DeKALB — NIU’s Student Government Association (SGA) held its State of the SGA event in the Capital Room of the Student Holmes Center on Monday. They reflected on their accomplishments for the 2024-2025 academic year. President Ja’Kobe Jones reflected...

DeKALB – The Student Government Association (SGA) failed to meet the quorum of 11 senators required to conduct a senate meeting and scrapped all remaining legislation for this year’s session. The SGA had 10 of the 11 senators required at Friday’s...

DeKALB – The Student Government Association (SGA) approved its annual funding budget for  student organizations and passed several other bills and resolutions at Friday’s meeting. RESOLUTION TO APPROVE SGA ANNUAL FUNDING BUDGET FOR ORGANIZATIONS The...

DeKALB – The Student Government Association (SGA) confirmed Nathan Gonzalez as Speaker of the Senate for the 57th session at its meeting Friday. RESOLUTION TO CONFIRM SPEAKER OF THE SENATE FOR 57TH SESSION The SGA passed a resolution to confirm...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...