Pass:The program prioritization academic task force will be allotted more time to do its job and thus more carefully make decisions. Previously, the program prioritization academic task force had been spending four hours every Friday putting acadmeic...

I am an employee of the Student Association. I work the desk on Wednesdays and Fridays. I have done so since January 2015. I have observed what goes on and got to know most of the people who have worked in the office. I was here when last year’s election...

Nine offices have been certified under the revamped NIU Green Office Initiative, which began at the start of the semester.The NIU Green Office Initiative seeks to make offices more environmentally friendly with minor and feasible tasks in the offices...

Student Trustee James Zanayed has been sworn into the Board of Trustees as a voting member, representing the student body for the remainder of the spring semester.Zanayed, a third-year law student, was nominated and approved by the Student Association...

The Student Association will lobby for House Bill 2990, which would fully fund the Monetary Award Program grants and cut NIU’s budget for Fiscal Year 2016 by 6.5 percent on April 6 in Springfield.The NIU-supported partisan bill passed the Illinois House...

Before students head home or to their spring break destinations next week, they should vote early in the 2016 primary election to make sure their voice is heard.Spring break is from Sunday to March 20, which means many students may not be in DeKalb for...

More than 50 students have applied for the volunteer program prioritization student task forces with the application going live Monday.Program prioritization, which began in 2014, uses task forces to create reports that review 223 academic programs and...

Students and faculty filled the Campus Life Building on March 2, 1995, to dedicate and celebrate a dream that began in 1985. "This is an important occasion for the university. A dream was established 10 years ago [from 1995] for the services of student...

Pass:The Student Association will be working to install new locks, chosen by students, at the Recreation Center. The change of locks could help prevent future theft which is a concern when people have to keep their things in a public place. Students can...

Pass:The Student Association has been active in lobbying for a state budget which shows a great deal of leadership.It was a great action to deliver roughly 20,000 letters and postcards to Gov. Bruce Rauner’s office in order to make it clear that the...

The Student Association Senate approved Romeo Jackson as SA director of Cultural Affairs and Rachel Jacobs as SA director of Academic Affairs on Sunday.Jackson’s goals in their new position revolve around topics such as expanding Title IX to cover discrimination...