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Student Association to vote for speaker

By Madison Kacer | March 31, 2016

Members of the Student Association Senate will vote on one of three Senate speaker nominees for the upcoming one-year term, which begins after the last Senate session in May.The duties of the senate speaker include leading the legislative branch; allocating...

SA Senate approves $4,400 in supplemental funding for two organizations

SA Senate approves $4,400 in supplemental funding for two organizations

By Alexandra Meyer | March 23, 2015

Forensics President Julia Boyle speaks to the Student Association Senate about Forensics going to the National Forensics Association National Championship and its need for supplemental funding during Sunday's SA Senate meeting in the Holmes Student Center. The supplemental funding will pay for travel, hotel stay, meals, entrance fee, and coaching fee.

Student Association Senator David White discusses his bill to move SA executive elections to online voting during Sunday’s SA Senate meeting in the Holmes Student Center, Sky Room. White said online voting would increase voter participation, but other senators said turnout would be better increased with advertising.

SA Senate moves voting online

By Ashley Morse | March 2, 2015

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 leaders should utilize campus calendar

By Jordan Clayton-Taylor | September 18, 2014

NIU’s calendar site is supposed to be a tool for exposing people to organizations, promoting diversity among groups, but those groups aren’t using it enough.NIU features a calendar, calendar.niu.edu, to inform students of campus activities. But, not...

Students shouldn’t rely on online HR app

By Jordan Clayton-Taylor | September 3, 2014

The Human Resource website is not the best way of finding a job on campus, though it may seem efficient.Human Resources uses a simple application that asks for your availability and GPA, but there’s no way for your application to stand out over other...