Emerson Colleges announces coming layoffs, links declining enrollment to protests

Emerson Colleges announces coming layoffs, links declining enrollment to protests

Emerson College is facing staff and possible faculty cuts in the coming year following a decline in enrollment the college president linked to “negative” messaging from pro-Palestine protestors and hiccups in the FAFSA process this year, an internal email stated. “Now that the College’s enrollment deposit deadline for this year has passed, we want to … Read more

MIT students arrested during anti-Israel rally in support of suspended classmates

MIT students arrested during anti-Israel rally in support of suspended classmates

Police have cracked down on another Massachusetts college where students have been urging officials to fully divest from Israel amid the Israel-Hamas war. Signs cover barriers that have been installed around MIT’s encampment space on Kresge Oval. (Libby O’Neill/Boston Herald) Signs cover barriers that have been installed around MIT’s encampment space on Kresge Oval. (Libby … Read more

Boston Mayor Wu says Emerson College student protesters wanted to be arrested

Boston Mayor Wu says Emerson College student protesters wanted to be arrested

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu said the city tried for days to de-escalate the encampment at Emerson, and protesters were even offered 24/7 warming rooms in exchange for taking down their tents, but students refused because they wanted to be arrested. Subscribe to continue reading this article. Already subscribed? To login in, click here. Read original … Read more

Emerson College protest arrests divides along law-and-order lines

Boston Mayor Wu says Emerson College student protesters wanted to be arrested

Pro-Palestinian supporters and students from Emerson College block an alley where they have set up an encampment as police move in to clear it, in Boston, Massachusetts, on April 25, 2024. According to Boston Police, 108 people were arrested and 4 officers were hurt as they broke up the camp. (Photo by Joseph Prezioso / … Read more

Trump will trounce Haley in home state of South Carolina, polling shows

Trump will trounce Haley in home state of South Carolina, polling shows

If the latest polling is any guide, then Nikki Haley is about to get clobbered — electorally speaking — when voters go to the polls on Saturday in her home state of South Carolina. A Suffolk University/USA Today poll released Tuesday shows the former U.N. Ambassador is set to lose the state she led for … Read more