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The Associated Student Government Senate passed revisions to the 2022 Election Commission Guidelines Wednesday to implement ranked-choice voting and allow executive board members to endorse candidates. Since the conclusion of this month’s presidential election, the Election Commission has met to discuss election code changes for presentation to the Senate. The ranked-choice voting system will be...

Associated Student Government Senate passed a piece of emergency legislation to increase visibility of Middle Eastern and North African students on campus Wednesday night.  The resolution, which was added to the agenda a few hours before the meeting, was authored by MENA Senator and Weinberg freshman Mahdi Haseeb. It calls on Northwestern to create a...

With Northwestern reporting high COVID-19 case counts and planning a return to in-person activities Tuesday, one Associated Student Government committee is suggesting faculty reevaluate their attendance policies. The Academics Committee made suggestions for transitioning back to in-person classes in a Jan. 4 letter to faculty. For attendance policies, the letter recommended built-in sick days, a...

Associated Student Government unanimously passed a resolution Wednesday supporting the reinstatement of Northwestern’s Credit/No Credit policy. NU created the grading option fall 2020 to provide relief to students during the 2020-21 academic year, when most classes were remote. Over the summer, 539 students signed a petition demanding the University reinstate the grading option for the...