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SA vice president candidate profile

By Candice Beasley | March 24, 2011

Elections for the Student Association executive cabinet will be held March 29-30. For the rest of the week, the Northern Star will be profiling candidates for each of the four positions: president, vice president, treasurer and student trustee. Today,...

Photo illustration of student looking over transcripts.

Students react to the plus/minus grading system

By Jessica Sabbah | March 1, 2011

DeKALB | Students have mixed feelings about the implementation of the proposed plus/minus grading system. "I'm on the fence about it because last semester it would have benefited me, but now this semester I'm doing well," said Jasmine Crespo, freshman...

NIU republicans celebrate Reagan’s 100th birthday

By Danny Ciamprone | February 24, 2011

There was a man who was born in an apartment above a bar in Tampico, Ill. He would later become a Hollywood actor, and then the President of the United States. Monday night, the NIU Student Association and the NIU College Republicans celebrated Ronald...

SA looks for potential candidates to fill executive positions

By Jacqueline Evans | February 14, 2011

DeKALB | Fifteen potential candidates came out for the Student Association's candidates meeting Monday. The meeting was mandatory for all of those interested in running for an executive position for the 2011-12 academic year. The meeting provided information...

Late Night Ride is just one of many options

By Letter Writer | February 14, 2011

Last weekend's article regarding issues with the Late Night Ride Service brought up a valid point about the long wait times that many people experience while using the service. Last Friday, the Student Association Mass Transit Board met with Sgt. Alan...

Poor understanding leads to poor actions

By Northern Star Editorial Board | February 3, 2011

Do you know what is in the U.S. Constitution? Do you know all of your rights? Do you know what the government can and cannot do to you? Well, chances are...you don't know. In 2006, the McCormick Tribune Freedom Museum released a study showing that more...

Letter to the editor: Recent SA meeting was unconstitutional

By Letter writer | February 2, 2011

I just wanted to state that terms like "mutiny" are not overreaching when addressing the events surrounding the SA Senate meeting on Jan. 30. The actions of the new president pro tempore served as an outlandish example of everything politics is not supposed...

Letter to the editor: Concerns about the biases of SA’s new president pro tempore are valid

By Letter writer | January 31, 2011

During the debate on the confirmation of Winnie Okafor, I brought up a letter that she had written to the Northern Star because of its racially charged tone. I was accused of taking things Ms. Okafor had written out of context, but that doesn't dismiss...

Letter to the editor: New semester gives the SA a chance to learn from past mistakes

By Letter writer | January 24, 2011

Looking back on the last semester of student politics, there is no doubt that the SSDP [Students for Sensible Drug Policy] fiasco was the biggest issue that confronted the Student Association. I can only hope that Student Affairs and Enrollment Management's...

Lichine Williams, sophomore FCNS major, picks out a free sweatshirt at the Winter Resource Fair Tuesday inside the Duke Ellington Ballroom. Students received a free sweatshirt for signing up at six tables at the fair.

Organizations pitch to students at Winter Resource Fair

By Alex Fiore | January 19, 2011

Students made their way around the Duke Ellington Ballroom during the Winter Resource Fair, which was held in the Holmes Student Center on Wednesday. Over 90 student groups and university organizations were represented, each with an informational booth....

NIU Student Association officially recognizes the SSDP as a student group

By Kyla Gardner | January 17, 2011

The Student Association Senate had its share of disputes with NIU Students for Sensible Drug Policy last semester over its recognition as a student organization. This semester, SSDP will enjoy the benefits of being an officially recognized student group...

SSDP President Jeremy Orbach looks on Sunday as the Student Association votes to deny the SSDP as a recognized organization.

SSDP group denied SA recognition

By Kyla Gardner and Jacqueline Evans | December 5, 2010

The Student Association Senate denied recognition to NIU Students for Sensible Drug Policy in an unscheduled meeting Sunday evening. The senators voted 12-9 to deny the motion to recognize the organization as a social advocacy group. NIU SSDP was allowed...