received a text that said Dewey Square had been raided by the Boston Police Department. The tent city where Rizzo had spent much of the past two months of his life had vanished, the remaining protesters now incarcerated.
Emerson Recognition and Achievement Awards (ERA) was granted $7,715 in an appeal for funds to cover the cost of its event, at Tuesday’s Student Government Association meeting. SGA joint session unanimously voted to grant the appeal, which ERA members Corey Starbuck, AJ Black, and Ruby Honerkamp said will be used for lighting and set design, and to bring down ticket costs.
A year after college officials opened more campus practice studios for space-strapped performance groups — many of whom were forced into hallways and classrooms to prepare for shows — student organizations still struggle to book rooms.
In an effort to warn students about the consequences of elevator vandalism, new $900 signs were placed in all dormitory elevators advising students to take defacing seriously. But some signs, such as those in the Colonial Building, have already been damaged this semester.
When Kathryn Lagreca heard the familiar beep of her Blackberry’s email notifier at work, she glanced down to check the message. The sophomore political communication major said she was surprised to find an email announcing her acceptance to the Washington D.C. program. “It was very anticlimactic,” said Lagreca. “But I did have a celebratory Boloco dinner after work.” Lagreca and up to 19 of her peers will have the option to spend the Fall 2012 semester at the growing four-year-old Washington Center study program interning and engaging in two four credit seminar style classes, currently accepting applications on a rolling basis.
Six party-craving Emerson students made an attempt to avoid the hassle of public transportation and the frigid winter air standing in front of the Gypsy Bar on Boylston Street two Fridays ago, in search of a more original way to start their night. As the mysterious coach bus pulled up to the curb, the group said they remember feeling curious yet excited. A man stepped off the bus, holding a sign, reading, “Boston Nightlife Express.” “At first it seemed sketch, but it was really nice and fun,” Renée Safir, a junior visual and media arts major said. The Boston Nightlife Express is a coach bus that brings students from Emerson’s campus to Allston and Boston University’s West Campus every Friday night.
President M. Lee Pelton announced Monday night that Emerson will host a conference in April on the Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act, a bill that seeks to provide permanent residency to illegal minors who come to the United States as children and graduate from public high schools. “There ought to be a coalition of college presidents, public and private, from every state, seeking to correct the ineptitude of Congress for not passing the so-called DREAM Act,” said Pelton at the end of his speech.
The growing frustration with mice in the Little Building is more palpable among students after a four-week winter break. Numerous residents have voiced complaints about a mouse infestation in the lower half of the 97-year-old building of Emerson’s primary residence hall.
A week after the class of 2013 president resigned, two more Student Government Association officials stepped down Tuesday – which brought the resignation toll for this year's joint session to five, and leaves 13 seats on SGA open – prompting discussion on requiring representatives to complete their terms.
Emerson is one of the only colleges in Boston that does not offer students screening for sexually transmitted diseases. Emerson students can receive an STD test only when they exhibit symptoms and a clinical evaluation is completed. However, if the patient doesn’t show any obvious symptoms, they are sent off campus for screening.
Chris Chernicki entered his office in the Center for Health and Wellness wearing a vibrant blue dress shirt that contrasted the outdated furniture and décor of the room. His youthful personality was evident as he sat down at the small table in the corner of his office. Chernicki, a 27-year-old from Quincy, Mass., filled the postion of coordinator for health and wellness education in December after interim head Gregg Clapham left.
Emerson administrators announced London Now, the newest addition to the college’s growing number of study abroad opportunities, in an email to students, parents, and staff Friday afternoon.
Freshman Zach Tucker said he woke up Jan. 3 and read the news as he does nearly every morning. This day, however, something in particular grabbed his attention: the proposed Massachusetts Bay of Transit Authority budget cuts, which prompted Tucker to immediately turn to the web to gather student support.
A hoarse throat can be a nightmare for any acting or broadcast journalism major, but one Emerson organization is ready to help. Emerson’s chapter of the National Student Speech Language Hearing Association (NSSLHA), a small group of about 25 students, hopes to use discussion topics such as vocal hygiene and drama therapies to bring awareness to its student group.
