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Candidates for Student Association's executive branch debate

Candidates for Student Association’s executive branch debate

By Logan Love | March 20, 2013

With the Student Association (SA) executive branch elections next week, candidates spoke out at a two-hour debate Wednesday night. It featured candidates running for the positions of president, vice president, treasurer and student trustee. Presidential...

NIU students, family and friends of Steven Agee gather in November 2012 for a candlelight vigil in remembrance of Agee. Agee, a student at NIU, died in an off-campus shooting on Nov. 23, 2011.

Community holds memorial for Agee

By Gino Hernaiz | November 19, 2012

Larry Bolles told people at the memorial for Steven Agee II not to cry. The former director of Community Standards and Student Conduct said Agee would have wanted all of the attendees to smile. The memorial, held Monday at the corner of Edgebrook Drive...

Tution increase set for incoming students

By Felix Sarver | May 10, 2012

DeKALB | The Board of Trustees (BOT) approved of tuition rate increases for incoming students at a meeting Thursday. The university recommended a 4.75 percent increase in tuition for students attending NIU this fall. NIU President John Peters said there...

SA Senate censures treasurer

By Felix Sarver | April 22, 2012

A resolution to censure Student Association (SA) Treasurer Jeremy Sanchez was passed by the SA Senate Sunday. Sanchez failed to give a complete budget for the 2012-2013 academic year past deadline last Thursday, Senate Speaker Austin Quick said. One of...

SA Senate approves Tugs funding

By Felix Sarver | April 15, 2012

Funding for a long-standing Greek fraternity tug-of-war contest was approved by the Student Association Senate Sunday. The SA Senate allowed the Interfraternity Council to receive $5,000 in supplemental funding for Tugs, an annual fraternity competition....

Editorial: SA executives should bring change

By Northern Star Editorial Board | March 28, 2012

Delonte LeFlore is not Superman. Gina Gregolunas, Joshua Venaas and Elliot Echols are not members of his Justice League. They don’t fly around saving the world, but they do have the opportunity to help NIU. Yesterday they were a group of students, and...

New SA executive officers announced

By Felix Sarver | March 28, 2012

The new Student Association executive officers have been decided. Delonte LeFlore will be president, Gina Gregolunas will be vice president, Joshua Venaas will be treasurer and Elliot Echols will be student trustee. All four ran on the same ticket. Derek...

SA executive candidates receive sanctions

By Felix Sarver | March 27, 2012

The Student Association executive elections began with a rough start, as all seven candidates received sanctions Tuesday. Candidates Delonte LeFlore, Gina Gregolunas, Joshua Venaas and Elliot Echols were sanctioned by Elections Commissioner Jasmine Harvell...

SA executive elections begin Tuesday

By Hailey Kurth | March 26, 2012

Voting in the Student Association executive elections are being held Tuesday and Wednesday, and some candidates already have their game plan in place. “We have been speaking with various organizations on campus and will be passing around flyers on Tuesday...

Candidate Profile: Student Association Student Trustee

By Felix Sarver | March 26, 2012

Name: Elliot Echols Year and major: Senior sociology major Current SA Position: President Other positions: None Experience with the SA: Served as the Director of Athletics, Senator Motivation: He said Student Trustee is the only position directly connected...

SA executive candidates debate activity fees, campus safety

SA executive candidates debate activity fees, campus safety

By Felix Sarver | March 20, 2012

Huskie spirit, student activity fees and campus safety were three of the issues Student Association executive candidates debated Tuesday. Elections Commissioner Jasmine Harvell moderated the debate in the Sky Room at the Holmes Student Center and asked...

Echols returns to Student Trustee ballot

By Felix Sarver | March 7, 2012

Student Assocation President Elliot Echols is now back on the ballot as a Student Trustee candidate. Echols was initially removed from the ballot by Jasmine Harvell, Board of Elections Commissioner, for not having the 2.5 GPA required by SA bylaws to...