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The Student Government Association is located in the Holmes Student Center ground floor in the OASIS space.

SGA appoints new public affairs director, senator

By Colin Kempsell | September 24, 2022

DeKALB — NIU’s Student Government Association voted this Friday to appoint a new senator and director of public affairs in their weekly meeting. Edwin Perez-Hernandez, a senior studying fine arts in the College of Visual and Performing Arts, was...

Students discuss NIU race issues

By Leah Nicolini | December 3, 2015

Ariel Owens, Student Association director of Public Affairs, stopped participating in class after she said her English teacher asked her to comment on a poem on behalf of her entire race.Instances of on-campus racism, like the one Owens said she experienced,...

Joe Frascello, then the Student Association president-elect, talks about the Huskie electric buses to be implemented as one of the “10 goals for five years” plan during the SA Senate meeting April 13.

SA should have mentioned senator’s offense

By Northern Star Editorial Board | October 5, 2014

The Student Association, the decision-making body representing students, must strive to be more transparent with its organization’s actions, beginning with the suspension and charge against Senator Yandi Farinango.On Sept. 26, Farinango, 19, was charged...

Student Association elections take place this week

By Felix Sarver | September 26, 2011

This week, students will have the opportunity to select their representatives. Today and Wednesday are Student Association Senate elections, held at polling places across campus.The SA serves as the student voice at NIU, controlling more than $2 million...