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Sid Kincaid (left), an alum and former SGA senator, Speaker Dallas Douglass and Senator Chris English sitting during Friday's SGA meeting. Douglass announced he will be stepping down from the position of speaker. (Rachel Cormier | Northern Star)

Dallas Douglass steps down as speaker of senate

By Evan Mellon, News Reporter | April 15, 2023

DeKALB – After nearly four years of service, Speaker Dallas Douglass has announced his plans to step down as speaker of the Student Government Association. Serving as speaker of the senate since March 2021, Douglass announced his departure at Friday's...

Board of Trustee's carelessness comes at heavy costs

Board of Trustee’s carelessness comes at heavy costs

By Editorial Board | April 19, 2018

 The Northern Star Editorial Board finds the outcome of the NIU Board of Trustees vs Misty Haji-Sheikh case to be costly and unnecessarily difficult when compared to a lawsuit filed by Sid Kincaid in 2016.Sid Kincaid, former Student Association senator,...

SA lawsuit from 2016 concludes

April 9, 2018

DeKALB — A lawsuit against the Student Association has concluded with a  $7,500 lawyer fees settlement.Sid Kincaid, former student and SA senator, was awarded $7,500 in legal fees in a Feb. 22 settlement agreement, according to the settlement agreement...

Letter to the Editor: Low-income students need better outcomes

By Sid Kincaid | November 9, 2017

At the beginning of the fall semester, NIU Today published that NIU was recognized as a leader by the Brookings Institution. This statement was repeated by Matt Streb, NIU chief of staff at the NPR State Budget forum on Oct. 17. However, after reading...

Letter to the Editor: NIU continues to restrict student’s speech, receives red-light rating again

By Sid Kincaid and SA senator | April 24, 2017

In my last letter to the editor on March 27, I expressed the opinion that NIU is a broken institution. I made my points in economic terms because that seems to be the only thing that the people in charge pay attention to these days. That’s the real...

President Doug Baker and  Denise Schoenbachler, Dean in the marketing department for the college of business, relax and share a laugh inside Barsema Hall.

Letter to the Editor: NIU is a broken institution

By Sid Kincaid and SA senator | March 27, 2017

President Doug Baker and  Denise Schoenbachler, Dean in the marketing department for the college of business, relax and share a laugh inside Barsema Hall.