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DeKalb County votes in 12 board members

By Jacqueline Evans | November 3, 2010

The results are in for the DeKalb County Board from Tuesday nights election. The county board is divided into 12 districts, based on population and is the governing body of the county. The DeKalb County Board is responsible for adopting all ordinances...

Campus not on lockdown, but security is increased

By Jacqueline Evans | October 25, 2010

According to an NIU media advisory, after the missing person case of Antinette ‘Toni' Keller was declared a death investigation by the DeKalb County Major Case Squad, the campus is not on lock down, but the university has increased security. The NIU...

SA debates drug policy group

By Jacqueline Evans | October 24, 2010

At Sunday's Student Association Senate meeting, three organizations were up for recognition, but only two were officially recognized. Students for Sensible Drug Policy (SSDP) was debated for a long period of time. Eventually, the vote on whether or not...

SA holds debate for college political groups

By Jacqueline Evans | October 21, 2010

The Student Association held a debate Thursday night in Stevenson with the College Democrats, Libertarians and Republicans. The debates brought many students of diverse backgrounds. All of the groups spoke about issues such as gay marriage rights, the...

Student Association confirms executive cabinet, supreme court justices

By Jacqueline Evans | October 10, 2010

The Student Association Senate met Sunday to confirm positions among the Student Association. The positions confirmed included the executive cabinet as well as the supreme court justices. "By having the senate approve the cabinet, we get the best appointments...

Grad Fair pushes for education

By Jacqueline Evans | October 5, 2010

Students looking to further their education beyond a bachelor’s degree found more information at this year’s Graduate and Professional School Fair.The department of Career Services hosted the fair for the second year from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m Tuesday...

Career Services gears up for Graduate School Fair

By Jacqueline Evans | October 3, 2010

With the semester underway, preparation for life after graduation is an important topic to consider. The department of Career Services will host a Graduate/Professional School Fair on Tuesday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Holmes Student Center in the...

SA Senate begins for semester, welcomes new senators

By Jacqueline Evans | October 3, 2010

With elections over, the Student Association Senate is now in full swing. The senate held their first meeting Sunday night in the Holmes Student Center Sky Room. The meeting had many purposes; the biggest focus was to get new senators acclimated with...

Sam Fuqua, senior computer science major, and Hannah Hornung, sophomore computer science major, take Student Association Senate ballot boxes to be counted in Adams Hall after polls closed  Wednesday evening. Over 1,000 students voted in the election.

SA voting results are in

By MaryJo Kratochvil and Jacqueline Evans | September 29, 2010

After all of the campaigning and voting the results are in for the 2010 Student Association Senate elections. There were over 1,043 votes in total, and SA election commissioner Patrick Frierson said he believes it's more than they had last year. "We had...

SA elections in full swing

By Jacqueline Evans and MaryJo Kratochvil | September 28, 2010

Student Association elections started off smoothly Tuesday and will continue today. At the DuSable location for the polls, Pat Lundardon was in charge of handing out the ballots. Lundardon said the election so far was going well. "We've done really well...

Pat Talley, speaker of the Student Association Senate, discusses the requirements at a mandatory meeting for incoming students Tuesday evening in the Holmes Student Center Heritage Room.

Student Association Senate elections today and Wednesday

By MaryJo Kratochvil and Jacqueline Evans | September 27, 2010

Students will elect new Student Association Senators today and Wednesday. Voting will be from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Campaigning for the election began last week and there are 68 students on the ballot. Each district can have up to eight senators elected. Districts...