Senator Brandon Phillips offers a friendly motion to Senator Tristan Martin's bill to have executive reports once every two weeks to the senate in-person only.
Student Association senators discuss how their involvement has readied them for their positions, as well as what improvements and issues they will focus on this semester.District 4 is composed of students residing outside of the DeKalb city limits.Senator...
Re-elected Student Association Senate speaker for the 2015-16 academic year, Dillon Domke said he hopes to create a conference for Mid-American Conference schools’ student governments.Domke was voted SA Senate speaker after explaining his plans and...
After a nearly 90-minute debate on the effectiveness of online voting, the Student Association Senate passed a bill, 20-12, that would allow students to vote online for the SA executive election.Polling stations in DuSable Hall, the Holmes Student Center,...
Student Association Senator David White said he hopes to increase turnout to 5,000 students as the newly appointed SA election board’s commissioner.As commissioner, White is responsible for hiring poll workers, administering elections, holding a debate...
After a 40-minute debate, the Student Association Senate passed a bill to allow the creation of a SA historian position with a 19-13 vote.The historian will be responsible for archiving minutes, legislation and campaign details of the Senate. The Senate...
Republican Bruce Rauner’s win over Democratic incumbent Pat Quinn in the gubernatorial race could mean funding changes for NIU.Rauner, who got about 51 percent of the vote Tuesday, won over Quinn, who has yet to concede. Rauner’s budget plan includes...
Dillon Domke, Student Association Senate speaker, announced Senate Clerk Ryan Burke will step down from his position due to a heavy course load Sunday.Domke briefly discussed the Senate committees that have been created. Domke said he intended to bring...
Faculty and administrators will present their research on career satisfaction and gender in science, technology, engineering and mathematics faculty at today’s Faculty Senate meeting.Chris McCord, principal investigator and College of Liberal Arts and...
(Left to right) Anne Birberick, vice provost of Academic Affairs; general education coordinator Michael Kolb and Brandon Phillips, a member of the NIU Progressive Learning in Undergraduate Studies task force, discuss a program to revamp NIU’s general...
The Student Association Senate passed a resolution to approve NIU Progressive Learning in Undergraduate Studies, a general education reform program, Sunday.Brandon Phillips, a member of the NIU PLUS task force; Anne Birberick, vice provost of Academic...
Student Association Senate approved a Supreme Court Associate Justice due to an impending total vacancy in the court at the close of the spring semester.Associate JusticeThird-year law student Brian Burkhardt was the only candidate the SA Senate approved...
