![Duke Ellington Ballroom filled student organizations during the Spring 2023 involvement fair at the Holmes Student Center. On Friday, the SGA passed a bill allocating $30,000 to fund student organizations. (Cheyanne Quintanilla | Northern Star)](https://northernstar.info/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Cheyanne-Quintanilla_Jan-Involvement-Fair_Spring-2023-900x600.jpg)
SGA moves $30K to student organizations
By Evan Mellon, News Reporter
| March 5, 2023
![Student Government Association Senators Dallas Douglass (left) and Chris English addressing other SGA senators. During the Feb. 24 meeting, the SGA approved legislation that requires all senators to pass at least one piece of legislation during their term. (Michael Mollsen | Northern Star)](https://northernstar.info/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Michael-Mollsen_SGA-Feb-24-2023-675x900.jpg)
SGA now requires senators to write legislation
By Michael Mollsen, Written Managing Editor
| February 26, 2023
![The Center for Black Studies, located at 621 West Lincoln Highway.](https://northernstar.info/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/NSFilePhoto_Patrick-Murphy_2021-900x601.jpg)
SGA fails to sign petition on behalf of Black students
By Bridgette Fox, Written Managing Editor
| February 23, 2023
![The Castle Drive Black Lives Matter mural after being painted in 2020 (top) and in April 2022 after two years of fading due to weather. On Friday, the Student Government Association proposed a petition for NIU to address concerns such as performative activism and representation of diversity in NIUs staff. (Northern Star File Photo)](https://northernstar.info/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/IMG_7355-900x562.jpg)
SGA proposed petition criticizes NIU’s efforts at inclusion
By Evan Mellon, News Reporter
| February 5, 2023
![The Student Government Association Speaker of the Senate, Dallas Douglass (left), converses with newly appointed Clerk of the Senate, Chris English, near the end of Friday’s SGA meeting in the Sky Room of the Holmes Student Center. (Cheyanne Quintanilla | Northern Star)](https://northernstar.info/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/SGA_1_27_2023_Cheyanne-Quintanilla-900x600.jpg)
SGA appoints election commissioner, deputy speaker and clerk
By Evan Mellon, News Reporter
| January 29, 2023
![One of two properties that the fraternity Sigma Alpha Mu, or Sammys, operates within on a snowy day on Greenbrier Road in the Greek Row neighborhood. Sammys has been in operation with support from the fraternity’s national chapter for the past five years, despite being unrecognized by NIU in 2018. (Nyla Owens | Northern Star)](https://northernstar.info/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Sammys_Nyla-Owens_spring2023-900x600.jpg)
‘Sammys’ fraternity seeks return to good standing
By Caleb Johnson, Lifestyle Writer
| January 28, 2023
![The entrance to the Housing and Residential Services sits empty over the weekend in Neptune East. Emmanuel Corpuz has been appointed to the Student Government Association Senate, representing University Housing at NIU. (Sean Reed | Northern Star)](https://northernstar.info/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/MG_0045-2-900x600.jpg)
SGA appoints new University Housing representative
By Evan Mellon, News Reporter
| January 22, 2023
![The Student Government Association is located in the Holmes Student Center ground floor in the OASIS space.](https://northernstar.info/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/EastGrandAve_ZA_-1-1-900x675.jpg)
SGA elections closed, winners announced
By Abby Byer
| April 3, 2022
![Sign within the SGA OASIS space in the Holmes Student Center promoting for students to vote in the Spring 2022 Student Government Election.](https://northernstar.info/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/IMG_1402-900x645.jpg)
What to expect on the SGA election ballot
By Elisa Reamer and Ellie Craighead
| March 29, 2022
![Raaif Majeed, a senior pre-med student majoring in psychology, hopes to push NIU in a new direction and implement changes that will leave a legacy on campus.](https://northernstar.info/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Z62_5300--900x881.jpg)
SGA presidential candidate hopes to support all students
By Elisa Reamer and Abby Byer
| March 29, 2022
![The Student Government Association is located in the Holmes Student Center ground floor in the OASIS space.](https://northernstar.info/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/EastGrandAve_ZA_-1-1-900x675.jpg)
SGA candidates share their qualifications at Thursday’s debate
By Abby Byer
| March 28, 2022
![Montez Soliz, a junior political science major, is running for president and will increase transparency and communication with students.](https://northernstar.info/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Image-4-675x900.jpeg)
SGA presidential candidate hopes to increase campus involvement
By Parker Otto
| March 27, 2022
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