Campus organizations and resource centers come together regularly for events and activities, which serve as examples of our great communiversity.While an individual organization’s events are wonderful, the best ones are those where several groups come...
The Student Association Senate voted to give $16,000 to the Recreation Center at a Sunday meeting.The meeting included NIU President Doug Baker talking with senators, the Senate taking action to allocate the money to the Rec and appointments of senators-at-large.The...
Members of the Student Association are trying to increase the funding the Recreation Center receives and make the facility self-sustaining.In a spring student referendum, 914 voters said making improvements to the Rec should be made a priority, while...
Pass: NIU Today release praises English majors“So, do you want to be a teacher or something?”This is the dreaded question for every English major who isn’t actually aspiring to teach. Well, it is to me at least.After years of explaining to nosy...
A group of about 30 students waited in line outside the Holmes Student Center Wednesday to get their hands on a Samsung Galaxy. Meanwhile, inside the Student Center, a lone poll-taker sat waiting for students to vote in the Student Association Senate...
Student Association Senate’s Tuesday and Wednesday elections have a new feature: Instantly accessible candidate profiles.The SA worked with EveryVote.org, a website founded by alumni Mitch Downey and Vincent Schramer, to provide a way for organizations...
NIU President Doug Baker’s first University Council meeting was brief and upbeat.In his opening announcements, Baker emphasized not only retention and enrollment rates, but also student involvement, career success and reaching out to alumni. He believes...
The Student Association Senate ballot may look a little empty come elections Tuesday and Wednesday.The SA Senate represents student interest across campus and serves as the voice of the student body to the university administration, but interest in the...
A B isn’t what it used to be.The beginning of the semester meant changes to NIU’s grading system. At the professor’s choice, courses may now use a plus/minus scale.“I think that by the end of the semester, it will be as though it was always the...
Do you have what it takes to make change at NIU?The Student Association is looking for students in good academic standing with a GPA above 2.5 to run for a position in the SA Senate.SA Senate Speaker James Zanayed said being a senator is great experience...
James Zanayed was re-appointed the Student Association (SA) Senate speaker at its meeting Sunday. Zanayed was contested by Stephanie Wiggins, SA senator and senior political science major, for the speaker position. Wiggins said her experience in the Air...
The Student Association (SA) Senate met Sunday night to discuss changes to the SA constitution. During Sunday’s meeting, a resolution was proposed to amend the SA constitution to require a minimum GPA of 2.5 to serve on the SA Senate, up from the previous...
