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Speaker Dallas Douglass reads from the agenda during the SGA senate’s meeting on Friday. The agenda featured a digital public comment from SGA alumn Jacob Burg, who criticized the SGA’s recent actions and performance. (Cheyanne Quintanilla | Northern Star)

Alum criticizes SGA for ‘rash decision making’

By Evan Mellon and Bridgette Fox | April 10, 2023

Clarification: The public comment by Jacob Berg was submitted as an email and read by Speaker Dallas Douglass. DeKALB – The usual calm of the Student Government Association senate’s weekly meeting was disrupted by an alum’s public comment,...

Jacob Burg stands in front of the NIU letters at the MLK Commons. Burg is Deputy Speaker of the Senate, Chair of the Board of Elections, and acting Election Commissioner in SGA.

SGA Deputy Speaker works hard to improve NIU community

By Ellie Craighead, News Reporter | February 24, 2022
SGA member Jacob Burg uses his life experiences to work with different committees to create new projects to make DeKalb a better place.