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Student Association Senate Speaker Austin Quick speaks at the SA Senate on March 27. The SA just approved their budget for next year on Sunday.

Student Association passes budget with ease

By Danny Cozzi and Shaun Zinck | April 17, 2011

DeKALB | The SA Senate unanimously passed its fiscal year 2011-12 budget with little debate during Sunday night’s meeting. The budget no longer funds groups for transportation, significantly cutting funding for some groups. Speaker of the Senate Austin...

Task force considers safety improvements on Greek Row

By Danny Ciamprone | April 12, 2011

DeKALB | The safety of Greek Row, including the possibility of instituting a neighborhood watch, was analyzed Tuesday by the Safe/Quality Housing Task Force. Decisions are in consideration now between the task force and the Student Association to determine...

Elliott Echols elected Student Association President

By Jacqueline Evans and Danny Cozzi | March 30, 2011

DeKALB | After two days of voting throughout the campus, the results are in for the 2011-12 Student Association and Campus Activities Board elections.This year, a total of 1,189 students voted in the SA and CAB election. The turnout was lower than last...

How to make students care about the SA

How to make students care about the SA

By Aaron Brooks | March 29, 2011

Students should not vote for student representatives. Instead, NIU should have a democratic oligarchy. Currently, Student Association elections are a hybrid of a beauty pageant and a networking convention. Hang up a couple signs, create a Facebook page,...

SA EXECUTIVE ELECTIONS | Student trustee candidate profiles

By Jacqueline Evans | March 27, 2011

DeKALB | Elections for the Student Association executive cabinet are Tuesday and Wednesday. This is the final installment of all candidates running for the four positions: president, vice president, treasurer and student trustee. Jaemin Robertson Year/Major:...

Mike Theodore explains the allegations against Josh Venaas, chief of staff for the Student Association.

SA Senators did the right thing by censuring directors

By Northern Star editorial board | March 27, 2011

Kudos, Student Association Senators. For as long as we can recall, SA directors and executives have been able to get by doing the bare minimum, skating by with little to no accountability whatsoever, and getting paid with student money to do it. This...

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Student Association senators (from left) Brian Troutman, Derek Koegel, Nick Wians and Mike Theodore listen to a speaker during the SA Peformance Review Wednesday night at the Holmes Student Center.

SA directors under review

By Jacqueline Evans | March 23, 2011

The Student Association Senate Procedural Review Committee conducted a review of requested SA directors Wednesday night in the Holmes Student Center. Directors "who did not have tangible evidence of what they've been doing" this academic year were up...

Student Association President candidates Elliot Echols and Derek Koegel take part in the SA executive election debate Tuesday night in the Hertiage Room of the Holmes Student Center.

SA executive candidates debate for election

By Jacqueline Evans | March 22, 2011

DeKALB | Election season is in full swing. The Student Association hosted a debate between the executive candidates for the upcoming election on Tuesday night in the Heritage Room of the Holmes Student Center. The debate gave candidates an opportunity...

Echols is a candidate for SA president

SA presidential candidate profiles

By Jacqueline Evans and Candice Beasley | March 22, 2011

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

SA Senate makes changes to the bylaws

By Jacqueline Evans | March 20, 2011

Student Association directors will now be confirmed at the end of the spring semester rather than the fall semester. The SA Senate approved an amendment to Part I, Article III, Section 4.A of the SA Bylaws during its Sunday night meeting. In previous...

Student Association allocated $2,026 in supplemental funding

By Jacqueline Evans | March 7, 2011

The Student Association allocated $2,026 in supplemental funding Sunday night. Supporting Opportunities for Latinos was allocated $626 for a 3-3 soccer tournament on April 23. The Senate debated at length about SOL's request, which was originally $769....

Utilizing the art of juggling

By Jessica Sabbah | February 28, 2011

DeKALB | Will Petsche, third year law student, began juggling when he was 14. For him, it was only natural to start a club at NIU. After advertising and garnering interest, Petsche created the NIU Juggling Club last fall. The group was recognized by the...