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The Student Government Association sign hangs on a wall in the Holmes Student Center in the OASIS pit in 2022. SGA is hosting a special election on Wednesday for 10 open legislative seats. (Northern Star File Photo)

SGA passed bill to introduce executive orders

By Austin Lamb, Assistant News Editor | March 3, 2025

Correction: "SGA passed a bill to introduce executive orders for President Ja’Kobe Jones." was changed to "SGA passed a bill to introduce executive orders for future presidential administrations." on Sunday, March 16. The Student Government Association...

Nicolas Obabko is pictured speaking in front of the Student Government Association. He was one of two new senators that were confirmed at Friday’s meeting. (Austin Lamb | Northern Star)

Two new senators confirmed into SGA

By Austin Lamb, Assistant News Editor | February 24, 2025

DeKALB – The Student Government Association (SGA) confirmed two new senators, finalized a stipend for the board of elections and established an ad hoc, or temporary, committee focused on transportation at their meeting Friday. RESOLUTION TO CONFIRM...

Senator Bino Rosales and Ivory Rucker, former SGA chairperson, sit at a table during an SGA meeting on Oct. 20, 2024. At the student government’s meeting on Friday, the senate voted to remove Rosales as a result of communication and attendance issues. (Ethan Rodriguez | Northern Star)

SGA removes senator for lack of communication and absences

By Austin Lamb and Joseph Ndu | February 19, 2025

DeKALB – A sitting senator for NIU’s Student Government Association (SGA) was removed from office during the senate’s Friday meeting. Bino Rosales was removed for what senators say was a repeated lack of communication and several absences during...

Senators Kevin Klister (left) and Matt Robinson sit and listen at the SGA meeting on Oct. 18, 2024. On Friday, SGA changed its rules for how many voting members are required for a meeting. (Ethan Rodriguez | Northern Star)

SGA discusses removal of chairperson, decision tabled

By Austin Lamb, Assistant News Editor | February 11, 2025

This piece was updated as of 2/17 to make a correction.  Correction: The Northern Star previously wrote there was discussion to remove Chairperson Gonzalez. The discussion was to remove Chairperson Rosales. DeKALB – At Friday’s Student Government...

SGA Speaker Manny Corpuz swears in a new senator. Five new senators were sworn into SGA Friday. (Isabella Froh | Northern Star)

Five new senators confirmed into SGA

By Isabella Froh, News Reporter | January 27, 2025

DeKALB - The Student Government Association elected five new senators and changed requirements to increase student representation at its meeting on Friday.  SGA ELECTS FIVE NEW SENATORS The Student Government Association came to a resolution to...

Eddie Guerrero giving a speech on why he should be made Parliamentarian. Guerrero
currently serves as a Senator on NIU’s Student Government Association. (Kahlil Kambui |
Northern Star)

SGA appoints new parliamentarian

By Kahlil Kambui and Devin Oommen | January 20, 2025

DeKALB – NIU’s student body supreme court justices will be summoned by the SGA to explain what the court has been doing. The SGA passed resolution 56019 which requires the justices to appear before the SGA on Friday. Some members of SGA were...

Three people stand talking and pointing. The Student Government Association discussed a petition to terminate the Chief Justice of the SGA Supreme Court. (Northern Star graphic)

SGA announces petition to terminate Chief Justice

By Michael Mollsen, Former Written Managing Editor | April 29, 2024

DeKALB – During Friday’s SGA senate meeting, Speaker Cole Hensley introduced a petition to terminate current Chief Justice of the SGA Supreme Court Elliot Weiskopf. In the petition for Weiskopf’s termination, it noted the court failed to convene...

Three people stand at podiums gesturing and speaking. The Student Government Association met on Friday to discuss potential constitutional bills about the Supreme Court and SGA stipends. (Northern Star graphic)

SGA Senate reworks constitutional bill

By Michael Mollsen, Former Written Managing Editor | April 15, 2024

DeKALB – On Friday, the Student Government Association senate continued to discuss constitutional bills. Two of which, SR55049 and SR55050, were read again and will be voted on at the next SGA senate meeting. BILL TO CLARIFY SELECTION CRITERIA OF SUPREME...

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...

Speaker Dallas Douglass reads from the agenda during the SGA senate’s meeting on Friday. The agenda featured a digital public comment from SGA alumn Jacob Burg, who criticized the SGA’s recent actions and performance. (Cheyanne Quintanilla | Northern Star)

Alum criticizes SGA for ‘rash decision making’

By Evan Mellon and Bridgette Fox | April 10, 2023

Clarification: The public comment by Jacob Berg was submitted as an email and read by Speaker Dallas Douglass. DeKALB – The usual calm of the Student Government Association senate’s weekly meeting was disrupted by an alum’s public comment,...

Justice Tyler Murray, a sophomore majoring in communications, giving a speech introducing himself and arguing why he would make a good Justice on the SGA Supreme Court. (Evan Mellon | Northern Star)

SGA prepares for special elections, appoints new justice

By Evan Mellon, News Reporter | April 2, 2023

DeKALB – Following its recent elections, the Student Government Association has announced its plans to prepare a special election due to a lack of senators elected to the senate. While the elections did result in 11 senators being elected to the...

Junior meteorology major and Trustee Tim Moore stands at the podium during the trustee debate before the SGA elections Monday on stage the Carl Sandburg Auditorium. Prior to elections, Moore sent a mass-email titled “VOTE NOW TO PREVENT DECREASE IN ATHLETIC FUNDING,” encouraging students to vote for the "NIUnited" ticket, resulting in a reprimand for members of the ticket. (Nyla Owens | Northern Star)

4 SGA candidates reprimanded for mass-email campaign

By Evan Mellon, News Reporter | April 1, 2023

DeKALB – Just as the Student Government Association elections came to a close, a coalition of four SGA candidates received a sanction as a result of a mass-email campaign on behalf of their ticket. An email was sent by student trustee candidate Tim...