Emerson should immediately adopt an ethics policy for its employees, said Emerson students who replied to a Beacon telephone survey. All 24 students said they wanted the Board of Trustees to approve the proposed policy, which would require Emerson employees to disclose potential conflicts of interest with the college's business partners.
The Student Government Association at Emerson has accomplished a lot over the past two years, from the creation of several new positions to the election of its first freshman president, Scott Fisher, government members said. But there have also been shake-ups with the organization's most basic procedures, as members at meetings are now required to formally propose motions when they want something discussed.
Right now, there are people strolling through Boston Common in the sunshine, coats forgotten in their closets. While that may be a normal December day for Floridians, many Boston residents are also having fun in the sun-or, rather, their avatars are. On Dec.
Dozens of employees at Viacom-owned television channels walked off the job earlier this week, demonstrating outside the media conglomerate's New York office with signs and chants demanding restored health and retirement benefits, sources said. When Viacom rescinded benefits last week, freelancers began organizing, according to a Dec.
While most Emerson students were feeling sorry for themselves as they crammed for finals on Dec. 12, sophomore Christopher Boutillier was demanding an apology of his own. "Ralph Nader, Apologize for 2004!" was the plea, and the title of the presentation which Boutillier, co-president of the recently reignited Emerson Democrats, shared with a small group of eight students discussing the flaws of and alternatives to the United States Electoral College.