Class of 2013 president Shanae Burch officially resigned from her position during the Student Government Association meeting Tuesday, making the class of 2013 the only one without two voting members at SGA joint sessions. SGA board members voted unanimously for Jenna McPadden, the previous class of 2013 vice president, to take over the role.
Emerson administrators this week announced March 8 as the official date for the groundbreaking ceremony of the new Emerson College Los Angeles (ECLA) facility, a project that will cost approximately $85.5 million and is expected to finish in spring 2014.
Emerson administrators this week announced March 8 as the official date for the groundbreaking ceremony of the new Emerson College Los Angeles (ECLA) facility, a project that will cost approximately $85.5 million and is expected to finish in spring 2014.
The MBTA began hosting public meetings Tuesday around the Boston area to discuss a proposed fare hike of up to 70 cents and cutbacks on weekend services on the Green Line, commuter rail, and buses. Transportation officials said the two proposals -— the first price increase in more than five years -— are intended to chip away at the MBTA’s $5.2 billion debt, the steepest deficit of any city transit system in the country.
President M. Lee Pelton emphasized the college’s commitment to creating a diverse academic campus during the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Luncheon Wednesday. Pelton, who is the college’s first black president, began his speech at the event by quoting Dr. King and later speculated what it would be like if Dr. King—assassinated in 1968—were alive today, asking “what would be the breadth and magnitude of his influence?”
In January Ben Halls will begin his run as class of 2015 president, becoming the oldest member of the Student Government Association. The 24-year-old London native was the landslide winner of the run off election with 65 percent of the vote over Donovan Birch Jr.
Cheryl Rosenthal, who served as the director of Emerson’s Counseling Center for more than six years, was fired from the college Nov. 21.
One day after George Noonan was fired from Emerson College, the former Director of Public Safety was back on Boylston Street—where he patrolled the college’s campus for years—hosting what he described as his retirement party.
After seven years with the Emerson College Police Department, George Noonan was fired from his position as Director of Public Safety this morning.
Emerson’s Communication, Politics, and Law Association has received approval to plan their trip to Iceland for next semester after waiting over a month.
The long outdated WebCT Learning Management System (LMS) will soon be replaced as college administrators search for a more advanced platform.
The London program’s cancelation has caused confusion and anger among WLP students, who feel that they are being ostracized from Emerson’s study-abroad opportunities.
Over the past three decades, general educational requirements have drastically changed at Emerson College, causing debate among alumni, educators and students.
Over 700 students voted this week to approve the amended Student Government Association Constitution—which alters approximately 40 percent of the text in the document—resulting in the removal of the 20-year old clause guaranteeing funding to the student newspaper, The Berkeley Beacon.
The class of 2015 remains without a president and treasurer after elections results were announced last night.
Paul Almeida, one of three candidates for class of 2015 president, falsely stated throughout his campaign that he served as his high school’s class president, a Beacon investigation revealed.
When polls open tonight at midnight, students will vote to fill 11 Student Government Association positions and choose whether to ratify proposed changes to the constitution that alter roughly 40 percent of the text.
View SGA's proposed changes side-by-side with the old constitution.
In a roughly 45-minute long debate, three Class of 2015 presidential hopefuls sparred over how to engage the freshman class and improve dining options and security on campus.
Occupy Boston’s encampment at Dewey Square, which celebrated its second month of existence Wednesday, may be evicted Thursday night, pending a judge’s decision.
Next week, students will vote on the newly revised Student Government Association constitution, which will eliminate guaranteed funding for The Berkeley Beacon.
The college’s wireless Internet continues to draw the ire of students, who let loose a barrage of tweets, Facebook posts and verbal frustration nearly every time the system fails.
The Student Government Association voted unanimously to grant em Magazine $4,945.94—a number considerably lower than the publication’s Nov. 2010 appeal of $10,000.
Student Government Association candidates focused their speeches around student life this Wednesday.
By the beginning of next semester, plastic water bottles will be banned from all on-campus dining facilities, according to Andrew Mahoney, director of business services.
