Following the release of the editorial “Don’t ask students to fund scholarships,” I wanted to provide some clarifying information that we were not given the opportunity to prior to its publication. The most central point is that this scholarship is intended to give back unspent money to students through a scholarship.
This past Tuesday, students of Emerson College walked out of class to demonstrate their dissatisfaction and anger with the handling of diversity on campus and the failure to address concerns raised two and a half years ago at a similar protest. The fact that so little has been done demonstrates an institutional problem that will not be easy to solve. However, despite this difficulty, this work needs to be done.
Below is a copy of the letter the SGA sent to President Pelton, voicing our support for the College to support undocumented and DACAmented students in a way that is concrete, rather than just symbolic.
A semester at Emerson is always a whirlwind, and it’s nearly always stressful, but Fall 2016 in particular seemed to have us by the throat at every turn. From the election, to American Vanguard posters, to everything else—it was relentless.
In the wake of the recent piece published in the Beacon about forming a student union, the SGA felt it was time to make use of the Executive Blog for the first time. We hope this space will be a place to clarify and inform the student body of our position on a number of issues pertaining to the Emerson community.