October 2019 ECSU Newsletter

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OCTOBER NEWSLETTER What Emerson doesn’t want you to know, in your inbox monthly

We are student-led, non-hierarchical, and independent of the institution. We are passionate about justice. We are fed up with Emer$on building a brand around student activism while denying student calls for aid and reform. We are sick of the Board of Trustees voting against our interests. We are as hopeful as we are enraged. We understand that classism within the college system is systemic. We believe Emerson can do better. We are the Emerson College Student Union, and we call for a just and equitable campus NOW.

ECSU UPDATES • ECSU UPDATES • ECSU UPDATES By Michael Rocco

LET'S DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT Emerson costs too much. That’s not controversial, 62% of Emerson students receive some kind of financial aid to help with the cost. It’s a well known and publicized issue. Why, then, did the College raise Emerson’s price tag 5% last semester without raising financial aid? Maybe Emerson didn’t have enough money to shoulder their new debt from the Little Building, maybe they wanted to buy the former Griddler’s for $1 million, maybe... Or, maybe the people who run Emerson are greedy assholes. That could be possible too. The truth is, the college never asked us. They might’ve let us know through Lee Pelton’s email or maybe they told the SGA representatives that some 30 of our classmates voted for whenever voting happened. I don’t know, I live off campus like at least half of us and always seem to miss the memo. Maybe I’m just uninformed. Maybe you believe their official reasoning for the tuition rise. But, do you


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